News Deadly weekend in Chicago highlights city's gang warfare

[brassmonkey]

obama has a home here

CHICAGO (AP) ? A 7-year-old boy who was one of seven people shot to death in Chicago over the holiday weekend was the son of a gang leader with a lengthy arrest record, and police say the man's refusal to cooperate with detectives highlights the city's ongoing challenge to curb gang-related violence.

During the Fourth of July weekend, 48 people were wounded by gunfire in 34 separate incidents in Chicago. Seven homicides also were reported during the same three-day period last year, and this year's total in the nation's third-largest city nearly matched the combined numbers for New York (one), Los Angeles (three) and Houston (five) ? the other cities that rank in the top four in population.

Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has repeatedly lamented that the lack of tough gun laws in Illinois has made the streets that much more dangerous because of the quickness with which people arrested on gun charges are back on the street.

Among them, he said, is the father of the young shooting victim. McCarthy said that the bullet that struck Amari Brown in the chest "was meant for his father," whom he described as a "ranking gang member" who had been arrested 45 times.

Antonio Brown's refusal to cooperate with the investigation is a familiar hurdle for Chicago police that as of Monday had yet to capture a suspect in Amari's death.

After Brown was arrested for gun possession last April, he was released on bail the next day, McCarthy said.

"If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive," McCarthy told reporters Sunday.

Brown's family bristled at the suggestion that Brown bore any responsibility for his son's death as well as the contention that he was the intended victim.

"He was in the house using the washroom," his uncle, Carl O'Neal, told The Associated Press on Monday. "Yes, he's a former gang member. Yes, he's been arrested, but what does that have to do with a man shooting at a group of kids?"

The Rev. Ira Acree, who appeared with Brown and other family members at a news conference Sunday, also questioned McCarthy's assertion that the boy would be alive if his father was in custody.

"I can understand his anger and his frustration ... but the fact is 50 people were shot over the weekend," said Acree. "Are you going to tell me that all 50 people had a relative that caused them to be shot?"

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited with the Brown family on Monday and expressed concern about Antonio Brown's actions.

"The idea that you're taking a 7-year old out at midnight, you have a responsibility to that child, and then to cooperate with the police department on a crime committed to that 7-year old," Emanuel said.

Three years after capturing the attention of the country when the total of homicides topped the 500 mark, the number of slayings is once again climbing after dropping each of the last two years. As of June 28, there were 203 homicides compared to 171 for the same period last year. And there were 1,045 shooting incidents compared to 866 for the same period last year.

That total does not include the slaying of 17-year-old Vonzell Banks, who was shot to death Friday afternoon at a playground named after Hadiya Pendleton. It was Pendleton, an honor student, who in 2013 became a national symbol of gun violence in Chicago when she was gunned down as she talked with friends just a mile from President Barack Obama's South Side home just days after returning from the president's inauguration

Deadly weekend in Chicago highlights city's gang warfare - Yahoo News

[candyflip]

How many of those were black on black? I'm going to go with all of them. 100%.

Check yo self!

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by candyflip

How many of those were black on black? I'm going to go with all of them. 100%.

Check yo self!

well since the drug trade is almost 100% black get a gold star. fuking thief

[mineistaken]

If Obama had a son..

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

obama has a home here

CHICAGO (AP) ? A 7-year-old boy who was one of seven people shot to death in Chicago over the holiday weekend was the son of a gang leader with a lengthy arrest record, and police say the man's refusal to cooperate with detectives highlights the city's ongoing challenge to curb gang-related violence.

During the Fourth of July weekend, 48 people were wounded by gunfire in 34 separate incidents in Chicago. Seven homicides also were reported during the same three-day period last year, and this year's total in the nation's third-largest city nearly matched the combined numbers for New York (one), Los Angeles (three) and Houston (five) ? the other cities that rank in the top four in population.

Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has repeatedly lamented that the lack of tough gun laws in Illinois has made the streets that much more dangerous because of the quickness with which people arrested on gun charges are back on the street.

Among them, he said, is the father of the young shooting victim. McCarthy said that the bullet that struck Amari Brown in the chest "was meant for his father," whom he described as a "ranking gang member" who had been arrested 45 times.

