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Chicago boy, 9, dead in shooting, possibly 'targeted'

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Nov 3, 2015.

  1. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

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    He was my boyfriend
     
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  2. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Not sure what that means, most gangs are self-funded. But anyway, would you join this protest or would you have to remain neutral?
     
  3. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    I'm pretty sure most gang members have a number of family members receiving significant amounts of public assistance, so I would suggest gangs are never completely self-funded. And I would also bet that while they're raking in big dollars for some of their other "activities," they're laughing at the taxpayers when they cash their public assistance checks.
     
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  4. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    tony, don't forget the free cellphones, which by now are probably free smartphones.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

  6. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    Just a little research on public assistance would help, but you're too busy chasing down minority voters.
     
  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This particular gang member had $100,000 to make bail on his prior gun charge. Must have been really saving those welfare checks.
     
  8. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Maybe it was a GoFundMe account?
     
  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I find this story especially horrifying, but only because those who are alleged to be the murderers are black. #plumbingmysubconscious
     
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Nah. It's even better than that:

    Morgan’s girlfriend, who received a large court settlement in a lawsuit against a hospital, supplied the $100,000, a law enforcement source said. Morgan’s attorney, Jeff Kent, did not return messages from the Sun-Times. Morgan’s lawyers have said Morgan is a construction worker.

    Person of interest in Tyshawn Lee killing is free on $1 million bond - Chicago
     
  11. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

  12. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    And that has what-all to do with a 9-year-old kid shot in Chicago by a gang member?
     
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