Chicago woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama during gun control speech

Dr. Righteous · Feb 18, 2013

You just can't make this stuff up. Chicago, the city with some of the strictest gun control in the country, had among the highest murder rates with guns last year. This is more evidence that gun control in the U.S. fails to achieve its primary stated objective of reducing gun violence.

CHICAGO — An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed the same day her sister had sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation.

Janay McFarlane was shot once in the head around 11:30 p.m. Friday in North Chicago, Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd told the Chicago Sun-Times. McFarlane, a mother of a 3-month-old boy, was in the Chicago suburb visiting friends and family.

North Chicago police said two people are being questioned in connection with McFarlane's death, but no charges have been filed.

"I really feel like somebody cut a part of my heart out," Angela Blakely, McFarlane's mother, said.

Blakely said the bullet that killed McFarlane was meant for a friend.

Hours earlier, McFarlane's 14-year-old sister was feet from Obama at Hyde Park Career Academy, where he spoke about gun violence and paid tribute to Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old honor student fatally shot last month in a South Side park. Police have said it was a case of mistaken identity, and two people have been charged.

Pendleton's death was one of more than 40 homicides in Chicago in January, a total that made it the deadliest January in the city in more than a decade. Pendleton, a drum majorette, had recently performed during Obama's inauguration and the slaying happened about a mile from his Chicago home.

Blakely told the newspaper that Janay McFarlane had been affected by Pendleton's death.
"She always said after Hadiya Pendleton got killed, `Momma that's so sad,'" Blakely said. "She was always touched by any kid that got killed. She was always touched by mothers who couldn't be there for their babies because they were gone."

McFarlane was supposed to graduate from an alternative school this spring, Blakely said, and wanted to go into the culinary arts.

"I'm just really, truly just trying to process it — knowing that I'm not taking my baby home anymore," Blakely said.
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leftlegmoderate · Feb 18, 2013

Well, clearly, just a few more laws which target the law abiding more so than criminals, would've prevent this pointless killing.

The irony here is incredible. Obama was actually in town pushing gun control because of the Hadiya Pendleton incident.

leftlegmoderate · Feb 18, 2013

Craftsman said: ↑

So what?
Every city has crime, some more than others. Show a cause and effect link or all you've got is more trolling and whining.
There are about 60-80 threads doing just that, why add to it?
Show the link or admit it's just whining.
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Between what?

EggKiller · Feb 18, 2013

Craftsman said: ↑

So what?
Every city has crime, some more than others. Show a cause and effect link or all you've got is more trolling and whining.
There are about 60-80 threads doing just that, why add to it?
Show the link or admit it's just whining.
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So what?? Seems to be the liberal buzzword these days.

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