Black on Black violence is evidently not that imprortant to them because it doesn't fit their narrative
Link: https://thelibertydaily.com/another-mass-shooting-happened-this-morning-but-it-was-in-chicago-so-democrats-and-corporate-media-will-ignore/
varied than those behind Assault Weapon mass shootings...basically, from my POV, it's fundamentally due to severe poverty and growing hopelessness, exacerbated by the upheavals caused by COVID (lost jobs..inability to let kids gather in safe programs, etc.)...I'd also say that while every big city saw sharp increases in violence, Mayor Lightfoot...while having her heart in the right place...did the politically expedient thing in spending money on Policing, rather than those root causes...but, for a truly insightful summary, check out the linked article.
The Uvalde, Texas...Parkland, Florida...Newtown, CT...etc., mass shootings are a much different breed of gun violence with different root causes...they are also unique in the targeted victims and the common manner in which the tragedies were carried out...therefore, the greater attention of national media.
Hopefully, you are not at all pleased to see any of it, and are ready and willing to do whatever you can to see that such statistics are dramatically reduced...right?...would like to hear your suggestions for improvement...seriously.
Link: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-gun-violence-and-covid-19/gun-violence-and-covid-19
some banger deciding that he is supposed to own what you have. From the article:
"Williams, the Northeastern Illinois professor of urban community studies who worked in violence interruption for two decades, says young men reach for guns when they feel powerless and believe they are left with no other options."
If a young man lives in Chicago's Englewood or West Englewood or Washington Park areas, Brooklyn's Crown Heughs or Miami's Pork & Beans, to name just a few areas with documented gang violence, once he drops out of school and takes on life in a gang, I suspect that the gun cements the bond between him and his fellow gangster buddies such that the use of a gun to commit a crime or the indiscriminate use whether for a violent act or indiscriminate shooting recklessly with no intended target, try as some might, there are very few options that will save a victim from a violent end or sever the young gang banger from his path to studies in a graduate school for violence taught free of tuition in a penitentiary.
I had a fellow Marine pilot with whom I went through Quantico, Pensacola and first tour in the RVN. He was a 1962 graduate of Columbia Univ, where he played football. He was also Black, not African hyphen American, Black. When he left the Corps in '67 he was hired onto United Air Lines as a pilot. To cut a short story shorter, as an investment, he purchased a package store in Inglewood bordering South Central near LAX. Sure enough, he claimed to fellow pilots that being Black would give him a pass.
Unfortunately, no such policy in South L.A., operative over weekends. On a day off from United he went into his store on a Sunday morning (circa 1971-72) and took one in the chest during a broad daylight robbery. Survived Vietnam and some banger from the ghetto does him in. RIP "Cooter" S/F Marine.
But what do I know? I do know enough to keep my car doors locked and steer clear of certain areas.
in our inner cities, we'd be able to make a difference...apparently, the Biden admin wants to spend around $5B on this concept across the country. Given that our newest aircraft carrier costs $13B to build (plus over $4B to design and a lot more to maintain) we could find some funding for such a worthwhile project?
Let's hope that the GOP realizes that there is 'No Free Lunch' when it comes to solving problems and pitch in to help pass such legislation...need to stop complaining and put money where their mouths are.
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-wants-give-anti-violence-groups-5-billion-here-s-n1263990
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legislation...along with excellent oversight and reviews to ensure that any funds are being used effectively and efficiently. I also like to see programs that have "Sunset" provisions in them so that government doesn't need to fund such efforts forever...that being said, I can't stand those who just refuse to "invest" in solving a problem that has persisted for too long.
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"Batting Average" for everything...the question is how much "Overhead" or inefficiency are we okay with...but continuing to work for a goal is imperative, and that takes investment to pay for those who do the hard work.
btw, spoke with "Joe" today...he's still hanging in there...still living in his own home...let me know if you'd like to speak with him.
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F_U3NbIH_o
Chicago's (and other cities') gun violence issues.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Owens
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but, so far that hasn't happened...just a lot of complaining...
IMO you need to do a little more work in this Open Forum that is built for discussion...that's what I mean by "Dealing With It"...hopefully, you'll make that investment of your time,..I guarantee you I'll take the time to read it.
You are not swaying anyone and neither am I. Try making an argument based on real life experiences and not some piece a fluffer from NPR wrote sitting in his or her office.
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Was once anti-Trump...then fully supportive...several other flip-flops in her brief career...also seems to feel "progressives" had something to do with all the flak she got over "Doxing" others, so she embraced the conservatives she used to oppose...go figure...not my kind of quality resource.
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hope her career goes better than Omarosa Newman's ;-).
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“They’re coming for us!”
Stock up on your firearms! Don’t let ‘em steal your elections!
White power forever!
Read a little History if you can
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Eight unarmed black suspects all of last year across the country.
But black folks are scared to leave their homes...must have "The Talk" with their sons...all because law enforcement is "systemically" biased and hunting their sons and brothers! Reckoning on race! First, I would like to acknowledge my privilege as a white person! Unconscious bias! White supremacists represent the single largest threat domestically!
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Both men, one 28 and the other 39, died as a result.
Patrisse Cullors (a BLM founder) is just one of many who are living quite a lifestyle thanks to BLM contributors. What has BLM done about lives lost due to Black on Black violence?