Posted on 08/26/2012 4:45:00 PM PDT by mandaladon
The victims of another bloody weekend in the city were between 15 and 44 years old
The city saw another bloody weekend as seven people including a teenager were killed and 24 others were wounded in separate shootings since Friday evening.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy on Saturday defended the departments anti-violence strategy, which he believes is taking root.
"We're not winning, we're not losing. Were basically treading water," McCarthy said. He said that in the month of August, "we had some trouble because some of these retaliatory shootings are happening quicker than we can stop them."
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood.
Rashad Pratt, 28, was found at 2:58 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle near the intersection of East 91st Street and South East End Avenue, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiners office.
Pratt, of the 9000 block of South Ridgeland Avenue, was dead at the scene, authorities said. No one is in custody in connection with the slaying as of early Sunday.
About 1:20 p.m., Christopher Spraggins, 20, and Aaron Gaithan, 18, were fatally shot in the 7900 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, authorities said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...
Slow weekend?
Chicago values in action.
And that idiot Rahm is worried about a chicken sandwich shop....
Chicago is out of control, they could really use a good community organizer. Hopefully Zero will be available in January 2013 that could help them out.
Some FReepers verified that during the blizzard of Jan 2011 there were no murders.
Most of these deceased will become much more reliable voters in their new plan of existence.
Chicago, How’s that gun control working out far ya’?
*shakes head*
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy:
“...we had some trouble because some of these retaliatory shootings are happening quicker than we can stop them.”
“We’re not winning, we’re not losing. Were basically treading water,”...
Lib-dems’ pretzel logic.
Not for the undertakers. ;-)
That was the most crime free weekend in Chicago history.
Obviously “NBC Chicago” and the NBC National network have a communication problem, otherwise the “TODAY” show with Matt Lauer would be headlining this news everyday. The fact that they don’t only shows that they consider deaths of American Negroes not to be newsworthy unless there is “white”, to use their term as in “-——”-Latino, involved.
Oh god, doesn’t it just make you want to cry.
You’re so right! Who are we to criticize the actions in their community? If this ‘honkey’ ever tries to make a suggestion I hear, “It’s a black thing. You wouldn’t understand.’ That why these black community organizers should be on the front lines.
Obama is running out of voters, good thing for ACORN, those dead voters will somehow all vote Dem in November
In other words, "We are worthless..."
My youngest son lives and works in Chicago. I have told my wife that he needs to take a few days off around Election Day in November and not be in the city. I think Election Day and a few days afterwards away from the city would be good.
I don’t have a good feeling about an Obama loss. Am I “crying wolf?”
crickets.
It’s difficult to swim against a MSM tsunami.
Frankly I’m a bit surprised that we even have a chance at defeating Baraq.
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