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Chicago 'peace picnic' turns violent: 3 people shot, another is beaten
Fox News ^ | 8/19/18 | Barnini Chakraborty

Posted on 08/19/2018 3:17:49 AM PDT by Libloather

Three people were shot at a back-to-school peace picnic held at a playground in Chicago on Saturday night.

A fourth person was beaten up at the event that was held to promote peace and community.

The picnic, which took place at Seward Park on the city’s North Side, was off to a safe start, but onlookers say the mood quickly turned when a group of young men showed up and started fighting.

“It’s senseless and should have never happened,” event organizer Raymond Hatcher told reporters. “We were doing well. Everything was going swell and then a group of guys who were not associated with us, came to the event intoxicated.”

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Swell times.
1 posted on 08/19/2018 3:17:49 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Did anyone call the police, or just take a knee.


2 posted on 08/19/2018 3:20:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How can this happen? Doesn’t Chicago have strict gun laws? These animals weren’t identified, they must be those Amish gang members that terrorize the city.


3 posted on 08/19/2018 3:33:16 AM PDT by Russ
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To: Libloather

Bring yer own piece.


4 posted on 08/19/2018 3:39:42 AM PDT by mindburglar (I like spelling it Lazers. It looks cooler.)
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To: Russ
How can this happen? Doesn’t Chicago have strict gun laws?

Every time you point out that Chicago has strict gun laws the gun grabbers say that the guns come from outlying areas. But when you ask why those outlying areas don't have the mayhem that Chicago has they change the subject.

5 posted on 08/19/2018 3:39:54 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: Libloather

Rahm “Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste” Emanuel is on the job! Chicago is the top of the list of places where “you can’t fix stupid.” Between abortion and drive by shootings, I just wonder why, at this juncture, there are any Blacks left in Chicago!


6 posted on 08/19/2018 3:41:21 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Libloather

Having a picnic and talking about peace is cheap and easy. Telling the cops to come get your no-good thug of a son who has a stolen gun... not so cheap and easy.


7 posted on 08/19/2018 3:41:22 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Libloather

Why are they taking over the north side now?


8 posted on 08/19/2018 3:49:07 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: jalisco555
DESERVES A REPEAT: When you mention Chicago's strict gun laws, gun grabbers say the guns come from outlying
areas. But when you ask why those outlying areas don't have the mayhem that Chicago has, gun grabbers change the
subject.

The braindead gun grabbers are worse than the gun owners.

9 posted on 08/19/2018 3:52:10 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Libloather

Peace picnic!? Hahahahahahahaha. Typical. I see “Hate has no home here” signs in front of homes and I think “hmm. Wonder how much hate there’d be if I went to the door campaigning for Dave Brat”?


10 posted on 08/19/2018 3:58:42 AM PDT by albie
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To: Libloather

ANIMALS!!!


11 posted on 08/19/2018 3:59:41 AM PDT by high info voter (Liberal leftists would have "un-friended" Paul Revere!)
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To: Libloather

It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.


12 posted on 08/19/2018 4:06:47 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: high info voter; Libloather; Charles Henrickson; doug from upland

If you go to the North Side today
You’re sure of a big surprise
If you go to the North Side today
You’d better go in disguise!

For every thug that ever there was
Will gather there for certain
Because today’s the day the
Gang bangers have their picnic.


13 posted on 08/19/2018 4:11:18 AM PDT by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: Russ

Sure they were identified. The article lists them as “young men.” That is like calling them teens, or youths.


14 posted on 08/19/2018 4:27:57 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: jalisco555
Every time you point out that Chicago has strict gun laws the gun grabbers say that the guns come from outlying areas. But when you ask why those outlying areas don't have the mayhem that Chicago has they change the subject.

Excellent!

15 posted on 08/19/2018 4:30:43 AM PDT by GOPJ (Media is the 'smug thugs' arm of the Democrat Party....)
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To: vette6387

democratic rot at its best


16 posted on 08/19/2018 4:47:31 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: high info voter; Libloather; Charles Henrickson; doug from upland

See them gaily shoot about
They love to sign and shout
They never have any fears
At six o’clock their P. O. s and marshals
Will take them back to jail
Because they’re copped little gang bangers


17 posted on 08/19/2018 4:48:52 AM PDT by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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To: Libloather

No MAGA hats were observed in the largely black group of wannabe community organizers


18 posted on 08/19/2018 4:51:28 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12) Sanctuary is Sedition)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Did anyone call the police, or just take a knee."

NOW, CUT THAT OUT..!!! :)

19 posted on 08/19/2018 4:52:51 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: FrdmLvr

“Why are they taking over the north side now?”

Because they’ve so befouled their own neighborhoods that now even THEY can’t stand to live there, so they are moving into other neighborhoods so they can screw those up, as well.


20 posted on 08/19/2018 5:00:55 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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