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Old 08-19-2014, 10:24 AM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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Black on black violence is still such a tragic issue in this country, it is a shame we will probably never have a real conversation about it.

You are correct. The people who should give a damn, and be talking about this issue are not doing so, Why is that?
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Old 08-19-2014, 10:38 AM
 
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You are correct. The people who should give a damn, and be talking about this issue are not doing so, Why is that?
My brothers keeper.


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Old 08-19-2014, 10:47 AM
 
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Chicago is actually as safe as any major city.
Crime in Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not if you are black and live outside the "nice areas".

The murder rate for the Austin neighborhood is 30-40x higher than the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Gotta love the legacy of segregation and racism that is Chicago's.

While the right just likes to bring up Chicago because of their past gun laws and\or Obama's ties there....they are indeed correct (like a broken clock) that this should be addressed as the deaths are geographically and racially polarizing.

However, Chicago gets a pass because it's a big democratic bastion and raising a fuss is not allowed. Al Sharpton f0found that out the hard way 5-6 years ago when he started raising a stink. Mayor Daley met with him and probably said something like "Hey you ever want to speak at the DNC again you better stop making waves and take the next plane out of town or we'll wreck you." After the meeting, Sharpton apologized for his comments, shut up and left town.

Chicago gets a big fat pass for being far worse to blacks than Ferguson.....because of political immunity.
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Old 08-19-2014, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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Eric Holder represents the STATE. He had better be advocating for the police or he should stay home. The Attorney General represents the GOVERNMENT, not Brown.
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Old 08-19-2014, 10:52 AM
 
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This is the same AG who dropped the slam dunk case against the Black Panthers for threatening voters with weapons at the polls to vote for Obama. Guess he's found the cop guilty before reviewing the evidence. Might even make up evidence if it doesn't get him a conviction.
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Old 08-19-2014, 10:56 AM
 
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3 dead, 16 wounded in Chicago this weekend and Obama send Holder to MO
Yawn. Another wingnut post of contrived outrage....
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Old 08-19-2014, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by middle-aged mom
The majority of murders, in Chicago, is black on black crime and gang related. There have been street gangs in the US since the 1700's, 250 +/- years.

Mitigating gang activity anywhere, is a game of whack-a- mole, not too different than global terrorism.


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That may be true, but does not excuse murder in any way shape or form, just because it is black on black.

Maybe that is a problem, no one seems to give a damn if it is black on black.
The black on black violence in the inner cities is almost entirely driven by drugs. Not the use of, but the ownership of a corner or a block to sell on. This is no different than the Italian/Irish mobs selling alcohol during prohibition.

Solution: make all drugs legal, strictly regulate the manufacturing process, and tax them just like alcohol and tobacco. Apply the savings and tax windfall to pay for rehab and prevention programs. There would be billions in free revenue, the corporate prison system and street gangs would all but collapse. The black and Hispanic segment would instantly be free of a bogus weapon used against them by police.
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Old 08-19-2014, 11:00 AM
 
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Yawn. Another wingnut post of contrived outrage....
Another leftist with blinders.....YAWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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Old 08-19-2014, 11:06 AM
 
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Of course it's tragic, the difference, when was the last time you see white folks protest a killing?

You have one of your frinds on here who who supports everything going on in the curent riots....how does that make you feel? Or do you support EVERYTHING going on? Even the other shootings...
I will bet the house that if black cops start shooting unarmend white kids that white folks will lose there everloving minds. Now say they wouldn't, tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Old 08-19-2014, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by steven_h
Chicago is actually as safe as any major city.
Crime in Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Not if you are black and live outside the "nice areas".

The murder rate for the Austin neighborhood is 30-40x higher than the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
OKay so would you say that was a Captain Obvious moment?

I said "Chicago is actually as safe as any major city." and it is.

It would be far out of the scope of a single post to start comparing neighborhoods. I live on the main drag into Compton and the crime rates here are more than 1/2 what they are just a couple of miles east, but the Carson/Gardena/Torrance area as a whole are very safe.


Again... most of the violence is gang related, and gangs main streams of income are drugs. Remove their stranglehold on the black market and they effectively lose their power, and reason to fight for market share.

You would be amazed how quickly all this inner city violence would dry up.
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