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U. of C. student dies days after being struck by stray bullet on Green Line: ‘He was a ball of light’
Chicago Sun Times ^ | July 5, 2021 | Mitchell Armentrout
U. of C. student dies days after being struck by stray bullet on Green Line: ‘He was a ball of light’ July 5, 2021 Denver native Max Lewis died days after he was shot on an L train. Friends remembered him as an outgoing and welcoming presence. Max Lewis didn’t have to make the trek downtown. The affable 20-year-old University of Chicago junior had the option to work from home for the competitive internship he’d landed at a Loop investment firm, but he “loved getting to know as many people as he could,” according to his best friend. “He loved the grind,” Zach Cogan said of his classmate and fraternity brother. Lewis was commuting home during rush hour Thursday when a bullet pierced the window of his train at the 51st Street Green Line station and entered his neck. He died at a hospital Sunday morning. Police say he wasn’t the intended target. Investigators have yet to provide a possible description of the shooter. It’s not even clear which direction the gunfire came from.
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BREAKING: Multiple police officers shot in Chicago (I cop, 2 ATF agents)
PT News Network ^ | 7/7/21 | Stephen Oatley
Multiple police officers have been shot by a man who fled in an early morning shootout in Chicago.
Early reports are that two ATF agents, along with a Chicago police officer have been transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Information regarding the shooter is unknown, other than he is believed to have escaped in a white Chevy Impala.
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Police say he wasn’t the intended target.
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White Supremacist Neo-Nazi's running wild!!! Our biggest national security threat!! ::)
Biden pounding his "pink pudding pop" is more of a security concern (for our children)...
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https://nypost.com/2021/07/07/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-asks-biden-for-help-after-bloody-july-4-weekend/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR0klmvR_7HbsDRB3feVhOPb5eDkL2dHHqsFw5xi6j6Ec-lIJqyCNNVUPfQ
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Believe it or not , Rev Al Sharpton and the recent winner of the dem primary for NYC Mayor agree with this.
Sure, they want some police reforms , BUT they want a large, strong police force to restore law and order in large Cities, like Chicago.
They don't view this as a democrat or republican issue, because public safety involves every citizen!
This is exactly why a black , former police Capt will be the next Mayor of NYC. He won 4/5 NYC burrows in the primary
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Believe it or not , Rev Al Sharpton and the recent winner of the dem primary for NYC Mayor agree with this.
Sure, they want some police reforms , BUT they want a large, strong police force to restore law and order in large Cities, like Chicago.
They don't view this as a democrat or republican issue, because public safety involves every citizen!
This is exactly why a black , former police Capt will be the next Mayor of NYC. He won 4/5 NYC burrows in the primary
Another lie and false bs. No they do not. Liberal left wing blacks and even worse, far left liberal whites like yourself, are the ones mainly responsible for this mess. You, yes you and your type of mentally ill left wing nuts, supported all of the bs that got us here.
Own it.
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Another lie and false bs. No they do not. Liberal left wing blacks and even worse, far left liberal whites like yourself, are the ones mainly responsible for this mess. You, yes you and your type of mentally ill left wing nuts, supported all of the bs that got us here.
Own it.
You did this, Howard.
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You did this, Howard.
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Mentally ill sick nutcases like Howard lack any sense of responsibility for this.
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Mentally ill sick nutcases like Howard lack any sense of responsibility for this.
You don't know me too well.
With crazy armed wackos, my motto is from my days on a USMC rifle range in boot camp ;
" Put the clear tip of the front site post on the target and squeeze off the round ." ;)
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You don't know me too well.
With crazy armed wackos, my motto is from my days on a USMC rifle range in boot camp ;
" Put the clear tip of the front site post on the target and squeeze off the round ." ;)
Communists and mentally ill sickos like Mayor Bettlejuice put thugs and savages on the streets and then blame gun owners who never broke any laws.
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Communists and mentally ill sickos like Mayor Bettlejuice put thugs and savages on the streets and then blame gun owners who never broke any laws.
News flash. I don't agree with that policy.
Current NYC Mayor DeFartio did this, the new guy won't.
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News flash. I don't agree with that policy.
