Chicago surpasses 500th homicide in 2016

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/06/chicago-surpasses-500th-homicide-in-2016.html

[lostinblue 1,989]

_{Police attribute the spike in gun crime during the tail end of the Labor Day weekend to retaliatory gang acts, the Tribune reported.}

_{If only they put as much effort in gang control as they do in gun control .... BUT that would be racist}

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_{Police attribute the spike in gun crime during the tail end of the Labor Day weekend to retaliatory gang acts, the Tribune reported.}

_{If only they put as much effort in gang control as they do in gun control .... BUT that would be racist}

How would that be racist? Only if you were assume only minorites are in gangs. Because that shootout in Texas with the bikers? I'm sure that's a gang.

[lostinblue 1,989]

How would that be racist? Only if you were assume only minorites are in gangs. Because that shootout in Texas with the bikers? I'm sure that's a gang.

Chicago surpasses 500th homicide in 2016 .. It is the hood rats that we are talking about. The folks that cause a vast majority of deaths in the story.....

[Merle 458]

I'm sure we should be expecting an announcement of a BLM protest any day now.

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Chicago surpasses 500th homicide in 2016 .. It is the hood rats that we are talking about. The folks that cause a vast majority of deaths in the story.....

The victims of these killings aren't hood rats, but I wouldn't expect you to know that. Don't know why you're determined to be racist about it, or why all these I'm sick of talking about race don't check you.

I'm sure we should be expecting an announcement of a BLM protest any day now.

You want to join? Let me know and I'll send you the link. You can't possibly know how silly you sound.

Next time a white person does a shooting, I'll make sure to ask about White Lives Matter.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

I am pretty sure even Stevie Wonder could see the LIB was referring to the perps in these killings as "hood rats", not the victims. Not sure why you're trying to twist his words?

The victims of these killings aren't hood rats, but I wouldn't expect you to know that. Don't know why you're determined to be racist about it, or why all these I'm sick of talking about race don't check you.

Edited September 9, 2016 by LFEHFN

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Also, I'd like to say that ANYONE can be racist, not just those who can keep things from others. As we discussed, I was on the back side of racist activities in Hawaii, but the folks who treated me badly could keep nothing from me, they could just use their words and actions against me. Still racist.

[Merle 458]

The victims of these killings aren't hood rats, but I wouldn't expect you to know that. Don't know why you're determined to be racist about it, or why all these I'm sick of talking about race don't check you.

You want to join? Let me know and I'll send you the link. You can't possibly know how silly you sound.

Next time a white person does a shooting, I'll make sure to ask about White Lives Matter.

I'm not a member of any type of racist hate groups so no need to ask.

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I am pretty sure even Stevie Wonder could see the LIB was referring to the perps in these killings as "hood rats", not the victims. Not sure why you're trying to twist his words?

Nope, because NO other race of people are called anything else. When we can start calling white killers such colorful names, then this might be true. And I don't have to twist his words. He's told me before that I'm from the hood.

Also, I'd like to say that ANYONE can be racist, not just those who can keep things from others. As we discussed, I was on the back side of racist activities in Hawaii, but the folks who treated me badly could keep nothing from me, they could just use their words and actions against me. Still racist.

Anyone can be racist, but not everyone can employ racism. Unless being called names is the same thing as being systematically held back?

I'm not a member of any type of racist hate groups so no need to ask.

http://time.com/4413786/splc-black-lives-matter/

You're wrong, but I'm glad you keep trying to frame us as such. Keeps me on my toes.

[lostinblue 1,989]

The victims of these killings aren't hood rats, but I wouldn't expect you to know that. Don't know why you're determined to be racist about it, or why all these I'm sick of talking about race don't check you.

You want to join? Let me know and I'll send you the link. You can't possibly know how silly you sound.

Next time a white person does a shooting, I'll make sure to ask about White Lives Matter.

