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on July 7, 2014 in World News

Happy Fourth of July?

Happy Fourth of July? At least 11 killed, 60 wounded in Chicago over holiday weekend At least 11 people have died and 60 others wounded from gun violence across Chicago, Illinois over the Independence Day weekend. At least 30 people were shot in a 13-hour stretch beginning Sunday afternoon at 14:30 CDT and continuing into Monday. Four of those 30 people shot died and several were left in critical condition, according to the Chicago Tribune. Almost all of those killed in the weekend shootings were black or Hispanic men age 35 or younger, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Two were… View Article

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on February 5, 2014 in World News

Rahm Emanuel I want Money

                  Rahm Emanuel I want Money Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is making preparations to issue up to $900 million in bonds this year to lower some of its borrowing costs, push other debt off into the future at an overall higher cost, cover legal settlements and pay for construction, building maintenance and equipment. At the same time, the administration is making plans to double the city’s short-term credit line to $1 billion, Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott told aldermen at a City Council Finance Committee meeting. The committee recommended giving the administration… View Article

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on December 22, 2013 in World News

Town Hall Erupts into Revolt Against Machine Politics

                        Al Sharpton’s Chicago Town Hall Erupts into Revolt Against Machine Politics On Thursday, a town hall meeting hosted by Al Sharpton and the National Action Network to address gun violence exploded into a revolt against “Chicago Machine” politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the aldermen in City Hall, with panel and audience members calling to vote out their elected officials. One 82-year-old preacher even called for “Tea Party” style meetings in some of Chicago’s south side communities such as Altgeld Gardens and Trumbull Park. “This was a historic event,”… View Article

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on September 22, 2013 in World News

Chicago War Zone: 20 shot, 5 Dead Since Friday

                  Chicago War Zone: 20 shot, 5 Dead Since Friday, Governor Mulls National Guard Deadly violence has continued to rage on in Chicago since Thursday night’s mass shooting that left 13 wounded, including a three-year old boy who was shot in the head. Between Friday and Sunday morning, there have been at least 20 more shot leaving five dead and 15 injured. Police shot one man wanted in connection with a burglary, as he allegedly tried to drive his car into a police car. The ongoing epidemic has prompted Chicago media to… View Article

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on September 13, 2013 in World News

Chicago Ends Gun Registry, Eliminates City Gun Permit

                      Chicago Ends Gun Registry, Eliminates City Gun Permit On September 11, Chicago’s city council abolished its 45-year old gun registry and the city’s gun permit requirement amid pressure from the Supreme Court and the U.S. 7th Circuit Court Appeals. In 2010’s McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court ruled against Chicago’s gun restrictions, making it clear that “every city and state must adhere to the Second Amendment.” Yet the Supreme Court did not specifically lay out what changes needed to take place. That happened in 2012, after the case returned to… View Article

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on September 7, 2013 in World News

53 Homicides, 224 Shot and Wounded in August

53 Homicides, 224 Shot and Wounded in August in Rahm’s Chicago No matter how Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendant Garry McCarthy spin it by touting overall crime being down in the city, the numbers for 2013 are still horrifying. The website HeyJackass.com, which keeps some pretty interesting data regarding Chicago crime statistics, reports that the city saw 53 homicides in August, with 41 deaths and 224 wounded as a result of shootings. The August crime wave ended on a tragic note, with 11 people shot and killed over Labor Day weekend; more than 25 more were shot and… View Article

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on September 5, 2013 in World News

Chicago isn’t safe despite “safe passage” signs

                        Chicago isn’t safe despite “safe passage” signs “Safe Passage” is a feel-good slogan dreamed up by Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy and the mayor Rahm Emanuel to foster a sense of safety where there is none. They have dragged city employees off their jobs and forced them to man positions along designated “safe passage” routes – everyone from firefighters to sanitation workers. Yes, the garbage men and firemen are acting as cops. The Chicago Public Schools have also hired hundreds of people (screened for drugs and criminal histories,… View Article

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on August 14, 2013 in World News

Two Shot, One Killed on Rahm’s Chicago

Two men were shot in Chicago on August 11 on one of the city’s newly created “Safe Passage” routes intended to keep school children safe.The “Safe Passage” routes along which the men were attacked had recently been heralded by Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a fix for children who had to travel along new routes to schools. The two men attacked were Ralph McNeil, age 54 who died at John H. Stroger hospital late in the evening on August 10, along with a 26-year old man who sustained multiple gunshot wounds and is listed in “serious condition,” according to the Chicago… View Article

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