Antonio Brown's refusal to cooperate with the investigation is a familiar hurdle for Chicago police that as of Monday had yet to capture a suspect in Amari's death.

After Brown was arrested for gun possession last April, he was released on bail the next day, McCarthy said.

"If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive," McCarthy told reporters Sunday.

Brown's family bristled at the suggestion that Brown bore any responsibility for his son's death as well as the contention that he was the intended victim.

"He was in the house using the washroom," his uncle, Carl O'Neal, told The Associated Press on Monday. "Yes, he's a former gang member. Yes, he's been arrested, but what does that have to do with a man shooting at a group of kids?"

The Rev. Ira Acree, who appeared with Brown and other family members at a news conference Sunday, also questioned McCarthy's assertion that the boy would be alive if his father was in custody.

"I can understand his anger and his frustration ... but the fact is 50 people were shot over the weekend," said Acree. "Are you going to tell me that all 50 people had a relative that caused them to be shot?"

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited with the Brown family on Monday and expressed concern about Antonio Brown's actions.

"The idea that you're taking a 7-year old out at midnight, you have a responsibility to that child, and then to cooperate with the police department on a crime committed to that 7-year old," Emanuel said.

Three years after capturing the attention of the country when the total of homicides topped the 500 mark, the number of slayings is once again climbing after dropping each of the last two years. As of June 28, there were 203 homicides compared to 171 for the same period last year. And there were 1,045 shooting incidents compared to 866 for the same period last year.

That total does not include the slaying of 17-year-old Vonzell Banks, who was shot to death Friday afternoon at a playground named after Hadiya Pendleton. It was Pendleton, an honor student, who in 2013 became a national symbol of gun violence in Chicago when she was gunned down as she talked with friends just a mile from President Barack Obama's South Side home just days after returning from the president's inauguration

Deadly weekend in Chicago highlights city's gang warfare - Yahoo News

the issue with this is these stats blow the US gun murders out of all proportion to the reality of gun crimes, making the US seem like a third world country... without black urban gun murders the US would have a gun crime rate like Switzerland

[L-Pink]

We are now a lowest common denominator society.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

We are now a lowest common denominator society.

Thanks to liberals, SJW, PC police and alike?

[MaDalton]

so a gang member that was arrested 45 times runs free and in another state people get 22 years for having sex on the beach

you need to look into your laws...

[Sly]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

the drug trade is almost 100% black

dang dogg, paypal cool with you being that racist?

[Far-L]

Should have all spent more time listening to the Grateful Dead...

[TheSquealer]

Once again,.... It appears that black lives which can't be exploited for an agenda or be used to deflect attention away from uncomfortable truths,, don't matter.

[JFK]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

so a gang member that was arrested 45 times runs free and in another state people get 22 years for having sex on the beach

you need to look into your laws...

Good one

[candyflip]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

well since the drug trade is almost 100% black get a gold star. fuking thief

The drug trade isn't even close to being 100% black. It's funny you think that though.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by candyflip

The drug trade isn't even close to being 100% black. It's funny you think that though.

Reminds me of Cyber Hustler who thought that Crips are criminal masterminds and smartest gang in US.

[spads]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

so a gang member that was arrested 45 times runs free and in another state people get 22 years for having sex on the beach

you need to look into your laws...

Same shit happens in most of Europe. That's why there's so many thieves and pickpockets here, the police literally have no way to arrest most of them as long as what they take is under a certain value.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

so a gang member that was arrested 45 times runs free and in another state people get 22 years for having sex on the beach

you need to look into your laws...

it varies like that because of the judge. who knows if kids saw them you would have to get the police report.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Sly

dang dogg, paypal cool with you being that racist?

you been to chicago??

[sandman!]

who gives a shit ?

most people in chicago dont

[baddog]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

CHICAGO (AP) ? A 7-year-old boy who was one of seven people shot to death in Chicago over the holiday weekend was the son of a gang leader with a lengthy arrest record, and police say the man's refusal to cooperate with detectives highlights the city's ongoing challenge to curb gang-related violence.

Father of the Year candidate there; fuck him. One less gangbanger I guess.

Originally Posted by mineistaken

If Obama had a son..

No doubt

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by baddog

Father of the Year candidate there; fuck him. One less gangbanger I guess.



