Meanwhile, just another ho hum blood-soaked Chicago weekend.

TyWebb · Jul 18, 2016

TheSportsPredictor said: ↑

Mr. Hate Myself will be along to toss stupid insults.

Oh, wait, he already did.
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exmediahack · Jul 18, 2016

Dick Whitman said: ↑

FWIW, the Chicago papers really have stepped up their coverage of the violence problem. I've researched murders from the '90s and been unable to find a mention of them in either paper. (Which, as a side note, was fairly good for the police, who were able to indiscriminately railroad whoever they wanted to with no oversight for the crimes. But that's neither here nor there.) Now it's fairly extensive.
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Only reason to read the paper in Chicago.

Another shooting of a young person who either a) pissed off the wrong person or b) was just turning his life around or c) both.

Smallpotatoes · Jul 18, 2016

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Amidst all the attention focused on Baton Rouge and elsewhere, I feel it worth noting that vast areas of our third largest city continue to resemble a war zone. At least another 59 shootings in this most recent normal 2-day weekend, and around 2200 shootings in just the first half of this year.

I'm struck by how little attention Chicago's staggering shooting rates get nationally. CNN and company will rush to the scene and give breathless around the clock coverage of other shootings, while largely ignoring the fact that the shit is happening on a nightly basis elsewhere in the country. Does this ever become something we more care about?
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Yeah, the murderers in Chicago work just as hard as the murderers in Baton Rouge.

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