January to Date
Shot & Killed: 45
Shot & Wounded: 219
Total Shot: 264
Total Homicides: 46
Chicago's gang violence continues to spiral out of control. The media and politicians, of course, prefer to label it "gun" violence. They call it "gun" violence because describing it as such allows them to ignore those responsible. The timing for the Chicago Machine politicians couldn't have been worse. It happened just as Donald Trump tweets that he's going to send in the feds if Rahm and crew can't get a handle on the rampant violence.
Sadly, the victims included the mother of the person killed earlier, and a 12-year-old girl. NBC Chicago has the story:
Six people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot Wednesday night on Chicago's South Side during a memorial for a victim of a previous act of gun violence, police said.
The shootings occurred about 8:16 p.m. in the city’s Greater Grand Crossing community in a "business establishment" on the 500 block of East 75th Street, Chicago police said.
Of course, those at the memorial failed to identify those responsible to police.
As of Wednesday night, no one was in custody and Area South detectives were investigating.
I think if someone tried to kill me, I'd be all over helping the police identify and capture the suspect(s).
HeyJackass has the carnage to date:
Looks like the feds might be coming to Chicago to root out corruption and help beat cops apprehend some bad people.
It all means little when the Judges won't lock these A Holes up. Cook Co Jail is 143 bucks a day/mope, and the County is broke. They keep people out of jail on an I Bond and an EM bracelet.
"Please Mr. Bad Guy, dont shoot anyone else, or I shall give you a stern talking to…."
When the wages of good and evil are the same, why are we surprised they do evil?
If President Trump (doesn't that sound great?) sends the feds to Chitcago to root out corruption, gang violence, etc., they will have to start at the top, it is a "sanctuary city", so 'ol Rahmbo might be first on the list for federal prosecution, then just go down the political roster all the way down to the thugs on the streets, better yet, just put a big long fence around Crook County and let those not involved in crime and corruption out of the newest federal prison camp! (sarc.)
By the way, one of my "pet peeves" is politicians and media calling "criminal or gang violence" "gun violence", their way of minimalizing the criminals' participation in the crime and blaming an in-animate object for the result of the crime. Thank you for correcting it in this article!
This isn't the "old west" where you can just clean up the streets with a gun….even though that is exactly what is needed……sanctuary cities…..isn't that a safe haven for outlaws wanting to seek refuge from the long arm of the law…….if it is the intention of liberal cities wanting to protect illegal immigrants from deportation ….why not include wanted criminals and fugitives from justice too….just think of all those votes you can count on….the democrats will win every time and nothing changes…..
Nothin' changes except all the decent people move out if they can afford it.
John
John,
You are right. In fact there is a web site just for that purpose.
Get out of Illinois.com
That tiny subset of people who act like savages aren't going to become civilized just because we have a new president. Just like adding more cops won't fix the problem when the good people in those communities sweep their problems under the rug instead of dealing with them.