Chicago surpasses 500th homicide in 2016 .. It is the hood rats that we are talking about. The folks that cause a vast majority of deaths in the story.....

Marvin you said you grew up in the hood in St Louis .. Your words not mine ... Now slowly read what I wrote .... Tell us just who I am talking about ...You know what is strange about all the crime problem Marvin ....A cop makes an arrest and their are about 100 cell phones recording .... You have black on black crime .. shootings killings and everyone left that cell phone at home .. Drug dealings going down ....Nothing....

Local community has to step up and start pointing these terrorist out .. 1500 gang members cause what 80 % of the gun deaths in Chicago .... Never a cell phone around when you need one ....

[lostinblue 1,989]

_{Top cop Eddie Johnson bemoans senseless violence, broken judicial system}

_{Coming off a violent Memorial Day weekend, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stuck to familiar themes in a speech Tuesday to the City Club of Chicago, bemoaning the senselessness of all the shootings, the department's fractured relationship with the community and the broken judicial system that is too much a revolving door for the most dangerous criminals.}

_{Since Mayor Rahm Emanuel named him superintendent in a surprise move in March, Johnson has been emphasizing that the department knows who the violent offenders are but needs the help of the criminal justice system to keep them locked up for longer periods.}

_{To that point, he later told reporters that fully four-fifths of the 69 shooting victims over the Memorial Day weekend were on the "strategic subject list" — a list of about 1,400 known gang members believed to be most prone to violence, compiled by the department using a computerized algorithm. Six died of their injuries.}

_{"Teenagers with kids and no education produce more teenagers who have kids, and the cycle continues," he said.}

_{He decried a judicial system that's "broken and overwhelmed," saying many violent criminals serve less than half their sentences while nonviolent offenders are too often locked up "for longer than they deserve or we can afford."}

_{http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-superintendent-eddie-johnson-met-0601-20160531-story.html}

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Racism isn't "employed". Racism is a belief that one group of people is superior/inferior to another.

1) "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races."

2) "a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race."

I don't think you're any better or worse than me because of your color. Ergo, I am not racist. I hold doors for people of all colors, because I believe in being kind to all, and not treating someone poorly because of their skin color. I talk to anyone I meet who seems to want to chat, no matter where I am (even on the street). Had a black guy in downtown Chicago the other day tell me I had a nice ride across the gas pumps. I walked over to admire HIS ride, a '79 convertible that he has tricked out. A little fender rust, but still in great shape for its age. Told him how nice it was, and we chatted a bit while the fuel pumped. See? No racism, because I don't believe I am better than him, neither due to skin color, nor due to my ride being worth more than his. Just two folks talking about stuff, off the cuff.

Calling names is not racist, unless one makes it about their race, or the inferiority/superiority of one over another. THEN it become racism.

And you are wrong about the "hood rats" thing. I have heard it used to describe people in a neighbor hood where there were no blacks at all. I know you and I have argued over the word "thug" before, too. It depicts the ACTIONS of a person, not their skin color.

And you yourself have told us before that you were from the hood. No, I cannot quote the post(s), but I know you have. Not that there is anything wrong with that, just sayin'.

Nope, because NO other race of people are called anything else. When we can start calling white killers such colorful names, then this might be true. And I don't have to twist his words. He's told me before that I'm from the hood.

Anyone can be racist, but not everyone can employ racism. Unless being called names is the same thing as being systematically held back?

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Chicago surpasses 500th homicide in 2016 .. It is the hood rats that we are talking about. The folks that cause a vast majority of deaths in the story.....

Marvin you said you grew up in the hood in St Louis .. Your words not mine ... Now slowly read what I wrote .... Tell us just who I am talking about ...You know what is strange about all the crime problem Marvin ....A cop makes an arrest and their are about 100 cell phones recording .... You have black on black crime .. shootings killings and everyone left that cell phone at home .. Drug dealings going down ....Nothing....