Current NYC Mayor DeFartio did this, the new guy won't.
And Cuomo and AOC, and "Tish", and all the nutbags on the left in the state govt.
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And Cuomo and AOC, and "Tish", and all the nutbags on the left in the state govt.
Does that recording in your head ever get worn out ?
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Does that recording in your head ever get worn out ?
Hey fatso, i live here. These disgusting perverts you support ruined this state. F off and go back to your 8.99 buffet line.
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Hey fatso, i live here. These disgusting perverts you support ruined this state. F off and go back to your 8.99 buffet line.
They raised it to $9.89 when it opened back up after Biden got elected. :(
I may FINALLY lose weight ...or find a cheaper buffet.
They have a Cicis pizza nearby
https://www.cicis.com/
Hot damn , Cicis is only 5.99 plus tax and drink. I can pig out for under $8 bucks.
I never voted in a Chicago or Illinois election, but I'm betting you did.
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They raised it to $9.89 when it opened back up after Biden got elected. :(
I may FINALLY lose weight ...or find a cheaper buffet.
They have a Cici's pizza nearby
https://www.cicis.com/
Hot damn , Cici's is only 5.99 plus tax and drink. I can pig out for under $8 bucks.
I never voted in a Chicago or Illinois election, but I'm betting you did.
Given how corrupt the dems are, and making up voters, etc - I probably have. ;) :D
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Given how corrupt the dems are, and making up voters, etc - I probably have. ;) :D
LOL, maybe I did vote there ? LOL
On a serious note, if you live in Ill. don't you vote ?
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LOL, maybe I did vote there ? LOL
On a serious note, if you live in Ill. don't you vote ?
I live in NYC area ;)
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I live in NYC area ;)
Sorry, my mistake, when you posted I live "here" I thought you were meant the thread topic of Chicago.
Must be some awesome gyms in your area.
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Sorry, my mistake, when you posted I live "here" I thought you were meant the thread topic of Chicago.
Must be some awesome gyms in your area.
Until they ended the mask bs, i was training in a garage parking lot. Now that the clown show is over, im back at NYSC.
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GUNNED DOWN KTS Dre dead latest – Rapper, 31, dies after being shot 64 TIMES while leaving jail in deadly Chicago ambush
The U.S. Sun ^ | 07/12/2021 | Caroline Mortimer
Posted on 7/12/2021, 10:16:28 AM by Bonemaker
The 31-year-old, whose real name is Londre Sylvester, was shot at least 64 times as he left jail in a well-planned, targeted attack.
The shooting occurred at approximately 8.50pm local time.
Police found 59 shell casings littered across the street from the Cook County Jail, where the killing unfolded.
The rapper, 31, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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GUNNED DOWN KTS Dre dead latest – Rapper, 31, dies after being shot 64 TIMES while leaving jail in deadly Chicago ambush
The U.S. Sun ^ | 07/12/2021 | Caroline Mortimer
Posted on 7/12/2021, 10:16:28 AM by Bonemaker
The 31-year-old, whose real name is Londre Sylvester, was shot at least 64 times as he left jail in a well-planned, targeted attack.
The shooting occurred at approximately 8.50pm local time.
Police found 59 shell casings littered across the street from the Cook County Jail, where the killing unfolded.
The rapper, 31, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Shot 64 times ?! Damn , did the great grandson of Al Capone murder him with a tommy gun?
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Says Which???
Whatchu talkin bout playa???
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Exactly.
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Did they also arrest the gun they used? ::)
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https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/19/woman-beaten-in-downtown-chicago-describes-pain-horror
horrible!!!
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https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/19/woman-beaten-in-downtown-chicago-describes-pain-horror
horrible!!!
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Security guard who shot man 3 times acted in self defense because the victim wasn’t wearing a COVID mask, lawyer says
CWB Chicago ^ | 8/26/2021 | CWB Chicago
Posted on 8/29/2021, 12:28:19 AM by Bearshouse
A liquor store security guard was acting in self defense when he shot a customer three times because the customer was “putting other’s lives at risk by not wearing a [COVID] mask,” the guard’s private defense attorney said during a bond court hearing Wednesday.
