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View Poll Results: Did anybody felt uncomforable at The Taste last night ?
Yes 4 66.67%
No 0 0%
Somewhat 1 16.67%
A little bit 1 16.67%
Voters: 6. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-04-2008, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Southwest Suburbs
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Me and my sister went to The Taste of Chicago last night to see the fireworks. I had a great time at the Taste, but in my mind I felt a little bit uncomfortable seeing too many people in groups of 10 people or more just hanging around trying too start trouble. I was asking did anyone that went to the taste last night felt somewhat unsafe?
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Old 07-04-2008, 03:16 PM
 
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Agoraphobia?
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Old 07-04-2008, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Southwest Suburbs
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Dud are u serious, I'm not even close to being Agoraphobia. If I was Agoraphobia, I wouldn't even went to the Taste all and I go just about every year. I'm just saying that I felt something bad was going to happen after the fireworks.
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Old 07-04-2008, 04:31 PM
 
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Dud are u serious, I'm not even close to being Agoraphobia. If I was Agoraphobia, I wouldn't even went to the Taste all and I go just about every year. I'm just saying that I felt something bad was going to happen after the fireworks.
and it did.
4 shot in Loop, one fatally, after fireworks, Taste let out -- chicagotribune.com
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Old 07-04-2008, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Dud are u serious, I'm not even close to being Agoraphobia. If I was Agoraphobia, I wouldn't even went to the Taste all and I go just about every year. I'm just saying that I felt something bad was going to happen after the fireworks.
Something bad happens just about every year before, during, or after the fireworks. It does not take a genius to predict that. Because of the sheer volume of people that go there-something always happens.
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Old 07-04-2008, 05:40 PM
 
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Dud are u serious, I'm not even close to being Agoraphobia. If I was Agoraphobia, I wouldn't even went to the Taste all and I go just about every year. I'm just saying that I felt something bad was going to happen after the fireworks.
No, I wasn't serious.

I didn't go to the Taste for fireworks this year, and haven't been for several. What was it that seemed different from years past? The times I've been, there's always been packs of seemingly mischievous young people.
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Old 07-04-2008, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Southwest Suburbs
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Their were gang members hanging around at least 10 deep, I guess tryin to cause trouble ruin it for the families that was tryin to enjoy the Independence day , a couple of fights during the event, and then after the fireworks, 4 people got shot and all of them was from the age 15-19.
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Old 07-05-2008, 08:21 AM
 
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I didn't go, but after this shooting on the 3rd, I wouldn't be surprised if people with families bowed out of going to the fireworks, for a long while. You can see fireworks in the burbs as well - maybe not as good but so what. I will stick to going to the "taste" during the day now, thank you.

They better start cleaning up all this gang shooting stuff. Seriously.
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Old 07-06-2008, 12:27 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Another shooting downtown early Saturday.

cbs2chicago.com - Person Found Shot At Downtown 'L' Stop (http://cbs2chicago.com/local/shooting.cta.stop.2.764319.html - broken link)
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Old 07-06-2008, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Chicago- Hyde Park
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I watched the fireworks on 55th...you can still see them, and of course there is less of a crowd
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