tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7432391005529453568..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: We keep track of shootings like a box scoreNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91998133474205181322021-07-10T16:54:48.437-05:002021-07-10T16:54:48.437-05:00I rememebr when the newspapers competed with each ...I rememebr when the newspapers competed with each other to announce..."the upcoming 1000th gangland killing in Chicago." That was a LONG tima ago...late Sixties or early Seventies...when Nr. S. was still a kid, growing up in the suburbs of Northeast Ohio.<br /><br />You are, of course, referring to the one thousandth Mob-related killing in Chicago, going all the way back to the ealiest days of Prohibition and the rise of Al Capone. Easily a thousand Mafia killings in fifty years, as there were scores of them annually during the Roaring Twenties. And long afterward.<br /><br />As for "street gang" deaths, probably far more than a thousand by now, if you count back far enough. Some of today's biggest outfits go back to the Forties, and there are chapters with members who range in age from eight to eighty. That's why Trump's plan to "pacify" Chicago was laughable. And it would have been as successful as pacifying Stalingrad was for Hitler.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44298340900995118532021-07-09T14:24:53.803-05:002021-07-09T14:24:53.803-05:00I work at Cicero and Chicago one of the top spots ...I work at Cicero and Chicago one of the top spots for shooting and murder. Many many police officers in the area.<br /><br />I live at 71st and Woodlawn. Very near to another top spot for shooting and murder. Many many police officers there to. The near constant presence of a CPD helicopter every night. <br /><br />Cops and more cops don't seem to be the answer. People need to put down their guns in order for the killing to stop. <br /><br />Even if it were all gang members being gunned down which we all know it isn't this circumstance would be a terrible tragedy. The collateral damage humanizes the carnage , children and other innocents dying everyday. Our fellow citizens, friends and family.<br />So much sorrow. <br /><br />People please put down your guns. Even if just for the day. Much like a twelve step program. One day at a time. <br /><br />This should be a policy goal of our leaders . Put down your guns today. It can be done. <br /><br />Blame the guns, pray. False hope. Talk to your fellow citizens. See what it would take to call a truce. Just for today. That's the place to start. Break the cycle of killing. <br /><br />329,000 millions dollars. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37984391558410137332021-07-09T14:04:09.492-05:002021-07-09T14:04:09.492-05:00The only relevant number is zero. Zero jobs, zero ...The only relevant number is zero. Zero jobs, zero hope and no place to go. Throw in mans' homicidal nature and the digit counters spin. In a Smithsonian Channel program about elephants it was speculated that mans opportunity to leave the trees was provided by habitat change wrought by the giant beasts. In payment we are now driving them to extinction for their tusks. We are a sorry bunch, Homo Sapiens.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90005578852978898722021-07-09T13:44:13.056-05:002021-07-09T13:44:13.056-05:00You don't have to be a Trump-loving Republican...You don't have to be a Trump-loving Republican to feel some empathy toward the guy who wrote the letter criticizing BLM. Police misconduct is certainly a problem, but it defies sense to believe that taking Chicago cops off the beat and replacing them with patrolling social workers would cut the body count. You are right about people not understanding that Chicago is not really the murder capital of the U.S. It's not a point you ever hear mentioned on the six o'clock news. <br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33407516080768596262021-07-09T13:22:53.191-05:002021-07-09T13:22:53.191-05:00I wasn’t thinking of police or national guard. I w...I wasn’t thinking of police or national guard. I was thinking of development, investment, jobs, and grocery stores.J. Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566801024154623288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20864524624325617332021-07-09T11:46:57.601-05:002021-07-09T11:46:57.601-05:00I remember seeing Larry King on a TV talk show sev...I remember seeing Larry King on a TV talk show several years ago, mocking the New York papers for exploiting crime news with headlines such as "Death in the Streets," "Murder, Murder, Murder," and similar hyperbole. It was hilarious, if morbidly so.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46188399488645878652021-07-09T11:01:45.638-05:002021-07-09T11:01:45.638-05:00Of course. The cops generate stats up the yin-yang...Of course. The cops generate stats up the yin-yang. But if you have police on each corner, there aren't any left for the rest of the city.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18412124465909734122021-07-09T10:01:09.508-05:002021-07-09T10:01:09.508-05:00Can the stats be narrowed down further to identify...Can the stats be narrowed down further to identify deadliest neighborhoods or square miles? The per capita murders in Chicago get absorbed and for most of us the killing is not right nearby. Can we identify our worst square mile of hell and start there? Maybe we could see more clearly if we narrowed the scope.J. Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566801024154623288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79158924001355530872021-07-09T08:42:06.815-05:002021-07-09T08:42:06.815-05:00Neil, I don't believe you were here yet, when ...Neil, I don't believe you were here yet, when the newspapers had a field day with competing headlines after headlines announcing the upcoming 1000th gangland killing in Chicago. <br />There were giant 72 point & larger headlines starting with #990 & then counting upwards. <br />When was the 1000th poor slob who got whacked, well, it was like every holiday combined, along with fireworks on the front pages.<br />Of course there were the sober editorials, but those never sold a paper.<br />One of the most bizarre newspaper wars in a city infamous for its newspaper wars.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com