No doubt

fuck who? the child? fuk u!

[baddog]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

fuck who? the child? fuk u!

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit I see. What part of Father of the Year made you think I was talking about a 7 year old.

One less gangbanger - that was about the kid.

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

so a gang member that was arrested 45 times runs free and in another state people get 22 years for having sex on the beach

you need to look into your laws...

what are you making up now? more weinerschnitzel.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by baddog

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit I see. What part of Father of the Year made you think I was talking about a 7 year old.

One less gangbanger - that was about the kid.

He can barely spell. What makes you think he can read and understand?

[baddog]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

what are you making up now? more weinerschnitzel.

What you have to understand is that Europeans seem to think that if the maximum penalty is 22 years, then naturally, that is what the penalty is.

I think it makes it easier for them to think they have it better than us.

Florida Man Gets 2.5 Years for Having Sex on the Beach - ABC News

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Sly

He can barely spell. What makes you think he can read and understand?

Point taken

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by baddog

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit I see. What part of Father of the Year made you think I was talking about a 7 year old.

One less gangbanger - that was about the kid.

he didn't die the kid did

[baddog]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

he didn't die the kid did

No shit? Very good. Now, how does that complete my observation/comment?

We are going to smarten you up a little, even if it takes forever.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by baddog

What you have to understand is that Europeans seem to think that if the maximum penalty is 22 years, then naturally, that is what the penalty is.

I think it makes it easier for them to think they have it better than us.

Florida Man Gets 2.5 Years for Having Sex on the Beach - ABC News

we have it very much better cause to be jailed even for 2.5 years for sex in public, it must probably involve children or rape

and the POTENTIAL max. penalty of 22 years is still ridiculous

but carry on

[baddog]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

we have it very much better cause to be jailed even for 2.5 years for sex in public, it must probably involve children or rape

and the POTENTIAL max. penalty of 22 years is still ridiculous

but carry on

So, you can have sex on the beach, in front of kids and there are no repercussions? Interesting.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by baddog

So, you can have sex on the beach, in front of kids and there are no repercussions? Interesting.

After being told multiple times to stop and go elsewhere.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by baddog

No shit? Very good. Now, how does that complete my observation/comment?

We are going to smarten you up a little, even if it takes forever.

i bet people pre-judge you am i right? just looking at you.

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

we have it very much better cause to be jailed even for 2.5 years for sex in public, it must probably involve children or rape

and the POTENTIAL max. penalty of 22 years is still ridiculous

but carry on

what are you making up now? more weinerschnitzel.

there were children involved, and the perp had just been released from prison 3 weeks earlier. and the max penalty he faced was 15 years not 22.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by baddog

So, you can have sex on the beach, in front of kids and there are no repercussions? Interesting.

He did not say no repercussions. He said that 2,5 years in prison is ridiculous. Even 1 day in prison may be ridiculous, that would most likely be a fine (big) in not prison state countries.

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

He did not say no repercussions. He said that 2,5 years in prison is ridiculous. Even 1 day in prison may be ridiculous, that would most likely be a fine (big) in not prison state countries.

i'll stay in the USA then, I prefer a country that has significant laws that draw the line at ex-con dope dealers fresh out of prison and on parole fucking in public in front of children with absolutely no regard for others, or the law.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

He did not say no repercussions. He said that 2,5 years in prison is ridiculous. Even 1 day in prison may be ridiculous, that would most likely be a fine (big) in not prison state countries.

And if the guy just got out 3 weeks earlier?

[Rochard]

The solution here is clearly more firearms. If that seven year old boy was armed he would have been able to protect himself.

The problem is we hand out firearms to anyone who wants them. Look at it this way - One out of every three Americans own firearms; Do you honestly believe that one out of every three Americans are responsible enough to own firearms? Let me rephrase that question - do you think one out of every three Americans are responsible to raise children?

[baddog]

^^ jeez ^^

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Rochard

The solution here is clearly more firearms. If that seven year old boy was armed he would have been able to protect himself.

The problem is we hand out firearms to anyone who wants them. Look at it this way - One out of every three Americans own firearms; Do you honestly believe that one out of every three Americans are responsible enough to own firearms? Let me rephrase that question - do you think one out of every three Americans are responsible to raise children?

says the Californian with several illegal assault rifles.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by Rochard

The solution here is clearly more firearms. If that seven year old boy was armed he would have been able to protect himself.

