"I'm not surprised about all of the violence over the last couple weeks because nothing happened over the winter months to change the outcome," said Tamar Manasseh, founder of Mothers Against Senseless Killings, an anti-gun violence group based in Englewood."Did anybody think COVID would stop violence in the city of Chicago? No. It actually made poor people poorer.
In advance of Fourth of July weekend, which has been historically violent, the Chicago Police Department announced plans Monday to deploy an additional 1,200 officers to"hot spots" around the city. New Police Superintendent David Brown said officers would also be arresting young people at"drug corners" in an effort to stem the surge of shootings.
Arrests, street stops and traffic stops all declined in June compared to the same time last year, according to police statistics. That's because fewer people have been on the streets due to the coronavirus, Brown said in the Monday press conference. While officers continued to patrol the streets,"everything else came to a stop, and these murdering, evil bastards have taken advantage of that," he said.
Welcome to America ! !
Painting messages in the streets and releasing balloons...let's throw more $$ at 're-investment'. Don't be surprised when nothing changes. Support your police and let them do their job if you want change.
Where have you been for the last 60 years! This is NOT unique, people in these neightborhoods are ruled by drug cartels & gangs as well the government in Chicago has been run by Democrats since early 1930s
It’s not just kids it’s black lives. Where is BLM, the mayor and governor!
Why don’t these Black Lives Matter, it depends on who killed them?
Paging chicagosmayor ... and before her RahmEmanuel ... and before him ... MayorDailey etc etc. Perhaps the black and brown communities should try a Republican mayor & governor who actually believe in jobs, educational choice, opportunity zones and law & order. Just saying...
BLM, where do I sign up for the march/protest/looting raids for this?
The lowest form of gene pool riff raff of society
Wow 😯 speechless
Ban guns! Jeesuz!!
Unless you delve into why, you're just perpetuating a negative stereotype. 'The study...looked at the interaction of gun violence with...factors... including income inequality, trust in institutions, welfare spending, & racial and economic segregation.'
When they defund the police will they send social workers?
Call a social worker.
Run by the Democrats! They do not care about the shooting of children or something would be done to stop them!
So let me get this STRAIGHT. if DEMOCRATS don't wine this election they will burn down the Country and the System? That's the Massage I'm getting.
So sad.
It won't stop until they make gangs extinct.
Hey it’s just another day in Chi-raq that’s what the locals call it right? What’s the mayor say the city is going to do to stop these disgusting murders every day of the week?
This has been unfortunately going on for year s and years.
Chicago is ridiculous. you’d think a pandemic would lessen the insanity but no.
How's the diversity Mayor working out, folks?
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood to destroy souls,
I'm so confused the government has all this high tech military and drones and intelligence and we cant even keep inner cities safe? How hard can it be to go into these neighborhoods and just flush out all the criminals and eliminate them. Its almost as if they dont want to do it.
Whole bunch of poor depressed cities out there but they aren’t dropping adolescent bodies by the dozens. Good to see that IL gun control is working like a charm too.
Nh3_engineer BLM doesn't care unless there's a white guy involved.
ThanksLiberals
Your news agency should asked BLM why they are not protesting black on black crime in Chicago. Why is your news agency so dishonest?
It's just a nightmare.
IAmSophiaNelson Why isn’t the BLM movement mob taking over these streets and asking these communities to value black lives?
Welcome to America ! ! THIS is what it's become or even has been for hundreds of years ! ! A place NOT worth having children IN ! ! Ask many couples: I wouldn't bring children into THIS ! ! Not even on a Bet ! !
so much violence that is why the cops are very jumpy They fear they'd be shot 1st So much protests on BLM If they defund cops then the violence would become lawless No cop wants to be sacked
And the Democrat mainstream media ignores the story!
Dang cops! This despicable racism! First Floyd and now how many kids! With deaths like these, people should have taken to the streets long ago! Hold the murderers accountable! Be safe like the autonomous zone that has no cops!
Senseless and beyond tragic.
How many years has Chicago been under DemocraticParty leadership and policies? 2+2 = 4
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It’s black on black crime...where’s this fit into the racist rhetoric we’ve heard for weeks now 🤔
In June, I traveled through most of the country and the amount of hopelessness, poverty, lack of opportunity, & inappropriate behavior I saw in every region was like driving through a 3rd world nation, not the USA I remember from childhood road trips. AmericanDream is dead.
Quick! Call a social worker. Chicago and company cure for everything.
Clearly Lightfoot is at best just doing the bare minimum, and not being proactive.
Barrack Obama solved Black on Black murders in his hometown of Chicago. This is clearly FakeNewsMedia
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