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July Fourth violence nationwide kills
at least 33, Chicago ‘in state of grief,’
mayor says

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Posted By: Imright, 7/5/2024 10:44:39 PM

Shootings and other violence during the extended Fourth of July weekend have left at least 33 people dead, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. The Fourth of July historically is one of the nation’s deadliest days of the year. A flurry of shootings around the holiday a year ago left more than a dozen people dead and over 60 wounded. And a year before that, seven people died in a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago. Violence and mass shootings often increase in the summer months, with more people gathering for social events, teens out of school and hotter temperatures.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: padiva 7/5/2024 10:57:21 PM (No. 1750539)
The dems certainly know how to pick a great city for their convention. /s Will the complimentary convention T-shirts have a target on the back?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: konocti95 7/5/2024 11:26:57 PM (No. 1750547)
We need to take a moment and remember these numbers aren't just statistics but real people with moms and dads and brothers and sisters, our neighbors. Their problems and suffering might be just beginning or they may be in the middle of an enormous mess. Let us build a good future and not ovens.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: judy 7/5/2024 11:42:34 PM (No. 1750552)
Keep electing democrats……
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 7/6/2024 12:12:54 AM (No. 1750571)
A bit higher than the usual Chi-town body count. And, the usual question. Any white folks involved?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Lucky5 7/6/2024 1:07:24 AM (No. 1750602)
Isn't that just a regular weekend in parts of Chicago? Not to be crass. It is a terrible thing and has been for such a long time.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: mifla 7/6/2024 4:18:11 AM (No. 1750617)
Chicago is in a perpetual state of grief.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: PChristopher 7/6/2024 4:51:50 AM (No. 1750634)
Chicago's only chance of returning to any sense of normalcy is to get the liberals and progressives out of high offices and installing conservatives...same goes for all blue cities.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: TCloud 7/6/2024 5:16:03 AM (No. 1750642)
Chiraq Wo continues to rage B on B own and own! When it stops no one knows!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Rumblehog 7/6/2024 6:09:00 AM (No. 1750666)
"Chicago ‘in state of grief,’ mayor says" Chicago might as well be in the "state of" Yemen.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Strike3 7/6/2024 6:39:06 AM (No. 1750677)
Eleven dead is a relatively quiet weekend in Chicago. What is the AssPress trying to feed us here? Fireworks provide nice cover for gunfire but when the police don't respond for thirty minutes after a 911 call, the victims are already being devoured by rats and vultures. Teens are always out of school in the wee hours of the morning when these shootings occur. For the majority of these "teens" being in school does them no good anyway. Why does anybody care about the feelings of their lunatic mayor who allows this carnage in the first place? He's just a larger version of Lori Lightfoot.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: JimBob 7/6/2024 6:48:00 AM (No. 1750682)
Any information on what percentage of the murders and shootings were committed by the 'infamous three percent'..... African-descent males between what....12 and 45 years old? I recall reading that this group was (at that time) responsible for -I think- half of the murders in the US. Of course that 'inconvenient fact' does not fit 'The Narrative'.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: petrichor 7/6/2024 7:01:06 AM (No. 1750693)
Climate Change.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: hoosierblue 7/6/2024 7:04:33 AM (No. 1750698)
Nothing to see here folks. Just another normal day in Chigo.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: mobyclik 7/6/2024 7:16:21 AM (No. 1750705)
There's only one answer in LiberalWorld...pass more gun laws to take guns away from law-abiding people. Yep, that's the ticket.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: woodenleg 7/6/2024 7:33:13 AM (No. 1750714)
Anyone else thinking about the democratic ty convention in 6 weeks?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: FJB 7/6/2024 7:44:21 AM (No. 1750721)
And while we're on the subject, between criminal-lefty DAs, nasty-mouth "fake news" anchors, hoards willfully ransacking department stores, and routine cruise-ship mayhem, black females have become the worst threat to Peace in America.MAGA Vet
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Reply 17 - Posted by: udanja99 7/6/2024 10:31:06 AM (No. 1750870)
If the city was truly grieving, they would actually DO something about the problem. But they never do. Only white on black murders matter to them.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Venturer 7/6/2024 12:28:10 PM (No. 1751008)
Any of them white?
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