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2017-07-05 Home Front: Culture Wars

Violence leaves about 60 shot, 8 of them dead, for July 4th weekend

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Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Oh,...in Chicago.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-05 00:46|| 2017-07-05 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 That's my 200 yd grouping...Yeah, with iron sights, that's the ticket. And it was night time.

Posted by texhooey 2017-07-05 01:14|| 2017-07-05 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn! I was betting Baltimore. Or Syria.

Posted by SteveS 2017-07-05 01:43|| 2017-07-05 01:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Hot times
summer in the city
,..........

Bahgdad on the Lake

Posted by Cheaderhead 2017-07-05 06:05|| 2017-07-05 06:05|| Front Page Top

#5 That's my 200 yd grouping...Yeah, with iron sights, that's the ticket. And it was night time.
Posted by texhooey

You're probably an even better shot with a rifle eh ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-05 07:11|| 2017-07-05 07:11|| Front Page Top

#6 These are the thugs the Left is going to send out to oppress the free?

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-07-05 08:11|| 2017-07-05 08:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Chicago could be promoted for the tourists as: "Visit Chicago; its safer than Caracas, Venezuela where they had 4308 murders in 2016."

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-05 08:44|| 2017-07-05 08:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Ever get the impression that Chicago's thugs are aiming to wound, but kill by accident?

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-05 10:34|| 2017-07-05 10:34|| Front Page Top

#9 The numbers are misleading and do not count the wounded and dead who are drug away by their compatriots.

Posted by Glomoger Craising6192 2017-07-05 11:25|| 2017-07-05 11:25|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't believe they care either way, Pappy.

It's all about their perceived 'honor' amongst peers. Anything that gets in the way can live poorly or die.

Just by firing a weapon in some enemy's general direction shows that they're 'dangerous' and deserve respect. F*'d up, but that's how they think.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-07-05 11:32|| 2017-07-05 11:32|| Front Page Top

#11 The 32 percent raise in taxes will educate more of them into buying their guns legally!

Posted by Crinegum Ulaigum2776 2017-07-05 13:54|| 2017-07-05 13:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Update - Chicago Tribune: More than 100 people shot in Chicago over long Fourth of July weekend.

Chicago saw one of its most violent Fourth of July weekends in recent years: At least 101 people were shot between Friday afternoon and early Wednesday, nearly half of them over 12 hours as the long holiday drew to a close. Fifteen of the wounded died.

The last time the Fourth holiday spanned four full days was in 2013, when July 4 fell on a Thursday and many people had Friday off. At least 74 people were shot between Wednesday evening and early Monday that year, and 12 of them died, according to Tribune data.

The violence this year was largely confined to the South and West sides, including districts where the department has installed what it calls strategic decisions support centers and predictive technology. Hundreds of officers on overtime were also deployed to those districts.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-05 14:11|| 2017-07-05 14:11|| Front Page Top

#13 How many were MIA and how many are now POWs.

Posted by Vespasian Ebbeatle7868 2017-07-05 16:37|| 2017-07-05 16:37|| Front Page Top

#14 Cheaderhead:
Stop insulting Bahgdad. More like Karachi with drinkable water.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2017-07-05 17:22|| 2017-07-05 17:22|| Front Page Top

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