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Funeral homes may increase safety measures after shootings (Champaign IL)
WCIA (Champaign IL) ^ | Jul 7, 2021 | Brice Bement

Posted on 07/12/2021 12:28:44 PM PDT by Salman

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — “I’ve always got in touch with law enforcement that we can at least let them know the timeline to let them know when we are doing service,” Seon Williams, Williams Memorial Service, said.

That’s what one funeral home does and others are considering after shootings across Central Illinois. There was a deadly shooting at a funeral luncheon in Champaign last week. It happened outside of an American Legion, but some funeral homes are taking that into consideration and working with police.

WCIA spoke with two funeral homes in Champaign. One place says they have not needed to have any extra security and one who says he’s feeling the impact of gun violence first hand.

“These guys don’t understand the process of grieving and so the way they grieve is retaliation,” Williams said.

After a shooting at a funeral luncheon in Champaign last week, funeral homes are on edge.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blm; crime
A persistent problem in the African American community.
1 posted on 07/12/2021 12:28:44 PM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

What’s the deal? Gang fight results in somebody getting killed, so the gang comes to the funeral of the deceased to kill off more people in retaliation? What the heck?


2 posted on 07/12/2021 12:31:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Salman

Amish funerals. They can be pretty rough.


3 posted on 07/12/2021 12:32:35 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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To: Salman

A bit of advice to funeral homes, don’t hold funeral services for rappers, they are bullet-magnets.


4 posted on 07/12/2021 12:34:22 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: wildcard_redneck

But doesn’t that drum up more business in the long run?
Asking for a friend.


5 posted on 07/12/2021 12:37:18 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportiongte tfo mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Salman

Yeah. Nothing says “Let’s honor the deceased” like charging in and killing more people. /s


6 posted on 07/12/2021 12:45:26 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: Salman

I think a little research will reveal what the common factor is in these shootings. That will make it easier to take preventive measures.


7 posted on 07/12/2021 12:58:40 PM PDT by I want the USA back (To find out who really rules you, find out who you're not allowed to criticize. Voltaire. )
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To: Salman

A very Democrat run college town and home of the University of Illinois. Were it not for the University I imagine Champaign-Urbana would be half it’s size.

Here is a run down on the biggest employers. It’s mostly the university, local government & education, and health care (hospitals and other medical care related).


8 posted on 07/12/2021 1:04:15 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: I want the USA back

In the Chicago area, they give 21-gun salutes for notable gang members, and they generally don’t use blanks!


9 posted on 07/12/2021 1:06:38 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Fido969

“Should have cremated the sumbitch.”
-Bufford T. Justice.


10 posted on 07/12/2021 1:07:23 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Salman

A very Democrat run college town and home of the University of Illinois. Were it not for the University I imagine Champaign-Urbana would be half it’s size.

Here is a run down on the biggest employers. It’s mostly the university, local government & education, and health care (hospitals and other medical care related).

https://www.news-gazette.com/news/hire-education-annual-list-of-areas-top-employers-sees-significant-shifts/article_d6ff457c-49bd-5b1b-87b2-c208f57baa0c.html

And look at the 1998 list on the bottom. Some of the biggest Champaign-Urbana employers have shrunk between 1998 and today, including the University.


11 posted on 07/12/2021 1:11:08 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Salman

Champaign is two hours south of Chicago and is known as “Little Chi town” among the locals.


12 posted on 07/12/2021 1:40:17 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: wildcard_redneck
...especially if they OG'd

(from "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka")

13 posted on 07/12/2021 1:45:28 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Warlord: “What is best in life?” Conan: “To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.”


14 posted on 07/12/2021 1:49:30 PM PDT by dblshot
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To: The Antiyuppie

And they tend to aim low.


15 posted on 07/12/2021 2:07:02 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: Salman

I see the problem.


16 posted on 07/12/2021 2:09:09 PM PDT by sport
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To: Autonomous User

So many great lines by Gleason in that movie.


17 posted on 07/12/2021 3:26:28 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: I want the USA back

> I think a little research will reveal what the common factor is in these shootings.

Must be guns in Indiana. Anything else would be raciss.


18 posted on 07/12/2021 3:26:53 PM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Only if they learn how to hit their targets.


19 posted on 07/12/2021 5:46:45 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9)
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To: I want the USA back

That will make it easier to take preventive measures.

Not completely true any more. They used to target each other pretty much, but CRT and BLM have made the rest of us fair game.


20 posted on 07/12/2021 7:46:30 PM PDT by Western Phil
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