104 people shot, 14 dead over weekend in Chicago
Source: The Hill
More than 100 people were injured by gun violence in Chicago over the Fathers' Day weekend, marking the most violent weekend in the city so far this year.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that a total of 104 people were injured by gunfire between Friday and Monday, with several shootings occurring early Monday morning. At least 14 people were killed.
Bullets dont just tear apart the things they strike, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said at a press conference on Sunday addressing the shootings. Bullets also tear apart families. Bullets destroy neighborhoods and they ruin any sense of safety in a community.
Good men throughout this city should be celebrating with their families on a beautiful day, but instead, a number of Chicagoans will be spending Fathers Day grieving the loss of their children, he added, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/503877-104-people-shot-12-dead-over-weekend-in-chicago
The violence occurred all across the city and involved numerous seemingly random shootings, several of which killed children. The youngest slain was a 3-year-old who was exiting a barbershop with his father at the time.
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Matthew28
(1,796 posts)needs to be solved and is a serious problem in some of our cities.
KS Toronado
(17,138 posts)with addressing this problem
maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)Take note, Seattle #CHOP critics.
MichMan
(11,864 posts)maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)Any other topics they should add to their agenda to legitimize their protests?
MichMan
(11,864 posts)My God, one of the victims was only three and a couple others were teenagers. The father of the 3 yr old is refusing to cooperate with police because he was the target.
RandiFan1290
(6,221 posts)What has he done so far?
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,031 posts)Another fun fact, shootings in our cities are tragedies.
totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)gunned down in Chicago. The fact that black lives matter should also apply to the carnage in Chicago without diminishing the importance of taking on police violence against people of color.
Yavin4
(35,420 posts)Protests target systemic, inhumane measures that are sanctioned by the state. The point of mass protests is to get the government to change such sytemic measures.
Protesting random acts of violence would have no effect on those carrying out the violence.
MichMan
(11,864 posts)Protests of corporations and businesses shouldn't be done anymore?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)A very popular fallacy indeed, used to little real effect- but it feels so good. Like an old Mangione tune.
totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)the politicians can't seem to do anything about it?
oldsoftie
(12,486 posts)This shit is inexcusable but blame will be put anywhere but on those responsible.
But at least some people get it. And then get slammed for "getting it"
Polybius
(15,331 posts)The nearly banned handguns there entirely, and it hasn't done anything. Perhaps banning gangs (not sure if they are already banned)? Or maybe start teaching kids in Chicago from kindergarten on that every life after birth is precious? I am out of ideas, but open to suggestions.
ripcord
(5,260 posts)He would probably love to designate every street gang a terrorist organization.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Poverty often leads to violence.
How Redlining Segregated Chicago, and America
Ever since I heard tell of it, Ive been eagerly awaiting a study by three members of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: The Effects of the 1930s HOLC Redlining Maps.
It might sound like an arcane subject, but its gotten a surprising amount of attention in the popular press over the last few years (driven in large part by the attention of The Atlantics Ta-Nehisi Coates), and something Ive turned my attention to a few times. In short, in the 1930s, the Home Owners Loan Corporation attempted to figure out the creditworthiness of properties within wide swaths of American cities. Given the period, its metrics for creditworthiness were heavily based on the racial composition of neighborhoodswhite flight meant that the presence of non-whites, particularly African Americans, brought the specter of housing-value collapseand for a lot of reasons, these calculations were grounded in the work of Chicago economists and real estate professionals.
Not long ago, a team of academics digitized many of these maps. I spoke to one of the researchers involved, Virginia Techs LaDale Winling, who called them the Rosetta stone of American cities. Its shocking how much of major cities were given D grades, the lowest possible credit-risk score, and outlined in red (hence, its believed, the origin of the term redlining" .
Basically, the federal government determined that much of the nations great cities were poor investments. But theres some debate about what that meant. Did it influence private lending? Was redlining a symptom of racial fears that drove segregation, or did it play a role in driving segregation? (Its obviously not just an either-or question.)
https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2017/How-Redlining-Segregated-Chicago-and-America/
Some of the posters here remind me of right wingers who deflect from racism by bringing up crime in Chicago. They could be right wingers. Someone on social media said that DU is trollwerks and cavers pay a lot attention to this board.
maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)I didn't say what I believed. You did. You made the criticism.
This movement is about Police Violence and systemic Racism. You don't set their agenda. Maybe it encompasses that topic; I'm not in Chicago.
Are you?
uncle ray
(3,155 posts)Is it really too much to ask the trained professionals to do their job with accountability?
Poor people, especially poor black people are systemically oppressed. Police are trained. Let's first hold higher expectations of the people hired to police the city. Maybe if the citizens could trust the police they hired to protect them, then they'd be more cooperative with investigative efforts.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)that's what you mean, right?
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)much care. The major does a tweet and moves on.
I have often said that if some person or group was killing dogs or cats on the street, at the rate that people are being killed, the city would be up in arms to find and prosecute the killers.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Or just maintain the pretense of sincerity-- to better validate your most consistent narrative in these particularly-picked instances (it's simply far too hard not miss the only instances when you allege concern).
I'm guessing the second one... as the first option seems far too inconvenient to that narrative, and would also require genuine concern.
But I'm always open to being surprised.
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)as you seem very concerned about too many guns on the streets.
oldsoftie
(12,486 posts)Sort out THAT nonsensical word salad.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)this problem.
I finally wholeheartedly agree that gun manufacturers have a moral and ethical responsibility to address the issue of selling something that's being used in a wholesale fashion for purposes they don't intend.
The same way lawn darts were banned, the manufactured didn't intend for them to hurt and kill children but the darts were killing and hurting children.
oldsoftie
(12,486 posts)None of these guns are sold in Chicago. And where they ARE sold, there is nowhere near the same level of violence. So blaming the company does nothing. Bust illegal buyers, of course. Jail them for a LONG time. But the pressure needs to be put where the problems are. But nobody will want to do that.
Lawn darts were supposed to be a TOY. No comparison.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)They got cars and can travel.
oldsoftie
(12,486 posts)The fact remains that its a SOCIETY problem and nobody wants to admit it. Its blame everyone BUT those at fault.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)forthemiddle
(1,375 posts)For those using the illegal guns during crimes?
These guns have not been purchased legally, and unfortunately many crimes get plea bargained down. If we treated the gun as the mandatory enhancement of crimes, maybe the rate of shootings would decrease.
The same goes for the straw buyer purchaser. Those too should hav mandatory minimum sentences.
Voltaire2
(12,939 posts)Oh wait...
nevermind.
killaphill
(212 posts)The police have NOT been defunded in Chicago. They are just asleep at the switch.
Voltaire2
(12,939 posts)madville
(7,403 posts)Gun toting gang members. The last thing the leaders want is a bunch of shootouts where the police end up gunning down young black men.
killaphill
(212 posts)Seems to me thats a false choice.
ripcord
(5,260 posts)No matter how many people are shot at one location it is never termed a mass shooting.
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Yeehah
(4,566 posts)Or are you just making stuff up?
Sneederbunk
(14,275 posts)RandiFan1290
(6,221 posts)totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)covered at DU. And your suggestion that people at DU only care about black lives when the killer is white is a lie.
RussBLib
(9,002 posts)that conversation is new
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)People usually don't comment and then it slides down the page.