2 of the wounded are in critical condition.
People scattered after gunshots erupted.
Police have not made any arrests so far.
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| 20 People Shot at Illinois Mall After Juneteenth Celebration Turns Violent (VIDEO) |
| 2023-06-19 |
2 of the wounded are in critical condition. People scattered after gunshots erupted. Police have not made any arrests so far. WATCH: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #17 As my older sister reminded me. J19 is because a White Republican Military fought, won and many died to make it happen. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-06-19 22:09 |
| #16 "Juneteenth? Dude, I ain't got a clue, So let's do what we usually do..." "Like work on our triggers?" "And shoot at some--" [figures] Well, next year the news may get through. |
| Posted by: Elmagum Threger2865 2023-06-19 21:37 |
| #15 Funny that CNN reporting used only white witnesses insinuating it was not a black event... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2023-06-19 21:26 |
| #14 Has anyone ever seen a Hallmark movie about Juneteenth? I rest my case. |
| Posted by: Matt 2023-06-19 20:10 |
| #13 Stock market is closed (no surprise), but it'll be wide open on Veterans Day. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-06-19 19:27 |
| #12 I checked for mail today before I remembered it's one of those holidays. That makes me rayciss... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-06-19 19:22 |
| #11 Voter outreach |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-06-19 19:19 |
| #10 I never heard of Kwanzaa until about 1990 or 2000 or so, and I grew up in a rather major urban/metro area. I knew quite a few church-attending blacks, and never once did they mention this Kwanzaa nonsense. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-06-19 19:19 |
| #9 20th person shot at Juneteenth celebration - it's not quite "headless body found in topless bar", but it's what we got. I never heard of Juneteenth before living in Texas, but it always seemed a bit amusing for a 'holiday', mostly due to the timing. I imagine it went something like this: General Granger: I have come to declare that on January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation. You are all free. Crowd: Yay! Guy in back: Hey, wait a minute! Eighteen sixty three was 2 years ago. I been picking cotton for the last two years when I didn't have to? Dayamn! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-06-19 19:14 |
| #8 Whew, luckily it didn't occur on Feb 29th. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-06-19 19:09 |
| #7 Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 (two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued). It is literally a celebration of being the last to know... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-06-19 18:18 |
| #6 What is Juneteenth? Is that metric? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-06-19 17:42 |
| #5 The take-over of the strip mall parking lot is surrounded on 3 sides by section 8 type apartments. Another non-sanctioned and not payed for wilding event. Go figure. |
| Posted by: illeagle 2023-06-19 16:36 |
| #4 Wow. The violence from Chicago is spreading. Willowbrook is not that far from Downers Grove and Naperville (where we used to live), which are (or used to be) QUITE nice suburbs. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-06-19 15:11 |
| #3 Worse Civil War reenactment ever. Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-06-19 06:05 |
| #1 Happy June 19th America. As far as I am concern the J19 holiday is Woke Joke. Martin Luther King Jr. is the real reason the DEMOCRATS were forced to "openly" halt their Anti-Black racist agenda. Not some collection of WHITE Generals seeking laborers to move and haul supplies. So we have 1 real Black Holiday (MLK Day) and a Woke Joke made by the LSD's for a political agenda song to rake in votes. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-06-19 04:09 |