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"$2 billion can come to Chicago to make where we live safe and secure, Jackson said.
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticBiker" data-source="post: 2571953" data-attributes="member: 7914"><p>Another boring news link to get pissed off about....</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Amid gangland shootings, Chicago leaders call for federal resources</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Jasmine Curry, a mother of five and five months pregnant, lay dead along Chicago’s Dan Ryan expressway Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Chicago’s epidemic of gunfire with a bullet to the head.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">It was uncommon that she was shot on the expressway, not uncommon that someone from her neighborhood was killed. In fact, Jasmine was not even the first person in her family to be gunned down.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">“Now I have to bury another child,” said her father, Pierre Curry, sometimes weeping, sometimes with a matter of fact callousness. “I had to bury my last-born last year. I have to bury my first-born this year.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">The gangland vendettas raged on the South and West Sides of Chicago over the holiday weekend. Thirteen people were killed, another 58 wounded as the bullets flew. Police were fired on and in at least five incidents, they returned fire, killing two.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">From the basement of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church,Rev. Jesse Jackson inferred that city leaders in Chicago could not handle the violence on their own and federal resources were needed to control the flow of illegal weapons.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">“We’re crying out, the FBI must intervene,” he said.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Jackson also demanded federal funds to rebuild the blighted communities that are incubators for the gun violence.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">“If we can find the money necessary to help children on the borders,$2 billion can come to Chicago to make where we live safe and secure,” Jackson said. “We deserve safety. We’re not getting safety.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Like Jackson, Mayor Rahm Emanuel also appealed for federal resources. Also like Jackson, he stopped short of pointing directly at President Obama.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">“I wouldn’t put this at the president’s door,” he said. “I would put this at the door of Washington, D.C. This has been a long time where they stopped investing in our children. They need to start investing in our kids.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">For Emanuel, the problem is more complicated than armed FBI agents, an influx of money, new laws or a police crackdown. There are cultural issues, moral issues, a lack of jobs or alternatives for gangland youths. He frequently preaches his “Four P’s”: policing, penalties for guns getting in the hands of violent criminals, prevention and parenting. The absence of that last item makes poor, young men so easy to indoctrinate in the street gangs.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said he discussed sending some resources to the state’s largest city. “If the city of Chicago needs the help of the State Police, at any time, all they have to do is call,” he said, without indicating that Emanuel took him up on the offer.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Michael Tobin joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 2001 and currently serves as a Chicago-based correspondent.</span> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/10/amid-gangland-shootings-chicago-leaders-call-for-federal-resources/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/10/amid-gangland-shootings-chicago-leaders-call-for-federal-resources/</a></p><p></p><p><em>Damn those guns! Damn them all to Hell!</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticBiker, post: 2571953, member: 7914"] Another boring news link to get pissed off about.... [SIZE=4][B]Amid gangland shootings, Chicago leaders call for federal resources[/B][/SIZE] [COLOR="#0000FF"]Jasmine Curry, a mother of five and five months pregnant, lay dead along Chicago’s Dan Ryan expressway Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Chicago’s epidemic of gunfire with a bullet to the head. It was uncommon that she was shot on the expressway, not uncommon that someone from her neighborhood was killed. In fact, Jasmine was not even the first person in her family to be gunned down. “Now I have to bury another child,” said her father, Pierre Curry, sometimes weeping, sometimes with a matter of fact callousness. “I had to bury my last-born last year. I have to bury my first-born this year.” The gangland vendettas raged on the South and West Sides of Chicago over the holiday weekend. Thirteen people were killed, another 58 wounded as the bullets flew. Police were fired on and in at least five incidents, they returned fire, killing two. From the basement of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church,Rev. Jesse Jackson inferred that city leaders in Chicago could not handle the violence on their own and federal resources were needed to control the flow of illegal weapons. “We’re crying out, the FBI must intervene,” he said. Jackson also demanded federal funds to rebuild the blighted communities that are incubators for the gun violence. “If we can find the money necessary to help children on the borders,$2 billion can come to Chicago to make where we live safe and secure,” Jackson said. “We deserve safety. We’re not getting safety.” Like Jackson, Mayor Rahm Emanuel also appealed for federal resources. Also like Jackson, he stopped short of pointing directly at President Obama. “I wouldn’t put this at the president’s door,” he said. “I would put this at the door of Washington, D.C. This has been a long time where they stopped investing in our children. They need to start investing in our kids.” For Emanuel, the problem is more complicated than armed FBI agents, an influx of money, new laws or a police crackdown. There are cultural issues, moral issues, a lack of jobs or alternatives for gangland youths. He frequently preaches his “Four P’s”: policing, penalties for guns getting in the hands of violent criminals, prevention and parenting. The absence of that last item makes poor, young men so easy to indoctrinate in the street gangs. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said he discussed sending some resources to the state’s largest city. “If the city of Chicago needs the help of the State Police, at any time, all they have to do is call,” he said, without indicating that Emanuel took him up on the offer. Michael Tobin joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 2001 and currently serves as a Chicago-based correspondent.[/COLOR] [url]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/10/amid-gangland-shootings-chicago-leaders-call-for-federal-resources/[/url] [I]Damn those guns! Damn them all to Hell![/I] [/QUOTE]
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