The argument did not sway cook County Judge Mary Marubio.
“The victim fled the store, fell outside, followed by the defendant [who], according to the surveillance video, shot a second time. The defendant then paces back and forth and shot a third time,” Marubio said before ordering 42-year-old Chester Holmes held without bail.
Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, was working as an armed security guard at the store on the 6000 block of South Racine when a 28-year-old man walked in without a COVID mask around 9:53 am. Monday, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Darryl Auguste.
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Sad but true... Insane libturdz worshipping criminal Floyd. Backwards clown-world...
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article256551311.html
Horrible. More Democrat crimes.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10305727/Chicago-father-husband-beaten-death-outside-home.html?ito=push-notification&ci=MHtpcZPaY4&cri=h9sGpqSRMQ&si=11786209&xi=83e9409b-0e88-4f53-9198-a5fd8ca6a112&ai=10305727
Crazy - Bettlejuice like DeBlasio are two failed liberal disgusting perverts and losers.
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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot asks federal government for help fighting city's crime.
Fox News ^ | 12.21.2021 | Greg Norman
Posted on 12/21/2021, 2:37:18 PM by
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling on the federal government for help in combating crime and violence in the Windy City. In a news conference Monday, the Democrat mayor asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to send in agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for six months to ramp up the number of gun investigations and gun seizures, according to Fox32 Chicago. She also asked for more federal prosecutors to handle the criminal cases those agents will investigate, as well as federal marshals to assist local law enforcement with tracking down thousands of suspects wanted on warrants, the station added.
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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot asks federal government for help fighting city's crime.
Fox News ^ | 12.21.2021 | Greg Norman
Posted on 12/21/2021, 2:37:18 PM by
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling on the federal government for help in combating crime and violence in the Windy City. In a news conference Monday, the Democrat mayor asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to send in agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for six months to ramp up the number of gun investigations and gun seizures, according to Fox32 Chicago. She also asked for more federal prosecutors to handle the criminal cases those agents will investigate, as well as federal marshals to assist local law enforcement with tracking down thousands of suspects wanted on warrants, the station added.
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Rounding up guns but not putting the people in prison that use them. Nuts.
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https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/12/21/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-begs-biden-for-help-after-turning-down-trump-offer-for-assistance-n1543237
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Illinois police officer Marlene Rittmanic pleaded for her life before being fatally shot with own gun
Mag Grand ^ | January 4, 2022 | James L
Posted on 1/4/2022, 1:42:05 PM
Illinois police sergeant Marlene Rittmanic was begging for her life moments before she was shot dead with her own firearm by a gunman in a hotel last week, according to documents obtained by Fox News.
On Monday, Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe said in court that Sgt. Rittmanic was pleading with the suspects at the time Sullivan fired the fatal shots into her. Sgt. Rittmanic was begging the suspects to just leave, saying ‘you don’t have to do this, please just go, please don’t please don’t.’ She was desperately pleading for her life.”
On December 29, 49-year-old Bradley police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and her 27-year-old partner, Officer Tyler Bailey, were shot while responding to a noise complaint regarding barking dogs that were left in a vehicle at Comfort Inn Hotel along a highway in Kankakee County.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tests positive for Covid and says she is experiencing mild symptoms and will work from home during her isolation period after settling battle with school union over pandemic safety policies
Daily Mail ^ | 11 January 2022 | Ronny Reyes
Posted on 1/11/2022, 6:55:52 PM by Trillian
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tested positive for COVID-19 and says she will be working from home during her isolation period after experiencing mild symptoms.
The mayor's breakthrough case comes one day after she struck a deal with the Chicago Teachers' Union (CTU), which kept schools closed for four days as they demanded better COVID-19 safety policies amid the Omicron surge.
In a tweet Tuesday afternoon, Lightfoot revealed she had tested positive and will be in quarantine until she tests negative.
'I am experiencing cold-like symptoms but otherwise feel fine which I credit to being vaccinated and boosted,' Lightfoot wrote on Twitter.
'I will continue to work from home while following the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines for isolation.'
