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Cloud hangs over Obama return to Chicago | Fox News

[FONT=&quot]As President Obama returns to his adopted hometown of Chicago to give his farewell speech Tuesday night, a dark cloud hangs over the city where the record-setting murder rate is so high there are pleas to declare a state of emergency.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“When there is a fire in America, a tornado, a hurricane, they call it a state of emergency, federal funds come in, and help rebuild that town or that community,” said prominent anti-crime activist, Father Michael Pfleger. “Well, hell, we have a state of emergency in Chicago.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In 2016, 762 people were murdered in Chicago. That’s a 63 percent increase from the 468 murders recorded in 2015 and almost double the murders in 2014, according to Chicago Police.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Shootings also are way up -- 4,331 people were shot in Chicago in 2016, up from 3,550 in 2015, according to police.[/FONT]

I can understand why he wants to live in DC. Even DC is safer than Chicago. Of course given the existence of politicians, there are probably the same number of scumbags in both cities.
 
That cloud is gunpowder from all the thugs shooting each other.
 
Federal funds to do what exactly, confiscate all guns? In that case, i approve! If it's just to throw some $ at the victims' relatives, that doesn't solve anything
 
Stupid, factless echo chamber is stupid, factless echo chamber
 
I can understand why he wants to live in DC. Even DC is safer than Chicago.

BO is much safer in DC since he is having a wall built around his home.
 
Cloud hangs over Obama return to Chicago | Fox News



I can understand why he wants to live in DC. Even DC is safer than Chicago. Of course given the existence of politicians, there are probably the same number of scumbags in both cities.

It’s really not the city of Chicago as a whole that’s a mess, the shootings are pretty contained to the South side but the crimes do find there way out of that area. Some of the downtown areas are fantastic, nightlife, restaurants, and Millennium park right on the lake is a must visit if in Chicago for a few days.

There are many reasons for the stat of these urban areas but the elephant in the room is liberal law enforcement gone badly. You can have the most stringent laws possible on the books, but if you don’t enforce them they are mute. Clearly gangs and gang violence has taken over whole communities and the average folks in these areas are sort of just sheltering in place out of fear, they are trapped in a war zone with no hope of escaping.

This hopelessness feeds the gangs with new members, just imagine living there with kids, the school system is just a proving ground for gang bangers, there is little to no employment in the area, repairs to public housing and transportation go neglected out of frustration they get trashed before improvements complete.

The Democratic City fathers, politicians has been aware of this for decades, this is nothing new. Their idea of handling the problem was to contain it to certain areas, a city within a city. Well, obviously that hasn’t worked, and until you get rid of the gangs and doing whatever it takes including sending in national guard troops with orders to clear house to house nothing will change. The State of Illinois should start building multiple super max prisons to house this trash.They also need to firm up if not exaggerate the sentencing for these thugs as the feds did with the RICO act and other organized crime. Locking all the gang bangers away for thirty plus years will give these areas a chance to rebuild along with federal and state investment.
 
It’s really not the city of Chicago as a whole that’s a mess, the shootings are pretty contained to the South side but the crimes do find there way out of that area. Some of the downtown areas are fantastic, nightlife, restaurants, and Millennium park right on the lake is a must visit if in Chicago for a few days.

There are many reasons for the stat of these urban areas but the elephant in the room is liberal law enforcement gone badly. You can have the most stringent laws possible on the books, but if you don’t enforce them they are mute. Clearly gangs and gang violence has taken over whole communities and the average folks in these areas are sort of just sheltering in place out of fear, they are trapped in a war zone with no hope of escaping.

This hopelessness feeds the gangs with new members, just imagine living there with kids, the school system is just a proving ground for gang bangers, there is little to no employment in the area, repairs to public housing and transportation go neglected out of frustration they get trashed before improvements complete.

The Democratic City fathers, politicians has been aware of this for decades, this is nothing new. Their idea of handling the problem was to contain it to certain areas, a city within a city. Well, obviously that hasn’t worked, and until you get rid of the gangs and doing whatever it takes including sending in national guard troops with orders to clear house to house nothing will change. The State of Illinois should start building multiple super max prisons to house this trash.They also need to firm up if not exaggerate the sentencing for these thugs as the feds did with the RICO act and other organized crime. Locking all the gang bangers away for thirty plus years will give these areas a chance to rebuild along with federal and state investment.

I spent years managing a contract at CSU in the southside of Chicago. I saw what was down there. The mayor Rahm Emanuel is a disgrace.
 
I spent years managing a contract at CSU in the southside of Chicago. I saw what was down there. The mayor Rahm Emanuel is a disgrace.



I’m not sure “disgrace” covers it, the way he has neglected that community is outright racist and borders on a criminal act. I also visited the South side years ago but absolutely wouldn’t now. I call his actions and non actions as racist, and It’s the worst kind, it effects thousands and whole committees. I think of the kids that need to grow up there, no hope, no chance, no wonder the gangs thrive.
 
I’m not sure “disgrace” covers it, the way he has neglected that community is outright racist and borders on a criminal act. I also visited the South side years ago but absolutely wouldn’t now. I call his actions and non actions as racist, and It’s the worst kind, it effects thousands and whole committees. I think of the kids that need to grow up there, no hope, no chance, no wonder the gangs thrive.
Another wonderful human being from the Obama Administration. :roll:
 
The shootings are not solely concentrated in the southside, there is a large percentage just to the west of the city as well.

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I think that what Chicago needs is good community organizer to go into those areas and show the people living there how to organize themselves into a real law-abiding community. The only problem is finding someone with that kind of leadership ability who is looking for a job.

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That’s a bit eye opening, I wasn’t aware it had spread that far…

It's been pretty much the norm since when I was trucking through there about every 2 weeks from 1997-2004. The dispatchers would always warn me on the "QualComm" when I was heading into the south or west. Some loads I would refuse entirely and take a less profitable load somewheres else. I felt bad for the company drivers who never had a choice.

Benefits of being a owner operator, I guess.
 
The shootings are not solely concentrated in the southside, there is a large percentage just to the west of the city as well.

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But theres that spot...right in that little circle of 'Chicago'...that seems pretty nice.

Father Phleger is correct. The problem is...they wont accept the solution. Any time the problem of Chicago is discussed it devolves to a left/right white/black dialogue. Chicago needs a holistic solution. Frankly...I dont think they have the stomach for the solution.
 
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