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Now charged with murder, Chicago man had a ‘success story so moving it was featured on ABC News’
CWB Chicago ^ | March 23, 2023 | CWB Chicago staff writers

Posted on 03/24/2023 6:50:52 AM PDT by Salman

Like too many young Chicagoans, Kevin McMurtry dropped out of high school and then spent years struggling to find his way. He racked up three felony convictions between 2006 and 2012 for non-violent crimes. In 2020, as a new father at the age of 34, he decided to get on track. He joined the anti-violence program Chicago CRED and earned his GED.

After raising his now 3-year-old daughter alone, he recently married. Everything seemed to be going the right way.

He had a “success story so moving it was featured on ABC News,” his defense attorney said Thursday after prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; chicagocred; crime; kevinmcmurtry; murder
Just getting his life together, see?

Link to the ABC story: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-cred-ged-preparation-test/10964667/

1 posted on 03/24/2023 6:50:52 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Does ABC News have any comment for the family of Jamel Fields?


2 posted on 03/24/2023 6:58:49 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Salman

Apparently, the new wife felt “disrespected” by another driver...


3 posted on 03/24/2023 7:02:24 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Salman

Obama?.........................


4 posted on 03/24/2023 7:06:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Salman

Its the heart of South Side/Englewood. Ground zero for murder in Chicago

Must be something in the water there....


5 posted on 03/24/2023 7:06:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Salman
And read all the other crime stores on that page.

Holy S**t!

And there's something similar to ALL of them.

If I could, just, put my finger on it...🤔

7 posted on 03/24/2023 7:12:09 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: PGR88
Its the heart of South Side/Englewood. Ground zero for murder in Chicago

In the baddest part of town...

8 posted on 03/24/2023 7:12:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Salman

Another “moving” far-left, affirmative action story gone in the toilet.


9 posted on 03/24/2023 7:24:46 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Brandon! FJB.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Thought there were talking about O.J.


10 posted on 03/24/2023 7:31:47 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: skeeter

You can take them out of the ghetto, but cant get the ghetto out of them .......


11 posted on 03/24/2023 7:35:39 AM PDT by njslim
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To: ping jockey

I think the word you were looking for was “jungle”.


12 posted on 03/24/2023 7:43:26 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: PGR88

NO SUPERVISION +

NO DISCIPLINE ++

NO CONSEQUENCES ===

FERAL BARBARIANS


13 posted on 03/24/2023 8:28:38 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Salman
He had a “success story so moving it was featured on ABC News,” his defense attorney said Thursday after prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder.

In other words, my Tagline is still accurate.

14 posted on 03/24/2023 8:45:14 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Salman

Will ABC fake news do a follow up on the murder?

I didn’t think so


15 posted on 03/24/2023 9:10:15 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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