Lightfoot warned that her case was a reminder for people to get vaccinated and boosted.
The Windy City reported 4,793 new COVID cases on Tuesday, a slight drop from the average 5,189 cases a day the city saw last week. Deaths remained low at 17 new cases.
Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady warned residents that the Omicron surge is still on going despite the drop in daily cases.
'This is still a very bad surge and I don't want people to think otherwise,' Arwady said on Tuesday.
'I really don't want people to think sort of it's over, it is extremely not over.'
Arwady has said that while the city is experiencing a rise in cases, students are relatively safer in schools and advised that schools not shutdown over COVID.
The winter Omicron surge led to the Chicago Teachers' Union to enact what the mayor and school officials called 'an illegal strike' as they demanded the city implement additional COVID-19 regulations for in-person classes.
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With major crime up 34%, 95 more cops walk out the door; CPD is losing cops at “unsustainable” rate, alderman says
CWB Chicago ^ | Feb 24, 2022
Posted on 2/25/2022, 12:34:43 PM by KeyLargo
With major crime up 34%, 95 more cops walk out the door; CPD is losing cops at “unsustainable” rate, alderman says
February 24, 2022 CWBChicago Citywide
One month ago, we reported that CPD statistics showed reports of major crimes were up 24% in the first three weeks of the new year compared to the same time last year.
How have things improved since then? They haven’t. Major crime reports are now up 34%, with all seven categories showing increases: murder, criminal sexual assault, robbery, aggravated battery, burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft. That’s according to CPD’s internal CompStat report dated February 20.
Crime reports this year are also ahead of the same point in 2020 and 2019, when COVID was not a factor.
But not everything is going up. The number of cops on the city’s police force is going down. Chicago lost 95 more officers in January, according to the city’s inspector general (OIG). CPD had 11,805 officers as of February 1. It started last year with 12,679 and had 13,353 in January 2019.
“Where are we gonna be in three years?” Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) asked on a recent networking Zoom call attended by former Chicago journalist Rafer Weigel. “It’s unsustainable.”
CPD “can’t recruit fast enough,” Hopkins reportedly said.
Last month, John O’Malley, the deputy mayor for public safety, delivered sobering news to a group of Lakeview residents.
“I can tell you there is a significant, almost alarming reduction in the number of police officers in the city of Chicago,” O’Malley said, pointing to retirements and “a very hard struggle right now to recruit and retain officers.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-blocked-columbus-statue-deal-berated-lawyers-with-obscene-remarks-lawsuit-claims/ar-AAUzbDZ
“You make some kind of secret agreement with Italians. ... You are out there stroking your d---- over the Columbus statue, I am trying to keep Chicago police officers from being shot and you are trying to get them shot,” Lightfoot said, according to the complaint. “My d--- is bigger than yours and the Italians, I have the biggest d--- in Chicago.”
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/3/3/22959813/columbus-statue-arrigo-lawsuit-parade-park-district-onesti-smyrniotis-lightfoot-italian-americans
LOL!!!!!
This is hilarious!!!!
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Chicago shootings: 55 shot, 11 fatally, in Labor Day weekend violence across city, police say
ABC News Local ^ | September 6, 2022 | ByDiane Pathieu
Posted on 9/6/2022, 11:10:52 AM by
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fifty five people were shot, eleven fatally over the Labor Day Weekend in Chicago.
The shootings include an attack on four young men in the South Chicago neighborhood Sunday night in the 8600-block of South Kingston Avenue.
David DeVeaux Jr, 20 and 18-year-old Jason Mundo, 18, were gunned down while sitting in front of a home. Two others were also shot.
Police said at least two shooters armed with a rifle and two handguns walked up and opened fire.
One of the fatal attacks occurred in West Garfield Park on the West Side Friday evening. About 6:30 p.m., a 24-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 4400-block of West Jackson Boulevard when two cars approached and several people got out and began shooting. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Early Saturday, a man was fatally shot in Old Town on the Near North Side. The man, 31, was found on the ground with a gunshot wound in the chest a few minutes after midnight in the 1300 block of North Hudson Avenue, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died.
