[blam]

What did Jesse know and when did he know it?

[bmwcyle]

Oh no, Jesse has no local place to pick up women.

[Brian Mosely]

Local activists said yesterday the city might not have dared enforce the closure order for fear of political and social consequences.

Too bad 21 people had to pay the price of unintended consequences because the city might not have dared to enforce the closure order...

[Ken522]

So like the title to the article says, the club incident "reopened old racial wounds in Chicago." How curious - the ethnicity of all involved was the same, and somehow this is a RACIAL issue???

[Nagual]

For all the trouble it has caused – 80 police calls over the past two years, mostly for fights and shootings – it has also been a rallying point for black activists such as Mr Jackson, who is close friends with one of its owners, Dwain Kyles.

Jesse, this time do the right thing. Educate the brothers to obey the laws and quit shooting each other. Don't blame the rest of the world for pure stupity.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

What the heck is this article talking about? The officials didn't cave to possible pressure to keep the club open, there was pressure from black leaders to keep it open in the form of letters to officials. I hope they kept them. Jackson is even named as one who put pressure on the city to keep the place open.

[Bob J]

The Rev Jesse Jackson, who is based in Chicago, returned to the nightclub yesterday to demand an independent investigation that would look at the city's failings as well as any negligence on the part of the club.

Looks like Jackson's son is going to get another liquor distributorship.

[mabelkitty]

I think Jesse is either a silent partner or getting a kickback. Perhaps he will be sued for everything he has. He lives here, right? You think he isn't going to shake down a profitable enterprise? Ever see Barbershop? Character in there modeled after him.

[friendly]

Mr Jackson, who is close friends with one of its owners, Dwain Kyles..a lawyer.

Lawyers are sociopaths in $3000 suits who believe that they are above the law.

Evil shysters like Kyles use the law to enrich themselves while spitting on ethics and justice. The victims' families will never seen a penny from this mass murderer, who will hide his millions.

The criminal Jackson of course is a good buddy to this fellow sc*mb*g.

[Libertina]

I agree Jessie, let's ENFORCE OUR LAWS! YOUR TURN!

[jeremiah]

The cops in nearly all jurisdictions, are afraid to enforce the law. They are afraid of being called a racist. Most of all, afraid of being overwhelmed in a riot situation, with not enough firepower to stop a lynching, of themselves. They know that to confront a crowd that gathers at a place such as this, they must be willing to use deadly force. Of course the higher ups, won't back them up.

[Edmund Burke]

Kyles is going to spend the next 10 years in prison for chaining the exit doors shut.

[stands2reason]

ping

[jrushing]

It was also one of only a handful of thriving black-owned businesses in an area, the South Loop, that is being taken over by whites

Let 1 group move in & soon they'll take over the neighborhood!! Sad.

[jrushing]

The club has also been a rallying point for black activists such as Mr Jackson, who is close friends with one of its owners, Dwain Kyles. The city did not have dare enforce the closure order for fear of political and social consequences.

And what is that "fear" about??

A war of words yesterday between the city's civic leaders and the African-American community.

Aren't they the same people??

[opinionator]

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KYLES, DWAIN J ESQ CHICAGO, IL 60616	SPECIALTY CARE DIV CORP	11/20/1997	$1,000	Moseley-Braun, Carol
KYLES, DWAIN J ESQ CHICAGO, IL 60616	SPECIALTY CARE DIV CORP	11/20/1997	$1,000	Moseley-Braun, Carol

2002 cycle data downloaded from FEC on January 13, 2003. Date of request: February 18, 2003

[Godel]

This is hilarious. If they shut down the club its racism, if they dont shut down the club its racism. What a hypocritical sick culture, you can't enforce the rules because you're racist, then if you don't enforce them you're racist. Its kinda of a parallel to the policing issue, if you arrest black criminals, you're racist, if you don't arrest them and let them victimize their fellow blacks, you get accused of ignoring the black community.

I don't know how to say this, but I never want to be around a black person because of this crap. It has nothing to do with race, its the culture of blame and hatred that blacks are indoctrinated with. No matter what you do you will be blamed and attacked, what sane person wants to put themselves in a position to be a punching bag?

[CoolPapaBoze]

I saw the statement from Jackson about this on Special Report with Brit Hume tonight. Jackson actually said that it wasn't the fault of the people in the club, or the owners of the club. It was the city's fault for not enforcing the court order which was violated by the owner. It doesn't matter what the facts are, you just can't win with Je$$e Jackass and people of his ilk. It's always someone else's fault. I know, it's the Oakland Raiders' fault!!!

I'm tempted to say that this is going to be interesting, but I'm sure we won't hear much about it in the mainstream press.

[fightu4it]

While we are on race, does anyone know the race of the victim or the perp in the D.C. gas station shooting?

[Theophilus]

I wonder if there were tax revenues for the place. And if they were collected, how much? Additionally, if the city is guilty of failing to enforce it's own rulings, I wonder how many other illegal establishments will now be shut down.

Those people must have been void of even an iota of chivalry - a glimmer of what hell must be like - crushed in a stampede of human debris. And now I hear that the city will "honor" the fallen as if the victims had died in selfless sacrifice. I guess we'll have to some J. Jackson lingo and call it: the Epitome of Stupidity.