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May was a bloody month in Chicago - 66 dead and nearly 400 shot
LA Times ^ | June 1, 2016 | Alexandra Chachkevitch and Rosemary Regina Sobol

Posted on 06/01/2016 7:33:31 PM PDT by Zakeet

The month's toll was fueled by a Memorial Day weekend in which six people were killed and 63 wounded, and a Mother's Day weekend when more than 50 people were shot, eight fatally. That brought the total number of people shot in Chicago so far this year to more than 1,500. At least 250 of them have died.

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Chicago police say the violence has been stoked by gang conflicts and a proliferation of guns, mixed with weak gun law enforcement.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; chicagocrime; chicagomurders; crime; gangs; guns
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To: Mr. Mojo

Juneteenth is just around the corner.


21 posted on 06/01/2016 8:12:19 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: WENDLE
The most effective way to deal with this scourge is to cut off the welfare freebies.

Relationship between the welfare state and crime

22 posted on 06/01/2016 8:13:35 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: WENDLE

It’s clear that America doesn’t care about “no go zones” in inner cities. Even if innocents end up getting killed.


23 posted on 06/01/2016 8:13:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Mr. Mojo

The Welfare State is the reason for all the bloodshed in inner cities. But we could end Welfare State today and it wouldn’t make a dent on the crime rate.


24 posted on 06/01/2016 8:17:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Initially, no. But over time, yes.


25 posted on 06/01/2016 8:18:42 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

War on Drugs. What else is an unemployable young black male is gonna do for a living?


26 posted on 06/01/2016 8:21:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: WENDLE
We need drones and house to house with combat troops

You Betcha! And camps to put those people the regime doesn't like in. Maybe with showers and mottos like "Work makes you free" Because I guarantee you one thing: those troops would be going house to house confiscating firearms and hauling off any white males to the aforementioned camps. Or maybe you were being sarcastic?

27 posted on 06/01/2016 8:37:18 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: WENDLE
I would be in favor of constant patrols with profiling of every black male....

now you know that would never fly...

it would catch a couple thousand guns and prevent a lot of shooting and killing, but you know, it would never fly for the obvious reasons.

28 posted on 06/01/2016 8:39:32 PM PDT by cherry
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To: WENDLE
I do not understand the abandonment of these innocent lives!! Children being shot in their beds with drive bys. Why are these gangs not “TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS”?

"Gangs and Politicians in Chicago: An Unholy Alliance" LAWBREAKERS, LAWMAKERS: In some parts of Chicago, violent street gangs and pols quietly trade money and favors for mutual gain. The thugs flourish, the elected officials thrive—and you lose. A special report. (more at link) By David Bernstein and Noah Isackson http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2012/Gangs-and-Politicians-An-Unholy-Alliance/

29 posted on 06/01/2016 8:39:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (When Hillarys Foundation gets a million only $30K goes to charity. Where's the effing press outrage?)
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To: BenLurkin
The Cook County Justice Legal System all have 360° sprinning heads like Linda Blair's in The Exorcist, and have since my Family lived there in the 50s & 60s. One of the most corrupt/criminal cities in the US.
30 posted on 06/01/2016 8:50:48 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Zakeet
If anyone had any guts they would call in 20000 Cops, FBI, National guard...... get a blanket search warrant and seal off the South-side at 2:00 AM on a Tuesday. No one leaves (declare Marshall law if need be) their home, search it top to bottom, bring in the sniffer dogs. Round up the dope, guns and hoodlums. Rinse and repeat.
31 posted on 06/01/2016 8:54:39 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Navy Patriot
And still, there are Liberal Socialist DemoRat thugs left in Chicago

They need better weapons

32 posted on 06/01/2016 8:56:01 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

I am so sick of this. This is NOT BlacK America!! Many of these gangs are illegal aliens. I am sick of it. Trump is our last hope. We must stop this slaughter of innocent Black Americans NOW!!~ The Democrats don’t give a crap!!


33 posted on 06/01/2016 9:05:52 PM PDT by WENDLE (RICO!!!)
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To: Zakeet

85 years of Dem rule and some of the toughest guns laws in the nation.

So, libs, what went wrong?


34 posted on 06/01/2016 9:09:43 PM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: Zakeet

Collateral damage for a socialist gun-grabbing agenda. Never let a created crisis go to waste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13BahrdkMU8

Solve the crime. Prison for the perps.


35 posted on 06/01/2016 9:27:01 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Zakeet

Caught a bit of “The Five” on FOX today.....Dana Perino was saying that she was taught at Journalism school - if it happens on a regular basis, it isn’t news.


36 posted on 06/01/2016 9:40:16 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Zakeet
"The month's toll was fueled by a Memorial Day weekend

How does a holiday honoring those that have given their lives for our freedom "fuel" tribal warfare?

37 posted on 06/01/2016 9:59:18 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Zakeet

It’s a good thing guns are illegal in Chicago.


38 posted on 06/01/2016 10:07:39 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Zakeet

Anyone know what our combat casualties for May in Afghanistan were?


39 posted on 06/01/2016 10:31:32 PM PDT by TXnMA (Recorded for posterity...)
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To: ClearCase_guy
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40 posted on 06/01/2016 10:37:09 PM PDT by TXnMA (Recorded for posterity...)
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