"On State Street, that great street, I just want to say
They do things they don't do on Broadway"
For the third consecutive weekend, the wheels came off and all hell broke loose, especially on Friday night and into Saturday morning.
In all, eight (8) were killed and another 39 were shot and wounded which slightly beats last weekend’s shitshow tally of nine (9) killed and 37 wounded.
"A breakdown of the 47 incidents shows:
5 were shot & killed, 2 stabbed, 1 auto-related
6 in critical or serious condition
38 dudes
9 chicks
26.3 y/o average age
15 teenagers
25 neighborhoods
8 multi-victim incidents
4 shot in the ass
"Not only have the past few weekends been disasters,
April’s 33 homicides far exceeds last April’s 24. Outside of a brutally frigid January, February, March and April have all handily bested their 2013 counterparts. In other words, #CrimeIsDown. Unless something changes and changes real soon, (and what, we have no idea) this summer is going to be a gigantic clusterfuck.
Chicago Honor Student of the Week
This week’s Honor Student of the Week hails from suburban Flossmoor where he enjoys gangbanging, Facebooking with rivals gangs and soon, long stints in prison. Please meet, Justin C. Hamilton: “Justin C. Hamilton, of Flossmoor, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of 16-year-old Jordan Means and 18-year-old Anthony Bankhead. During a Tuesday bond hearing, prosecutors said Hamilton is a member of the Latin Kings street gang and had been fighting with the victims on Facebook prior to the shooting. After the shooting, family of the teens said the Facebook fight was over a stolen power cord and that both Means and Bankhead knew their killer.” A double homicide over a $10 power cord? Yep, but remember, “The gun violence in this city is the result of lax guns laws. Period.”
From the keeping up with the killings site: HeyJackass! | Illustrating Chicago Values
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 28, 2014 10:08 AM
A power cord? A member of the Latin Kings should have been arguing about deponent verbs in the Aeneid or something like that.
Posted by: Dr Weevil at April 28, 2014 12:20 PMBetter each other than us.
Posted by: chasmatic at April 28, 2014 2:25 PMOutside of a brutally frigid January, February, March and April have all handily bested their 2013 counterparts.
We have to do something about global warming.
Posted by: mushroom at April 28, 2014 5:01 PMPut up jersey barriers and concertina wire, step back, and let them work it out for themselves.
Note: for this one a special deviation on the punch-in-face will be authorized. Call it "shot in the head." All them assholes qualify for a shot in the head, hopefully applied by each other.
Posted by: chasmatic at April 28, 2014 9:03 PMIt works out fine provided they shoot the last one standing.
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