A few hours later, a man, 22, was killed in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds about 3 a.m. in the 6000-block of South Racine Avenue.
In other shootings, a 15-year-old boy was critically wounded Friday night while walking on a sidewalk in South Chicago. Close to midnight, the teen was in the 7900-block of South Crandon Avenue when he was approached by four men and was shot.
An hour later, a 13-year-old boy was shot and wounded early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood. The teen was walking on the sidewalk about 1:30 a.m. in the 700-block of South Kostner Avenue.
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An hour later, a 13-year-old boy was shot and wounded early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood. The teen was walking on the sidewalk about 1:30 a.m. in the 700-block of South Kostner Avenue.
It's moments like this when you realize all of this is a complete cultural failure.
Who would let a 13 year old wonder around in the ghetto at 1:30am?
Terrible or non-existent parents, that's who.
The cycle will continue...
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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot tells McDonald's CEO to 'educate himself' after he warns of rising crime
Fox Business ^ | 09/22/2022 | Andrew Miller
Posted on 9/22/2022, 10:30:44 PM
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired back at the CEO of McDonald’s after he highlighted the difficulty rising crime in the city has caused for his business, telling him he needs to "educate himself" on the matter.
"I think what would have been helpful is for the McDonald's CEO to educate himself before he spoke," the Chicago Democrat said during a media availability on Tuesday.
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski warned in a speech at the Economic Club of Chicago luncheon last week that it was time to "face facts" and acknowledge that companies have been leaving the city over the past year due in part to rising crime.
"The fact is that there are fewer large companies headquartered in Chicago this year than last year," Kempczinski said. "There are fewer this month than last month."
Kempczinski also said that rising crime is hurting his company’s ability to recruit top talent and that employees have been hesitant to return to work at the downtown headquarters due to crime concerns.
In the press conference, Lightfoot also pointed to a letter from World Business Chicago President Michael Fassnacht that she says "lays out in exact detail all the good news, economic news, about what’s happening in our city."
"I’m going to focus on those things and not the comments of CEO of McDonald’s," Lightfoot said.
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Chicago shootings: 31 shot, 5 fatally in weekend violence across city, police say
ABC News Local ^ | October 3, 2022 | ByJessica D'Onofrio
Posted on 10/3/2022, 7:50:10 AM by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Weekend gun violence left 31 people shot, five fatally over the weekend, Chicago police said.
Several children were among the victims, including a three-year-old boy killed on Friday and a seven-year-old boy shot on his way to church.
Police said the family of the seven-year-old boy was driving to church when they noticed a man breaking into one of their other cars that was parked.
They confronted the suspect, who police said pulled out a rifle and fired shots in the family's direction, striking the boy in the leg.
That suspect was caught by police and the child is expected to recover.
Casey Rodriguez, 30, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 11:40 a.m. Saturday inside a home in the 2000-block of South Michigan Avenue, police and the medical examiner's office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
About an hour and a half later, a 30-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Roseland on the Far South Side. He was shot in the head about 1:20 p.m. in the 300-block of West 110th Street, police said. A 21-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds later Saturday in the same block. He was found about 9:05 p.m. by responding officers and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.
Early Saturday on the South Side, a man was shot during an attempted robbery in the Kenwood neighborhood. About 12:45 a.m., the man, 29, was walking in the 140- block of East 47th Street when he was shot as two suspects were trying to rob him, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition.
Last weekend, 38 people were shot, seven fatally, in weekend gun violence.
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Chicago shootings: 52 shot, 11 fatally, in weekend violence across city, police say
ABC News Local ^ | October 24, 2022 | By Sun-Times Media Wire
Posted on 10/24/2022, 10:21:47 AM
CHICAGO -- Nine juveniles are among at least 52 people shot, 11 fatally, in Chicago gun violence so far this weekend, police said.
Five people were shot, three fatally, after a caravan involving about 100 cars on the Southwest Side, Chicago police said. The shooting happened in the Brighton Park neighborhood's 4300-block of South Kedzie Avenue at about 4 a.m. on Sunday, police said.