The problem is we hand out firearms to anyone who wants them. Look at it this way - One out of every three Americans own firearms; Do you honestly believe that one out of every three Americans are responsible enough to own firearms? Let me rephrase that question - do you think one out of every three Americans are responsible to raise children?

That kid's dad had been arrested 45 times.

Does anyone believe that anyone in that situation had legal firearms?

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by baddog

So, you can have sex on the beach, in front of kids and there are no repercussions? Interesting.

we were once fined for shooting in public (without kids watching) - the fine was about $10

and yes, I'll say it again and even if you hold your breath and turn blue - even 2.5 years is ridiculous

and that people on this board who allegedly work in the adult industry think it's fine to put adult people in jail for having sex is absurd.

give them a $500 fine if you want because someone saw (OMG!) - but jail? jesus fucking christ....

[dyna mo]

gofuckyourself mad alton.

if you're too fucking stupid to see the difference between legal porn and illegal sex, then you're too fucking stupid to be trying to insult Americans while backpeddling on shit you fail to grasp.

fucking dolt.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

i'll stay in the USA then, I prefer a country that has significant laws that draw the line at ex-con dope dealers fresh out of prison and on parole fucking in public in front of children with absolutely no regard for others, or the law.

So it would have been ok/legal if he had not been ex con dealer?
just double checking why you specified he was dope dealer (besides the parole thing that certainly adds to severity of punishment).

What would you say if the dude was normal person without any priors? Jail time, just less than 2,5 years? 6 months maybe?

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Sly

That kid's dad had been arrested 45 times.

Does anyone believe that anyone in that situation had legal firearms?

You completely missed my point.

One of three Americans own firearms, but how many of them are responsible? The more firearms we pour into society, the more firearms end up in the hands of criminals. Gun lovers say "We need firearms to protect ourselves" without understanding that a percentage of these firearms end up in the hands of criminals.

All we are doing is fueling the fire - more legally purchased firearms means more firearms into the hands of criminals.

I've told this story before here on GFY.... When my father died he had two hand guns. I remember them growing up, was taught to never touch them, and that they would be mine when I was an adult. Years later.... No one in my family knows what happened to them. My mother and father got divorced, the house got sold, yet no one knows what happened to the firearms. Someone has them somewhere.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

What would you say if the dude was normal person without any priors? Jail time, just less than 2,5 years? 6 months maybe?

He would have gotten the same punishment as the female did.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

we were once fined for shooting in public (without kids watching) - the fine was about $10

Public nudity or a couple fucking in the park?

[nico-t]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

Reminds me of Cyber Hustler who thought that Crips are criminal masterminds and smartest gang in US.

he could be right though, since brassmonkey is a member and he is an absolute genius.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by Rochard

You completely missed my point.

One of three Americans own firearms, but how many of them are responsible? The more firearms we pour into society, the more firearms end up in the hands of criminals. Gun lovers say "We need firearms to protect ourselves" without understanding that a percentage of these firearms end up in the hands of criminals.

All we are doing is fueling the fire - more legally purchased firearms means more firearms into the hands of criminals.

I've told this story before here on GFY.... When my father died he had two hand guns. I remember them growing up, was taught to never touch them, and that they would be mine when I was an adult. Years later.... No one in my family knows what happened to them. My mother and father got divorced, the house got sold, yet no one knows what happened to the firearms. Someone has them somewhere.

Oh, I completely understood your point. Instead of addressing the issue, which is gang violence, you took it as an opportunity to go after all of the legal gun owners that are not causing any issues at all.

As to your father's handguns, it sounds like your family is incredibly irresponsible and none of you should have guns. Maybe instead of chasing other people, you should take care of your own house.

[American Psycho]

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

gofuckyourself mad alton.

if you're too fucking stupid to see the difference between legal porn and illegal sex, then you're too fucking stupid to be trying to insult Americans while backpeddling on shit you fail to grasp.

fucking dolt.

you, sir, need counseling

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by baddog

Public nudity or a couple fucking in the park?

fucking

3 people busted incl. the camera guy

raised index finger plus 200 czk ($10) fine