Homicide and other crime statistics from the Chicago Police Dept’s. Annual Report show the high incidence of crime within the black community. The silence on the topic from the current occupant of the White House, who is busy campaigning in the Rust Belt on his $1 million Canadian-built bus is deafening.
Hypocrisy is alive and well and living in Chicago, especially found within the corridors of the fifth floor of City Hall, the Chicago Police Dept HQ on State Street, and the editorial offices of the Chicago media chieftains and op-ed writers.
The media is reporting the investigation of more flash mob attacks in the Near North/River North area of Chicago, but yet not one word is reported that these continue to be black on white crimes. The Chicago Tribune’s Steve Chapman in an op-ed piece, stated in so many words that race was not mentioned unless it was relevant to the story. If the flash mobs were white, and the victims black, the media would take hold of that face in a New York minute, and Al Sharpton and his minions would be holding press conferences in Daley Center decrying hate crimes and demanding further action be taken and justice for the victims.
Meanwhile, gang wars continue unabated on the city’s West Side and in some of the poorest neighborhoods. On the 4th of July, 16 people were shot, including a 10-year old caught in gang crossfire. Two weeks ago, over the June 23/24 weekend, 30 people were wounded, 4 dead, and CBS News’ 48 Hour Crimesider reported that “rising murder rates have made Chicago more dangerous than a war zone” and “while 144 Americans have died in Afghanistan in 2012, 228 Chicago residents have been killed.”
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