Juneteenth holiday horror: Four people are shot dead and at least 42 others injured so far this weekend as gun violence erupts across the nation - from Illinois to Missouri

Daily Mail UK ^ | 10:36 EDT, 18 June 2023 | JAMES NYE and ANDREA CAVALLIER, SENIOR REPORTER

[Rurudyne]

Black lives mattering like usual.

[dfwgator]

Well how else are you going to celebrate it?

[Yogafist]

Isn’t that a Juneteenth custom?

[digger48]

abc7chicago.com has the running total at 55 shot, 7 dead across Chicago

[I want the USA back]

Strange. I don’t remember ANY Columbus Day shootings. There were parades and festivals, but no shoot-em-ups. Columbus Day is being eliminated, and Columbus statues are being torn down.

Enter Juneteenff. As long as I can remember, there have been shootings on Juneteenff. Seems to be a culture thing. But Juneteenff has been elevated to the status of a national, compulsory, holiday, complete with parties at the huge letters “BLM” painted on the streets.

Must be a cultural thing. Too bad the culture being worshiped is the one that blames everyone else for its self-inflicted pathologies.

[Sooth2222]

"Juneteenth holiday horror: Four people are shot dead and at least 42 others injured so far this weekend as gun violence erupts across the nation"

Why can't they write, "Black violence erupts across the nation"?

[RoosterRedux]

"Hurrah!"

"Let's celebrate our emancipation from slavery!"

"We could use this occasion to demonstrate to ourselves and others how civilized we are and how deserving we are for a place in the modern world."

"But naw...let's just go wild and kill each other."

[Red Badger]

It was unnecessary.......................🤦‍♀️

[Paladin2]

BLDM

[Red Badger]

And it ain’t over yet!..................

[xxqqzz]

Happy JUNETEENTH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Da Coyote]

Hmmmm, one has absolutely no idea of just who the perps might be. Oh, forgot, it’s guns.

[Red Badger]

BLMETB....................

[PGR88]

Deys jus celebratin’

[V_TWIN]

And it ain’t over yet either

[usconservative]

I live 15 minutes from this location and drive by it at least once a month on my way to Oak Brook.

300 people at that location in the wee hours of the morning is t a “celebration” it’s a riot.

I’ve no sympathy for people that shoot each other in “celebration” of being set free from slavery.

Go back to Chicago.

[eyeamok]

Sorry, but my inherent white privilege prevents me from giving a rats ass about black people shooting and killing each other while celebrating a holiday about blacks killing each other.

[oldtech]

Maybe they should just eliminate Juneteenth as a holiday. Never had it when I was a kid & never missed it any, either. As I recall, when I was a kid, I believe you could walk down at least some Chicago streets without worrying about being shot at as well. So, what has having Juneteenth accomplished? Seems to me that we need a holiday FROM shootings; not one ADVOCATING it.

[dfwgator]

It’s a black thing, you wouldn’t understand.