What Is Up With Chicago? 84 Shootings Holiday Weekend

[Gary]

Chicago's July 4th weekend assaulted by 84 shootings

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2683419/Chicagos-July-4th-weekend-marred-60-shootings-left-nine-people-dead.html

I think the number dead is over a dozen.

My mind cannot grasp that level of lawlessness.

Headlines from the linked page:


'Windy City' turned into a war zone over the Fourth of July weekend

Fourteen people dead and 82 injured in the rampant holiday violence

Anti-crime campaigner Father Michael Pfleger: 'We feel like we're in prison'

Police chiefs have vowed to crack down on spiraling gun deaths

More than 100 people have been murdered in the city of Chicago this year

[bkoenig]

Out of control criminal element.
Lots of poverty.
Law abiding citizens are mostly unarmed.

[greg58]

It's a bigger,nastier, version of Omaha.

Greg58

[Kendahl]

Because of the civilian concealed carry law Illinois was forced to enact, the thugs no longer have it all their way.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-military-member-concealed-carry-shoots-attacker-20140706,0,5324984.story

[Hardwood83]

I read a very interesting article about Chit-cago's gang/violence/murder problems. Wish I had the link, but the gist was there is a thug culture prevalent amongst black culture in the south side population and the VAST majority of the murders are among them. Not really ground-breaking, but they put stats and analysis to what we all recognize. The plotting of shootings there is similar to Omaha. VERY localized to some specific areas. A third world enclave surrounded by a huge metropolis.

 Of course the corruption and mis-management in Chicago is legendary and greatly magnifies the problem by avoiding solutions. 

[Gary]

I read a very interesting article about Chit-cago's gang/violence/murder problems. Wish I had the link, but the gist was there is a thug culture prevalent amongst black culture in the south side population and the VAST majority of the murders are among them. Not really ground-breaking, but they put stats and analysis to what we all recognize. The plotting of shootings there is similar to Omaha. VERY localized to some specific areas. A third world enclave surrounded by a huge metropolis.

 Of course the corruption and mis-management in Chicago is legendary and greatly magnifies the problem by avoiding solutions. 

Love your avatar.  That would have been a good sign to add to the political float that was in the news last weekend.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/02/d02f244c-bf5b-5aee-9f73-725ef4817a8c/53b97d8b9513f.preview-620.jpg