Local community has to step up and start pointing these terrorist out .. 1500 gang members cause what 80 % of the gun deaths in Chicago .... Never a cell phone around when you need one ....

Yep, but unless you like being identified as an unsavory name due to where you live, I'd resist calling someone a hood rat. And what's even stranger is your obsession with crime, because black on black crime is a myth. I know you like to talk about it due to your OCD when it comes to minorities. Maybe you should ask the police why black neighborhoods are policed the way they are but crime is stronger there.

Racism isn't "employed". Racism is a belief that one group of people is superior/inferior to another.

1) "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races."

2) "a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race."

I don't think you're any better or worse than me because of your color. Ergo, I am not racist. I hold doors for people of all colors, because I believe in being kind to all, and not treating someone poorly because of their skin color. I talk to anyone I meet who seems to want to chat, no matter where I am (even on the street). Had a black guy in downtown Chicago the other day tell me I had a nice ride across the gas pumps. I walked over to admire HIS ride, a '79 convertible that he has tricked out. A little fender rust, but still in great shape for its age. Told him how nice it was, and we chatted a bit while the fuel pumped. See? No racism, because I don't believe I am better than him, neither due to skin color, nor due to my ride being worth more than his. Just two folks talking about stuff, off the cuff.

Calling names is not racist, unless one makes it about their race, or the inferiority/superiority of one over another. THEN it become racism.

And you are wrong about the "hood rats" thing. I have heard it used to describe people in a neighbor hood where there were no blacks at all. I know you and I have argued over the word "thug" before, too. It depicts the ACTIONS of a person, not their skin color.

And you yourself have told us before that you were from the hood. No, I cannot quote the post(s), but I know you have. Not that there is anything wrong with that, just sayin'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

Here's the issue. It's not so cut and dry as you make it out to be. Systematic, police interactions, business practices. We can go on and on. What's strange is how because you're not a racist person, this somehow negates racism as a whole. Your experiences as a person doesn't mean it's not a problem for POC. NB makes a point to say because he doesn't see it, that means it doesn't exist. But we all know this simply isn't truth.

It does if the names are used only on certain racists. Because I'll tell you what, you find me one, just one thread where white people are called names here. I've been posting for over 4 years and it doesn't happen. Even the drug addicts that murder folks aren't called names. Only when it's a thread with black folks in it, this takes place.

If I'm wrong about the hood rat thing, find the post where Lib or any other member uses it with poor white people.

And if I'm from the hood, does that make me a hood rat? Because I'm pretty sure I don't act like a rat. It's disrespectful, especially when this kind of disdain is ONLY shown towards people of color.

[OriZ 3,157]

Racism isn't "employed". Racism is a belief that one group of people is superior/inferior to another.

1) "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races."

2) "a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race."

I don't think you're any better or worse than me because of your color. Ergo, I am not racist. I hold doors for people of all colors, because I believe in being kind to all, and not treating someone poorly because of their skin color. I talk to anyone I meet who seems to want to chat, no matter where I am (even on the street). Had a black guy in downtown Chicago the other day tell me I had a nice ride across the gas pumps. I walked over to admire HIS ride, a '79 convertible that he has tricked out. A little fender rust, but still in great shape for its age. Told him how nice it was, and we chatted a bit while the fuel pumped. See? No racism, because I don't believe I am better than him, neither due to skin color, nor due to my ride being worth more than his. Just two folks talking about stuff, off the cuff.

Calling names is not racist, unless one makes it about their race, or the inferiority/superiority of one over another. THEN it become racism.

And you are wrong about the "hood rats" thing. I have heard it used to describe people in a neighbor hood where there were no blacks at all. I know you and I have argued over the word "thug" before, too. It depicts the ACTIONS of a person, not their skin color.

And you yourself have told us before that you were from the hood. No, I cannot quote the post(s), but I know you have. Not that there is anything wrong with that, just sayin'.

That post is racist.