I live in Chicago and it's been a crazy year in terms of gun violence (see link below). The city is on pace for nearly 800 homicides, which hasn't happened since the early 90's. It's mainly confined to a few areas south & west of downtown.
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Yeah - shit down here in Miami is out of hand too (but not like Chicago) - having a heavy-handed approach has its drawbacks but in the absence of that it seems shit gets out of hand quick.
For around 10 years I worked in downtown Chicago. It was very safe--much safer than downtown Detroit. And I have relatives who live in Chicago north of the loop--another safe area.
Chicago's violence occurs mostly on the south side among gangs. I don't understand why Chicago has so much gang violence, while murders are down in most other big cities.
Chicago is a normal city with below average strip clubs, above average food. Gun violence gets a lot of press but the reality is overall crime is down from 10 years ago because the shootings are an outlier due to Indiana gun laws. People who have never been here can rag all they want and that's fine, because tourists are rather annoying. Leave us alone.
If people are wondering what Mikey is talking about, there were 17 murders and 41 GSW (gun shot wounds) this past weekend - the most murders in one single weekend so far this year. There have already been 600 homicides this year.
'... there were 17 murders and 41 GSW (gun shot wounds) this past weekend - the most murders in one single weekend so far this year. There have already been 600 homicides this year ..."
Like rockstar said; I don't see anything to rag about
I lived in Chicago for most of my life. It has been a real shithole except for Daley's leadership in the late 90s early '00s. He turned it around, but people still hated him because he was a conservative democrat who governed as it was needed, not by what was popular. Crime has been rising under Obamas former chief of staff, a liberal democrat, Rahm Emmanuel. It'll be like Detroit before long. Which is a shame, because it will always be sweet home Chicago
Daley had the benefit strict gun laws; strictest in the country. Rahm has to deal with virtually no gun laws at all. Gee...and the murder rate is up. What a shock.
The gun laws are unchanged Rockstar. Do your damn research. The Cook County sheriffs office still fails to approve FOID cards, effectively keeping the unconstituonal ban on firearms in place. No, it's not Indiana's fault. It's the result of decades of political greed and corruption. This is what happens when blacks stay on the democrat party plantation. This is a microcosm of what Barack and Hilary are trying to transform the entire country into.
Crook County is now proposing taxing sodas and juices 1 cent per ounce. So if you buy a 20 cent drink at the gas station, you pay an additional 20 cent tax. A 64 ounce jug of orange juice would be taxed 64 cents. These Chicago liberals are beyond stupid.
That's why the people who pay the taxes are leaving the state in droves for FL and TX. IL is already facing a budget crisis, so they raise taxes. Now the people who pay the most taxes are also the ones who can afford to move out of state and do. I did. Much of my family did, too. Now the tax burden falls on the poor and middle class who are left behind and unable to leave. Beyond stupid is right.
After Mayor Rahm hung Chief of Police McCarthy out to dry as his scapegoat over Laquan and other obvious police missteps, the coppers are reluctant to use lethal force and the bad guys know it. Lawlessness reigns presently. A female Chicago cop was recently beaten horribly, but refused to draw her weapon stating later, "she was afraid of the negativity and scrutiny she would likely face being a white cop attempting to arrest a black suspect."
This is the law of unintended consequences as a byproduct of the black lives matter movement.
The joke about the Cubs is not even a joke. A cop friend of mine told me that they all hoped the Cubs would make the World Series as they would all get OT pay to stand around Wrigleyville pulling drunk kids down off of light poles. Good times! Safe duty! Again, the bad buys knew of the massive reassignments. You see the result of a lack of law enforcement among animals.
Say what you will about Mayor Daley -- he wasn't shy about cracking heads to keep the zoo under control -- and the city ISN'T Detroit because of it. Mayor Rahm is weak and the city suffers.
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