Law Forum : 9 Dead, 53 Wounded in Fourth of July Weekend Violence in Chicago

[KMeister]

If anyone here lives or used to live in Chicago and has some insight into this insanity, please offer your comments. Many of the shootings reported in the article appear to be those in which a person was shot while simply sitting or standing somewhere. I grew up not too far from Chicago, and I remember how often I would hear people who moved from there saying they relocated because they wanted to be free to just sit on their porch without worrying someone was going to shoot at them for no apparent reason.

9 Dead, 53 Wounded in Fourth of July Weekend Violence in Chicago
Among those killed was a 7-year-old boy who was shot while watching fireworks with his father

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loca...end-violence-shootings-chicago-311639971.html

Nine people died and 53 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago this Fourth of July weekend.

Among those who died was a 7-year-old boy who was shot while watching fireworks in Humboldt Park with his father just before midnight Saturday.
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Amari Brown and his father were standing on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of North Harding when gunfire erupted around them, striking Amari and a 26-year-old woman, who was transported to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in stable condition, police said. Both were shot in the chest.

The boy's father said he thought the sound of gunfire was just fireworks, and he didn't realize Amari had been shot until the boy called out for him.
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[Hermetic]

The most prolific killers of black people are black people. Drugs and gangs are scourges on our communities that also have the added effect of giving the world the impression that black lives do not even matter to our own. Until we start to focus most of our efforts on removing the parasites in our communities, we will continue to suffer outrageous yearly homicide numbers that dwarf what we as a group experience from the police.

 

[IntuitioninMD_2]

Do you suggest Bounty Hunters????


Just kidding...kind of..sort of.....not really.

 

[KMeister]

The most prolific killers of black people are black people. Drugs and gangs are scourges on our communities that also have the added effect of giving the world the impression that black lives do not even matter to our own. Until we start to focus most of our efforts on removing the parasites in our communities, we will continue to suffer outrageous yearly homicide numbers that dwarf what we as a group experience from the police.

Perhaps the wanton killing is in part due to people who live in these communities not trusting the police or being afraid to speak up. Another news story on the weekend violence in Chicago stated that the little boy's father has been arrested 45 times in the past and has been somewhat uncooperative with the police. If you can't trust the police and you can't trust your neighbors, what can you do?

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

The most prolific killers of black people are black people. Drugs and gangs are scourges on our communities that also have the added effect of giving the world the impression that black lives do not even matter to our own. Until we start to focus most of our efforts on removing the parasites in our communities, we will continue to suffer outrageous yearly homicide numbers that dwarf what we as a group experience from the police.

You've framed the issues well Hermetic, as most are able to on this site. But my concern and question(s) is this:


"Until we start to focus most of our efforts on removing the parasites in our communities, we will continue to suffer outrageous yearly homicide numbers that dwarf what we as a group experience from the police."


How do we determine what made some of our folk "parasites" in the first place?

And if we discover what causes this parasitic condition, would they become salvageable or is it too late?

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