Grim milestone: Chicago records 500th homicide of 2012

[koalabear]

A man gunned down Thursday on Chicago's west side marked what police say is the city's 500th homicide of the year. It's a dubious distinction that hasn't occurred since 2008, when the city ended the year with 512 murders.

Police are releasing few details about the shooting that happened around 9 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Augusta. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.

At a peace dinner held Thursday, residents came together to talk about ways to end violence. Alderman Anthony Beale, who is running for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s old 2nd Congressional District seat, said Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy needs to change strategies.

"His philosophy is not working," Beale said. "We need to put resources where the problems are, and then you will see crime drop across the city."


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[Busybody]

We need to put resources = MO MONEY!



See?

get rid of DUMOH States.......like Chicago and CA.......there would be NO gun deaths

 

[Tryharder62]

I didn't know Chicago was a state.

 

[koalabear]

We need to put resources = MO MONEY!



See?

get rid of DUMOH States.......like Chicago and CA.......there would be NO gun deaths

Those damned gang bangers......I mean, those poor community action group members.

 

[Busybody]

I didn't know Chicago was a state.

 

[Squibbs]

I didn't know Chicago was a state.

To idiots it is.

 

[BotanyBoy]

You mean all those gun bans and super restricting gun laws aren't working???

 

[koalabear]

You mean all those gun bans and super restricting gun laws aren't working???

As well as the AR ban in Connecticut did.

 

[Busybody]

with luck

he will go

with better luck

he will be shot


Chicago Columnist Challenges Obama To Come To Chicago For Funeral Of A “Ghettoized” Minority Murder Victim…

Via Mediaite:

John Kass, columnist for The Chicago Tribune, appeared on CNN on Friday where he discussed the tragic increase of violence and murder that has struck his city in recent years. He said that lawmakers and members of the press have been guilty of “papering over” how bad the situation in Chicago was getting, and of “ghettoizing” the minority children who become the victims of gun violence in the inner city. Kass concluded by challenging President Barack Obama to come to Chicago for the funeral of one of the “hundreds and hundreds” of African-American and Latino children killed every year in gun crimes.

Discussing the escalating violence and high homicide rate in Chicago, Kass said that there have been firearms in the Windy City since the 19th century. The big issue today, Kass says, is that the city no longer has the resources to cope with this violence. [...]

“We make the Sandy Hook – which was a tragedy – a big deal. Why don’t the politicians come to the funerals of the dead African-American and Latino kids who get killed by the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds,” asked Kass. “The media has ghettoized these children, these homicide victims.”

“I’m not diminishing the others, I’m just saying, President Obama, show up at a funeral here in Chicago once in a while too,” Kass concluded.

Keep reading…

 

[koalabear]

with luck

he will go

with better luck

he will be shot


Chicago Columnist Challenges Obama To Come To Chicago For Funeral Of A “Ghettoized” Minority Murder Victim…

Via Mediaite:

John Kass, columnist for The Chicago Tribune, appeared on CNN on Friday where he discussed the tragic increase of violence and murder that has struck his city in recent years. He said that lawmakers and members of the press have been guilty of “papering over” how bad the situation in Chicago was getting, and of “ghettoizing” the minority children who become the victims of gun violence in the inner city. Kass concluded by challenging President Barack Obama to come to Chicago for the funeral of one of the “hundreds and hundreds” of African-American and Latino children killed every year in gun crimes.

Discussing the escalating violence and high homicide rate in Chicago, Kass said that there have been firearms in the Windy City since the 19th century. The big issue today, Kass says, is that the city no longer has the resources to cope with this violence. [...]

“We make the Sandy Hook – which was a tragedy – a big deal. Why don’t the politicians come to the funerals of the dead African-American and Latino kids who get killed by the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds,” asked Kass. “The media has ghettoized these children, these homicide victims.”

“I’m not diminishing the others, I’m just saying, President Obama, show up at a funeral here in Chicago once in a while too,” Kass concluded.

Keep reading…

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