Posted on 05/16/2021 10:13:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Since 5:00 p.m. on Friday, at least 18 Chicagoans have been shot in street violence, with three dead.
A two-year-old got shot while sitting in the backseat of a car. Less than two hours later, three more people got shot in a drive-by shooting.
Five teenagers between 15 and 18 were shot during several incidents on the city’s south side. An 8-year-old boy got shot in the knee.
Police called in a SWAT unit after suspects shot and wounded 3 people near the Grand Street L station. And all this happened before noon on Saturday.
So far this year, 997 people have been shot, compared with 718 last year. The city has had 187 homicides — 31 more than during the same period last year.
However, police did report some encouraging news about carjackings. According to the department, since adding 40 officers and four sergeants to a task force in early January, the number of reports of vehicular hijackings has dropped more than 55%.
“Vehicular hijackings remain a concern, but Chicago is trending in the right direction,” said Superintendent David O. Brown.
Shootings are on the rise in all major cities, but why is Chicago consumed by violence?
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot can’t deal with the problem of violent street gangs because she continues to blame the presence of guns for the uptick in shootings. Lightfoot hired a noted anti-violence strategist as deputy mayor when she entered office in 2019.
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Dismantle big cities.
How many were not black?
The “Hey, Jackass” site has this weekend as the worst in homicides since 2014, and with most of Sunday left to go, on pace to pass that landmark. Way to go Groot.
Gang fights.
So where’s LeBron James? #blacklivesmatter
Chicago BLDon’tM
Not if you're among those whose vehicles are being hijacked. Perhaps he should've expanded his remarks.
Overall, it was a slow weekend but it rained Friday night into Saturday. The high temps will be into the upper 70’s and lower 80’s in the next week or so, so expect more action in the upcoming weeks.
Chicago has a rat problem
http://www/freerepublic.comfocus/f=chat/3958572/posts #35
Under the Daley’s the rat problem was under control. Chicago’s rat problem was caused by this
http://www.theusmat.com/mdwbea.htm
It's white supremacists doing the killing, right? I mean, who do we believe - the New York Times and Washington Post or "Hey Jackass"?
link to rats and cats
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3958572/posts#35
Typical weekend. As long as no Whiteys can be blamed, this will be allowed to continue so as to keep the folks miserable and dependent on government, and vote democrat.
Where are the protests?
Read the names and race of these people.
When Trump returns, he should SOLVE this even if he must declare Martial Law and arrest all corrupt politicians who permit these outrages. Gangs must be driven out or controlled.
We need an ammo and weapons resupply drop at the grounds of the Oh~’Bammy Presidential Library ASAP !!
Sounds like they are behind their normal pace.
White Supremacists from Indiana sneaking across the Illinois border with illegal guns shooting up the South and West Sides of Chicago. Mayor Lighthead is blameless for the violence.
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