Two people were seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday night in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. A man, 29, and a 40-year-old woman were near a sidewalk about 7:45 p.m. in the 2400-block of West 43rd Street when someone drove up in a car and an occupant began shooting, Chicago police said.
This weekend has been particularly violent for juveniles in Chicago.
A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old girl wounded in a shooting Saturday night near South Fairfield and South Washtenaw avenues in Lawndale on Chicago's West Side, according to Chicago police. Police say two males got out of a car and shot the victims.
A 14-year-old boy was also grazed by gunfire Saturday night at a playground in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The teen suffered a graze wound to the face about 7 p.m. while in the 4400-block of West Wilcox Street, Chicago police said.
Friday night was also violent evening for Chicago's youth.
A 12-year-old boy is still in serious condition after he was shot on the West Side Friday night. Someone inside a gray sedan opened fire, striking the boy in the chest near South Albany Avenue and West Arthington Street in Lawndale at about 8:35 p.m.
Friday night was also violent evening for Chicago's youth.
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woooooooooooshhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhh
fortified elections have fortified consequences..
enjoy re-election!!
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Top Democratic prosecutors revolt against criminal justice reform law they say will 'destroy' Illinois
FOX ^ | 10/31/2022 | Slacik
Posted on 10/31/2022
A Democratic prosecutor is sounding the alarm over an Illinois law that will end cash bail
A Democratic prosecutor in the Chicago-area is sounding the alarm over a criminal justice reform law that will "tie the hands" of prosecutors and "destroy the criminal justice system in Illinois."
The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act, signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., in 2021, will implement sweeping reforms to Illinois’ criminal justice system, though it has drawn criticism from law enforcement professionals across the political spectrum.
"I never, in my 40-years in this profession, ever thought I'd ever see anything close to this," Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow told Fox News Digital in an interview. "The intent of this law is to destroy the criminal justice system in Illinois, and I'm not going to let that happen."
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http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mass-shooting-3-year-old-among-14-people-shot-on-west-side
horrible!!!
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http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mass-shooting-3-year-old-among-14-people-shot-on-west-side
horrible!!!
All those cops standing around after the shooting.
Go back to cops walking the beat.
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/californias-business-exodus-soared-2021-report-finds
>:( :(
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'Don’t demonize them': Chicago's new mayor-elect says it's 'not constructive' to vilify group of rowdy teens that torched cars in rampage organized on social media but condemned the chaotic takeover
Daily Mail ^ | April 17, 2023 | By HOPE SLOOP and VANESSA SERNA and JAMES GORDON
Posted on 4/17/2023, 7:36:32 AM by Bon of Babble
Chicago's mayor-elect said the city should not demonize the teens who organized a 'Teen Takeover' of the Loop over the weekend, even after the event turned violent with cars burnt cars and minors shot.
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Chicago Prosecutor Quits in Disgust: ‘Increase in Crime of All Kinds, I Will Not Raise My Son Here, My Entire Family Is Leaving’
Slay News ^
Posted on 5/8/2023, 8:08:25 AM by TigerClaws
A 20-year veteran prosecutor has quit the Cook County state’s attorney’s office and will move his family out of Illinois.
Assistant State’s Attorney Jason Poje blasted Chicago’s leadership and cited rising crime and the politicians who do nothing to stop it as a reason for leaving the state.
In a statement announcing his departure, Poje said he can’t raise his son in the state and is moving his “entire family” out of Illinois.
Poje sent a blistering goodbye email to 85 colleagues that said: “After 20 years, I always kind of figured an email like this would start with ‘It is with a heavy heart that I leave…’
“The truth is, I can’t get out of here fast enough.
“Let me start with the positive. There is not a single day that has gone by that I have not felt truly honored to work with such an incredible group of people who spent every waking hour on behalf of victims. This opportunity has been a gift for which I have no words to explain the extent of my gratitude.
“My partners, our Victim/Witness advocates, our Investigators, our support staff, the police officers and detectives, time after time I see each of you putting everything you have into helping people we encounter on the worst days of their lives. So often I see our personal lives, and indeed at times our own well-being, set aside just to do a little bit more on that last case for that last victim. It’s been nothing short of inspiring not as a lawyer, but as a person.
