Chicago

[Blarg]

34 minutes ago, fishbulb said:

Ummmmmmm

Close enough. 

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Those are just the actual murders, which jumped to 757 today. There are over 4,000 people who have been shot in Chicago. Let that sink in for a moment. The numbers round out to someone shot every 2 minutes*, murdered every 11 minutes*. 

 

36 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Yep. I don't think the stat link has been posted in awhile so...

https://heyjackass.com/

*Okay, disclaimer. I'm used to reading time in frames, seconds and minutes so 2:05 could mean two seconds and five frames or two minutes and five seconds. With this level of quality control checks it's a wonder I ever get a show approved.

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

 

*Okay, disclaimer. I'm used to reading time in frames, seconds and minutes so 2:05 could mean two seconds and five frames or two minutes and five seconds. With this level of quality control checks it's a wonder I ever get a show approved.

I just took your word and rolled with it.

[Brandon]

50 minutes ago, Blarg said:

With this level of quality control checks it's a wonder I ever get a show approved.

Sounds like something I would be good at

[Redondo]

 

CHANGING HER STORY

 

Chicago mayor now admits she knew about botched raid, after blaming staff

[Redondo]

Chicago sees another violent weekend, including shooting of 71-year-old inside her home

Authorities in Chicago reported 29 individuals shot this weekend, including five fatalities, in another violent weekend across the city.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that six people were injured in one incident in the early morning hours on Saturday at a bar in the city’s South Side. No arrests have been made, according to the report.

One of the fatalities on Sunday included a 71-year-old woman who was shot dead inside her home on the South Side.

Fox 32 Chicago reported that the shooting occurred at 7:40 p.m. local time, and involved two men who opened fire outside her residence. The woman was hit multiple times and died at Christ Medical Center. No arrests have been made.

[Lhalo]

Living 71 years and still not being able to move out of the south side of Chicago = life fail. 

[Redondo]

This ought to help.

Chicago area prosecutor open to wiping records of hard drug dealers

Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx revealed an ambitious plan to wipe clean the records of convicted marijuana dealers and expressed a willingness to support expunging the records of those found guilty of more serious crimes such as heroin and cocaine possession. 

"We should also make it easier for those who had those sales convictions for higher amounts to also be able to have their convictions vacated automatically," Foxx said. "No, they didn’t have a license. And no, it wasn’t legal. But it was the only economy that they had," she said, noting that legal pot firms are now "doing the exact same thing and making a ton of money."

Foxx is also looking to address issues related to harder drugs, which often result in felony charges and are almost never expunged from criminal records. She added that public support for harsh punishment for drug sentences is fading.

 

[mtangelsfan]

3 hours ago, Redondo said:

This ought to help.

Chicago area prosecutor open to wiping records of hard drug dealers

Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx revealed an ambitious plan to wipe clean the records of convicted marijuana dealers and expressed a willingness to support expunging the records of those found guilty of more serious crimes such as heroin and cocaine possession. 

"We should also make it easier for those who had those sales convictions for higher amounts to also be able to have their convictions vacated automatically," Foxx said. "No, they didn’t have a license. And no, it wasn’t legal. But it was the only economy that they had," she said, noting that legal pot firms are now "doing the exact same thing and making a ton of money."

Foxx is also looking to address issues related to harder drugs, which often result in felony charges and are almost never expunged from criminal records. She added that public support for harsh punishment for drug sentences is fading.

 

I dont have a problem with this

[Jason]

3 hours ago, Redondo said:

This ought to help.

Chicago area prosecutor open to wiping records of hard drug dealers

Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx revealed an ambitious plan to wipe clean the records of convicted marijuana dealers and expressed a willingness to support expunging the records of those found guilty of more serious crimes such as heroin and cocaine possession. 

"We should also make it easier for those who had those sales convictions for higher amounts to also be able to have their convictions vacated automatically," Foxx said. "No, they didn’t have a license. And no, it wasn’t legal. But it was the only economy that they had," she said, noting that legal pot firms are now "doing the exact same thing and making a ton of money."

Foxx is also looking to address issues related to harder drugs, which often result in felony charges and are almost never expunged from criminal records. She added that public support for harsh punishment for drug sentences is fading.

 

I don’t have an issue with most of the possession charges but it’s the POS dealers that need to keep their convictions

[Don]

End the war on drugs! No, not like that.

[Redondo]

Dozens shot in Chicago, 5 murdered over holiday weekend

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Redondo said:

Dozens shot in Chicago, 5 murdered over holiday weekend

Happy new year!

[T.G.]

By the end of 2021 there will only be about 318 people still alive in Chicago.

[gotbeer]

Chicago to Evanston shooting victims: A doorwoman, a college student, a shopper fatally shot were random targets of gunman who said he planned to ‘blow up the whole community’

 

[Redondo]

Chicago recorded 51 homicides last month-- the most in 4 years: report

Shootings also soared last month, in spite of cold weather gripping the city, police said

Chicago recorded 51 homicides in January -- the highest total the city has recorded for the month in four years, according to a report.

Shootings also soared last month, in spite of cold weather gripping the city. 

Chicago recorded 201 shootings through the end of January, police said. In 2020, the same time period saw 137 shootings, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. 

At least 10 officers have been shot since the beginning of 2021, compared to four officers struck during January last year, according to the paper. 

Last year, the city recorded 35 killings in January, according to data released Monday by the Chicago Police Department and cited by the paper.

According to Chicago police data, the city recorded 769 homicides in 2020, a 55% increase over 2019. 

Link

[Tank]

they're going to reach the point where there's no one left to shoot.

[Jason]

5 hours ago, Tank said:

they're going to reach the point where there's no one left to shoot.

If that works then fine 

[T.G.]

17 hours ago, Redondo said:

769 homicides in 2020, a 55% increase over 2019. 

Link

That's absolutely insane.

[Blarg]

Not really. With all of the practice they get their aim has gotten better. 

[fan_since79]

41 statues in Chicago are under review by the mayor as part of her "racial healing and historical reckoning" project, including those of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Yeah, that Lincoln was quite the racist.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-monuments-lightfoot-commission-20210217-jkgsfclt6ne5rh6674pfbkb4ua-story.html

[Redondo]

23 shot over the weekend in Chicago

[gotbeer]

At least 15 shot, 2 fatally, in South Side mass shooting at ‘pop-up party,’ top Chicago cop says

[fan_since79]

Nothing good happens at 4:30 am on the South Side.

And what the hell is a "pop-up party"?

[Redondo]

18 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Nothing good happens at 4:30 am on the South Side.

And what the hell is a "pop-up party"?

Sounds more like a "pop at party"

Edited March 14, 2021 by Redondo