Posted on 07/07/2014 12:43:05 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
For 10 minutes, it seemed like the shooting was everywhere in the South Chicago neighborhood.
It started when someone shot and wounded a couple, then two people fired at the shooter, then there was a chase and shots exchanged and a man sitting on a porch was hit. Responding officers kept cutting each other off on their radios as they reported other gunfire in the area late Sunday night and early Monday morning.
Then the heavy equipment rolled in: A helicopter and SUVs packed with lockers of rifles. SWAT teams in green coveralls patrolled the streets with uniformed officers.
It was just one of dozens of shooting scenes across Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend. In all, at least 82 people were shot, 14 of them fatally, since Thursday afternoon when two woman were shot as they sat outside a two-flat within a block of Garfield Park.
Five of the people were shot by police over 36 hours on Friday and Saturday, including two boys 14 and 16 who were killed when they allegedly refused to drop their guns.
Many of the long weekend's shootings were on the South Side, clustered in the Englewood, Roseland, Gresham and West Pullman neighborhoods that rank among the most violent in the city.
The victims ranged from the 14-year-boy shot by police in the Old Irving Park neighborhood to a 66-year-old woman grazed in the head as she walked up the steps of her porch on the Far South Side. Most victims were in their late teens and 20s.
Each night of the long holiday weekend, at least a dozen people were shot in the greatest burst of gun violence Chicago has seen this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Hey Rahm,
You’re the mayor - what’s up MAN? You’re not giving the brothers enough love or something///your city has the worst crime in the country. Those kids are safer joining the military (but they don’t take thugs or criminals, so that’s out)...
Shhh.. He's busy not letting this crisis go to waste.
Does the Tribune have comments? I’d love to read what the local paper readers say about this violence.
Here in the east coast liberal cesspool of New York city, the Marxist Mayor Bill De Blasio did away with stop and frisk because obviously a Marxist with absolutely no experience whatsoever in police work knows better than cops with 30 years on the job when it comes to street gangs. So naturally shootings have gone through the roof. Last night they had about 12 shot in 5 hours....
http://nypost.com/2014/07/06/holiday-weekend-sees-11-shot-in-5-hours-in-nyc/
I think the Marxist did this on purpose though because he WANTS shootings to go up so he can add another billion guns laws to the already 10 billion gun laws.
That’s what Obama is hoping for
Mr. Rodgers enters the house and shuts the door immediately, turning 8 locks and 5 latches as he starts singing “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood...”
Under his sweater is a ballistic vest.
He goes to feed his fishes when a bang is heard and he drops to the floor.
“How would you like to be my neighbor?” he asks as yelling is heard from above followed by a crash and something being slammed.
Seems appropriate !!
Wasn't it the Sinoloa Cartel that the FEDGov. was arming in Mexico during "Fast and Furious" ?
and now the Sinaloa Cartel cotrols Chicago drug traffficing
I would call that a 'coincidence' ,... except I don't believe in coincidences !
Chicago, Chicago, I'll show you around!
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From Wiki: "The name "Chicago" is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, translated as "wild onion" or "wild garlic", from the Miami-Illinois language.[16][17][18][19]"
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Oh, boy. French rendering of Native American word.
They need to change the name of the city what with the Native American connection.
“Each night of the long holiday weekend, at least a dozen people were shot in the greatest burst of gun violence Chicago has seen this year.”
Not gun violence, minority violence. Funny how nearly all the “gun violence” is being done by guns owned by minorities.
"Teenagers". Do I need to look?
Welcome to Liberal-topia!
Instead of staying in DC, the Obamas should go back to Chicago and work on cleaning up this crime, and he can work on his ‘library.’
We got no stinking guns in the windy city!
According to the internets, CPD solved 25% of the murders in 2012 and 30% in 2013. I wonder how they’re doing so far this year.
Reads like a sitrep from Fallujah
And for your amusement. They break it down by shot placement to include “Shot in the Junk” or Shot in the Ass”
http://heyjackass.com/
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