“And yet, I’m leaving. Why could that be? The simple fact is that this State and County have set themselves on a course to disaster. And the worst part is that the agency for whom I work has backed literally every policy change that had the predicable, and predicted, outcome of more crime and more people getting hurt.
“Bond reform designed to make sure no one stays in jail while their cases are pending with no safety net to handle more criminals on the streets, shorter parole periods, lower sentences for repeat offenders, the malicious and unnecessary prosecution of law enforcement officers, overuse of diversion programs, intentionally not pursuing prosecutions for crimes lawfully on the books after being passed by our legislature and signed by a governor, all of these so-called reforms have had a direct negative impact, with consequences that will last for a generation.
“Many years ago my family found a nice quiet corner of the suburbs. Now my son, who is only 5, hears gunfire while playing at our neighborhood park, and a drug dealer is open-air selling behind my house (the second one in two years). If it were just me to consider, I’d stick it out. I’ve been through stupid State’s Attorney policies before. But this Office’s complete failure to even think for a moment before rushing into one popular political agenda after another has put my family directly in harm’s way.
“The current people in charge of this state, including the [State’s Attorney’s Office] suffer from a fundamental misunderstanding…we live in a society with adversarial court and criminal justice processes. Defense attorneys, legal aid clinics, Public Defenders, defendant advocate groups…they fight like hell to protect the rights of criminal defendants. And they should. Their work is as noble as ours.
“But we have an obligation to fight like hell on behalf of the People. It should go without saying that this must be done ethically and even-handedly. When both sides vigorously defend their positions, a balance is reached between protecting rights while preserving some sort of order and safety. Once we start doing too much of the defense’s job, once we pull our punches, once we decide that it’s worth risking citizens’ lives to have a little social experiment, that balance is lost.
“The unavoidable consequences are what we are witnessing in real-time, an increase in crime of all kinds, businesses and families pulling up stakes, and the bodies piling up; the whole time with a State’s Attorney who insists that there is nothing to see here, and if there is it must be someone else’s fault.
“And then they wonder why they cannot retain experienced prosecutors or even hire new ones…it’s because any true prosecutor recognizes the importance of this balance, and that they will not be permitted to be a prosecutor under this administration.
“I will not raise my son here. I am fortunate enough to have the means to escape, so my entire family is leaving the State of Illinois. I grew up here, my family and friends are here, and yet my own employer has turned it into a place from which I am no longer proud to be, and in which my son is not safe.
“To everyone in the trenches in the State’s Attorney’s Office and in law enforcement, my one regret is that I cannot be at your side anymore as you continue to fight the good fight. I do not envy the task you have before you, but you have my utmost respect for carrying on. I hope one day you are successful at returning some kind of common sense and security to our communities.
“Thank you all so much for this opportunity to serve. I will treasure every moment of this chapter in my life. Be safe, be well, fight hard.”
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He is just another malcontent.
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Chicago shootings: At least 14 shot, 3 fatally in weekend gun violence across city, police say
ABC News Local ^ | May 14, 2023 | By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Posted on 5/14/2023, 8:56:58 AM by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 14 people have been shot, three fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.
In the latest fatal shooting, a 17-year-old boy died at University of Chicago Hospital Saturday after he and a 16-year-old boy were shot in the 6400 block of South King Drive at around 5:54 p.m.
According to Chicago police, the teens were standing on the street when they were both shot by an unknown suspect. The 17-year-old was shot in the chest and the 16-year-old was shot in the arm.
A woman was critically injured while trying to flee from a drive-by shooting on Chicago's South Side, police said.
The shooting happened in the West Pullman neighborhood's 12400 block of South Halsted Street at about 12:30 a.m., police said. A 19-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk when a blue Dodge Charger pulled up, and someone inside fired shots.
Police said the victim, shot in the head, ran to a nearby business, where she collapsed. The Chicago Fire Department transported her to Advocate Christ Hospital in critical condition.
Last weekend, at least 20 people were shot, four fatally, including a Chicago police officer, CPD said.
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You can't make this up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12531313/Chicago-Mayor-Brandon-Johnson-grocery-stores-Walmart.html