Posted on 07/06/2014 3:54:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Independence Day celebrations were marred by multiple shootings in Chicago that reportedly left at least seven dead and 50 injured.
The first fatal shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. Friday, kicking off a violent weekend for the city.
The city has been actively combating gang and shooting violence in recent years after a bloody year in 2012, when it was the only city in the nation to record more than 500 homicides.
The Chicago Tribune updated its tally of Chicago shooting victims today, bringing up the total of those shot to 1,129 so far this year. According to the Tribune, there were 2,185 shooting victims in Chicago last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Chicago’s own type of “fireworks” for the July 4 weekend.
Hussein and Mayor Rahm, are you paying attention? No? Didn’t think so.
That’s just how they celebrate in Obamaville!
http://www.uptownupdate.com/2014/07/man-shot-in-parked-car-in-sheridan-park.html
Wonder how many of those 4,797 deaths were by “registered” lawfully owned guns?
“bringing up the total of those shot to 1,129 so far this year. According to the Tribune, there were 2,185 shooting victims in Chicago last year.”
ABC did not read The Chicago Tribunes description of the stats. Their shooting tally page is of events, not victims.
It is important to note that this is not the same data provided by the city about shooting incidents, and the numbers on our page will not match those the city tracks. One shooting incident may have multiple victims, but it still counts officially as only one shooting.
Yeah not buying it. Its not a racial thing. Its a broken culture/family/govt dependency thing.
Sounds like job security in Detective Heaven.
>> not a dam word on the MSM news.
Because the MSM is in denial of the demographic facts. Let me restate that... the MSM is intentionally omitting the demographic facts.
So, at mid-year they are above half of last year’s number.
LOL - good one...Guess no blacks were shot by 'white' hispanics... This must be all black on black crime - or black on white crime. That's my guess.
Hey , the real problem is white hate crime.
There have been 20 loosely documented white, right wing hate crime killings since 2001.
That is where the crisis is.
The 50 shooting in Chicago in one 4th of July holiday weekend is a right wing, Republican conspiracy to deflect the issue
I wonder - is the odd wounded/killed ration a result of bad aim or good medical care? I do know that in the 70’s and 80’s, they had military doctors training at Cook County Hospital (now Stroger(sp?)).
In peacetime, it was the only good way to gain experience with gunshot wounds.
Crime enforcement must be equal..
Too bad the stats can’t seem to overtake the feral-tility rate.
The war is lost. Withdraw now. It’s a quagmire.
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