In just 6 hours on Thursday night, no less. No racial profiling, no vigilantes and no White shooters involved. No uproar, no vigils, no National media spotlight, no nothing. In the Community organizer's home turf........
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...0,667576.story
13 shot, 2 dead in Chicago in six hours Thursday night
By Peter Nickeas and Jeremy Gorner
Tribune reporters
7:03 a.m. CDT, March 30, 2012
At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in violence across Chicago overnight, most of the victims from just two shootings on the West and South sides, according to police.
Suspects were being questioned in one of the shootings, the killing of a man near his home on the Far South Side, officials said.
The worst shooting occurred around 6 p.m. Thursday when two men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire inside a convenience store in the 1400 block of West 79th Street in the Gresham neighborhood, police said.
One man was killed and five others were wounded. The victims ranged in age from 16 to 24.
The gunmen fled in an SUV and police continued searching for them this morning.
About four hours later, four people were standing in a parking lot in the 4100 block of West Roosevelt Road when a black car drove up and gunfire rang out.
jgorner@tribune.com
pnickeas@tribune.com
Hoodies are thug wear - Geraldo was closer to the fact of the matter than not
I see what the right wing talking point of the day is. Somebody just spewed that same "story" on the Ed Schultz show.
The shootings described sound like a robbery and a gang drive-by. What the fuck does that have to do with a kid walking down the street with a bag of Skittles?
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All this bullshit about a fucking hooded sweatshirt is ridiculous. I had a hoodie when I was 14. I wasn't a thug. Hell, I didn't even listen to rap music, mainly because it barely existed at the time - RunDMC's first album hadn't even been released yet. Maybe Grandmaster Flash or the Sugarhill Gang and a couple others, but I wasn't really into that stuff at the time. Too busy listening to The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Ramones, and of course, the Mighty Van Halen.
Democratic National Committee member Pat Cotham promoted a “Hoodie Rally” that she said took place at Marshall Park in Charlotte, N.C. at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
“Hoodie Rally at Marshall Park at 6 pm today,” Cotham tweeted. “Crowd building, people wearing shirts in honor of Trayvon Martin.”
According to Cotham’s Twitter account, “Hoodie Rally” attendees were “registering to vote” on the scene.
Ironically, the man who shot Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, is a registered Democrat.
Charlotte is the headquarters of the 2012 DNC convention, essentially making it the headquarters of the Democratic Party’s 2012 campaign and political efforts in the year President Barack Obama is seeking re-election.
DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller’s request for comment.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/29/dn...#ixzz1qcciGvp9
"I like hoodies."
I use to like hoodies but now I don't.
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Why all the fuss about hoodies, My children?
Would ye call Me a "thug"?
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The thing is, everyone on this planet is racially profiled each and every day. It's not like we all walk around with our skin turned inside out. Take any crime that happens, there must be a way to identify who it was that was involved. Now mistaken identity can happen and does happen but having the most prominent features of someone that accused of a crime is essential for making an arrest, be it white, black, hispanic or asian or a blue man from mars. The real epidemic is not white on black racial crime that this incident and the overzealous media makes it out to be.
There was a huge front page article in the Baton Rouge State Times a while back, that looked at the killings that happened in the city and surrounding areas. If i'm correct, it was over 90% black on black and black on white. The rest was white on white. Where are all the black leaders and entertainers that seem to be pouring out from everwhere, over this teen/Zimmerman killing. The real truth is that, white people don't go around killing blacks, unless there is a home invasion and the perpetrator happens to be black. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but it is very low.
You're gonna get called a racist, MANN...
So basically, with the release of the ABCNews video, we've gone back to Zimmerman being a lying, stalking murderer who shot a kid then "made up" a story...
And jerkoffs are still pissing and moaning in this thread about "black-on-black violence" they don't really give a shit about, black leaders, the "media", etc. Pathetic...
Seriously pathetic. It's pretty obvious with the video release and closer examination of the timeline, Zimmerman's version of events falls apart. And how does someone attack you from behind and yet somehow punch you in the nose hard enough to break it, decking you "in one shot"? Was Martin also a contortionist?? And why is it the more details emerge and more fishy his story looks, it then EVOLVES daily? Yesterday the father alleged Martin verbally threatened his son's life (and somehow went for the gun even though it was on Zimmerman's belt and Martin allegedly had his knees on Zimmerman's shoulders and was punching him with both hands - more contortions!) - but that's more likely a case of a retired judge trying to help his kid support a probable cause argument to shore up the stand your ground BS he can't use since he pursued Martin, or one imagines THAT detail definitely would (and definitely SHOULD if true) have come out a LOT sooner. Going on a FAUX affiliate and randomly attacking the POTUS (where is the supposed "hate" in Obama's only comment on the subject?? There wasn't any!) was far from classy - and pretty much shark-jumping credibility wise also.
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