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Old 07-06-2009, 07:58 AM
 
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I thought I heard on WGN news this AM that there were 63 shootings over the 3 day weekend? Wow, that's absolutely incredible. Assuming 99% of these took place on the south and west sides (sprinkle in a couple in Rogers Park)...what's wrong with these people!
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Old 07-06-2009, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Chicago: Beverly, Woodlawn
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Yes, that is what is all over the news. Ask Chimack to post a link.

One thing I notice when I'm in the ghetto is that the teenagers really glorify that kind of lifestyle. I heard some teenagers at the mcDonalds counter in roseland talking as loud as they could (to be heard) about how "ten ******s" were shooting at him when he was on the ground and the cops only found five casings. He said it in that teenage way where it was obvious he wanted everyone to hear and see how cool he was. I doubted it even happened, but it's interesting that it would be considered a badge of honor. Pretty sick.
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Old 07-06-2009, 08:38 AM
 
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I thought I heard on WGN news this AM that there were 63 shootings over the 3 day weekend? Wow, that's absolutely incredible. Assuming 99% of these took place on the south and west sides (sprinkle in a couple in Rogers Park)...what's wrong with these people!
After seeing how wonderful CPD handles things like they did at the taste on the 3rd, I'm surprised there weren't 633 shootings over the weekend.
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Old 07-06-2009, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Chicago: Beverly, Woodlawn
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Do you really think it is the CPD's fault that there are so many shootings? It seems like a major stretch to me ...
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Old 07-06-2009, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Chicago- Lawrence and Kedzie/Maywood
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Was there stampedes this year again?(At the taste)
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Old 07-06-2009, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Simple explanation...during the 4th, people pull out guns to fire...odds are far more likely, if those guns are lying around, or being shot in the air, that they will be used to kill people/blow heads off/etc...especially in the ghetto cribs of the city......

As the Europeans used to say...."Chicago? Bang Bang!".....
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Old 07-06-2009, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Paleotine, IL
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That's fookin sad. And I mean, pathetic sad...not boo hoo hoo, I'm shedding a tear, sad. The cops in the ghettos of the city need to turn into storm troopers (yes I know, Jesse Jackson and that priest Flager idiot would march till their legs fall off).
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Old 07-06-2009, 10:36 AM
 
Location: St. Louis, MO
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The cops in the ghettos of the city need to turn into storm troopers.
Of course, when you meet people with nothing to lose with more violence they just sit down and say, "ok, I'll go to school and/or get a job." Yeah right! You will just get an arms race with more violence.
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Old 07-06-2009, 10:40 AM
 
Location: Logan Square
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for anyone who needs the link: 8 Dead, Dozens Wounded In Bloody Weekend In Chicago - cbs2chicago.com (http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.area.shooting.2.1072542.html - broken link)

The 8 year old kid shot at midnight in Englewood is just absurd.
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Old 07-06-2009, 10:51 AM
 
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Was there stampedes this year again?(At the taste)
Not that I was aware of. There were fights, but I didn't see any stampedes. I've been through one though where the WCIU tent and all my stuff that was in front of it got smashed.
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