Posted on 05/05/2024 9:36:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chicago, like so many of our major cities, is out of control. Homelessness, smash-and-grab robberies, carjackings, gangs effectively taking over parts of the city - Chicago is in free fall. On Sunday, another incident in Chicago's meltdown was revealed when the Chicago Police Department canceled the city's Cinco de Mayo parade "out of an abundance of caution," due to gang violence and large-scale fighting in the area of the parade.
Families in Democrat-run Chicago hoping to enjoy a Cinco de Mayo parade will have to wait until next year – after the city canceled the festivities due to "gang violence."
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) announced Sunday that the Cinco de Mayo Parade was canceled "out of an abundance of caution… to protect the safety of all in attendance, including families and children."
Families were forced to pack up and head home after reports of large-scale fights in the area.
"This decision was made in agreement between CPD’s 10th District, elected officials, and parade organizers, following gang violence in the area," CPD said in a statement.
This is the really alarming bit, that the story - or the Chicago PD - almost seems to downplay:
The department said it arrested multiple people on unspecified gun charges.
Chicago is a mess. The city has suffered from years, nay, decades of incompetent government, brought about mostly by the citizenry voting out one incompetent city official only to vote in an even less competent city official. What's worse is that Cook County and Chicago, as is the case in many blue states, essentially control the rest of the state politically--meaning that all of Illinois suffers under these incompetent politicians.
As of this writing, there have been four people killed and 23 wounded by gunfire in Chicago this weekend alone, ranging in age from 17 to 49. This is a spring weekend in the Windy City for you, folks. At the moment the numbers above were noted, the list was still being updated. It's likely that by midnight on Sunday, the number will have gone up.
The Chicago Police is doing the best it can with what it is allowed to work with, and canceling the parade was probably the right call. But it's a sad pass we've come to when the town that has been referred to as America's Second City is so out of control, that the police can't guarantee the safety of the general public while they attend a parade.
Government, at every level, has two primary purposes: To protect the citizens' liberty and to protect the citizens' property. In this Chicago has failed, and continues to fail. It's time the voters in the Windy City hire a better class of public servant.
Hahahahaha.. too bad. My heart bleeds... ugh
Hahahahaha.. too bad. My heart bleeds... ugh
Won't happen next year either. The gangs have learned that the city will back down and cave so guess who's in control now?
Fr AI-
The Middle Ages were a time of great complexity, and violence was indeed a significant aspect of life during that period. Let’s explore some insights into medieval crime rates:
Homicide Levels:
Homicide rates in medieval England were at least 10 times higher than they are today1.
For instance, in 14th-century Oxford, the homicide rate was around 110 per 100,000 people. In comparison, the homicide rate in the UK in 2011 was only 1 per 100,0001.
Common Crimes:
Based on court records from 1300-1348, the most common crimes during the medieval period included:
Theft: Accounting for 73.5% of all offenses.
Murder: Constituting 18.2% of crimes.
Receiving stolen goods: Making up 6.2% of offenses.
Other crimes such as arson, counterfeiting coins, rape, and treason accounted for 2.1%
Round them up, deport all non-citizens.
Butt, butt, butt.........’dei’.
Well said.
"Can you dig it?"
BTTT
Voters are getting it good and hard, eh what?
The rot has become viral.
At the street level, blacks and Hispanics hate each other.
If you wanted to make a movie that was absolutely “diverse” yet astoundingly politically incorrect, do “West Side Story” and replace the white gang with a black gang.
“I’m starring in the all white version of “Porgy and Bess. ( said in a yuppie accent ) Bess, you be my woman.”
- Fred Willard
“If you wanted to make a movie that was absolutely “diverse” yet astoundingly politically incorrect, do “West Side Story” and replace the white gang with a black gang.”
Get the culture right and you might actually have an oscar on your hands.
“It’s time the voters in the Windy City hire a better class of public servant.”
And because of the decades of neglect the citizenry who voted in this better class the public servant, will HOWL at what it will actually take to turn Chicago around.
It won’t be pretty...
Watch this scene and notice the blacks in it which most people at the time wouldn't have. What happened?
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