Why is there no national outrage about what is taking place in Chicago?

Why is the murder rate in Chicago so very high? Why do so many young black males believe it is necessary and acceptable to murder other young black males?

Why won't the black leadership in Chicago actually do something about this problem? Why do these people chose to only look the other way?




Analysis by a distinguished black author follows.

Why is there no national outrage about what is taking place in Chicago? And I am not talking about national dialogue ... talk. We retweet the murder numbers for weekends in Chicago like they are scores from the basketball game and then say "(*)(*)(*)(*), what a shame." When 15 people get killed in a weekend outside of urban communities, the national media swarmed like scavengers around a kill. When it happens in cities like Chicago, Philly, New Orleans, and other urban centers, it is just some "ish" that happens.

A headline in yesterday's Washington Post read: As Chicago’s homicide rate spikes, mayor and police boss defend their new crime-fighting plan. The article highlighted the debate between current and past policing strategies. Many believe that it is the strategy of the two previous administrations that brought homicide numbers down from the 900-murder-a-year numbers of the 90's to the more recent averages of 450-murders-a-year since 2005. But the article, and much of the media I have seen and read about Chicago violence, always talk about gangs and crime fighting. But this crisis is bigger than gangs and crime fighting.

All of the violence that is taking place in Chicago and other urban cities is not about gangs and crews. It is about the convergence of massive and generational poverty, under-education, addiction, a culture of violence to solve problems, lack of opportunity and unemployment, and oh yeah ... lack of hope ... on a packed city when it gets hot.

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/raise-hell-about-chicago-violence

 

There won't be any outrage for two reasons.

1. This has come to be expected
2. It isn't white people doing the killing

 

Because liberals will not take blame for their errors.






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Could this deplorable situation also contribute to the problem of the high murder rate of young black males in Chicago?

According to government statistics, 72 percent of African-American children are born to unmarried mothers. Dr. Natalie Carroll, an obstetrician who has dedicated her 40-year career to helping black women, feels that this is unfortunate. "The girls don't think they have to get married. I tell them children deserve a mama and a daddy. They really do. A mama can't give it all. And neither can a daddy, not by themselves,"

Dr. Carroll says. "Part of the reason is because you can only give that which you have. A mother cannot give all that a man can give. A truly involved father figure offers more fullness to a child's life."

The article goes on to list various reasons these numbers are the way they are, including the residual effects of slavery, segregation and the penal system. If, every other day, there is an article about black women being "unmarriageable," then why do people expect black women to not have out-of-wedlock births? Are we saying that if you are not going to be a wife, then you should not have children? The divorce rate in the African-American community is at 32 percent, so those who are getting married aren't necessarily staying married. Those who start out with fathers in the home may not end up that way.

The point about "involved fathers" is a good one. Is it better to have a father in the home who is not present or involved, just for the sake of having a man in the house? We all know great fathers who are involved and present, but we also know married women who function like single mothers when it comes to caring for children. Adding a man to the mix is not necessarily the solution. We think the problem is bigger than that and unwed mothers.

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/72-percent-african-american-children-born-unwed-mothers

 

Absolutely!

 

Mayor Michael A. Nutter, telling marauding black youths in Philadelphia, “you have damaged your own race,” imposed a tougher curfew Monday in response to the latest “flash mob” — spontaneous groups of teens who attack people at random on the streets of the city’s tourist and fashionable shopping districts.

“Take those God-darn hoodies down, especially in the summer,” Mr. Nutter, the city’s third black mayor, said in an angry lecture aimed at black teens. “Pull your pants up and buy a belt ‘cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt.”



These black children are merely expressing thier black identity! Here is an angry face and destructive behavior only a mother can love!

 

the drug war has made selling drugs so profitable that people kill over it...

your young, do you work at mc'ds "you want fries with that" for min wage or sell pot for 1000 times that wage

just like the moonshiners of days gone by, different prohibition, same story

 

Legalizing drugs won't do anything. They will still sell it, just like people are out selling Oxies and they are legal.

 

Nutter and Rohms first mistake is trying to reason with these gangstas in the first place.They need to do what Rudy Giuliani did in NYC,and crack down on these gangbangers hard,with police force .Under Rudy Giuliani,NYC's crime rate dropped dramatically.

 

The Left is trying hard to stop the NYPD.


Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Stop-and-Frisk Suit

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2...lass-action-status-in-stop-and-frisk-lawsuit/


They want to turn the Big Apple into the Chicago shooting gallery.


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Black crime perpetrators do not fit the Upper West Side (of Manhattan) media narrative.

 

national outrage would accomplish what exactly?

 

These discussions were very good.

Analysis by a distinguished black author follows.

Why is there no national outrage about what is taking place in Chicago? And I am not talking about national dialogue ... talk. We retweet the murder numbers for weekends in Chicago like they are scores from the basketball game and then say "(*)(*)(*)(*), what a shame." When 15 people get killed in a weekend outside of urban communities, the national media swarmed like scavengers around a kill. When it happens in cities like Chicago, Philly, New Orleans, and other urban centers, it is just some "ish" that happens.

A headline in yesterday's Washington Post read: As Chicago’s homicide rate spikes, mayor and police boss defend their new crime-fighting plan. The article highlighted the debate between current and past policing strategies. Many believe that it is the strategy of the two previous administrations that brought homicide numbers down from the 900-murder-a-year numbers of the 90's to the more recent averages of 450-murders-a-year since 2005. But the article, and much of the media I have seen and read about Chicago violence, always talk about gangs and crime fighting. But this crisis is bigger than gangs and crime fighting.

All of the violence that is taking place in Chicago and other urban cities is not about gangs and crews. It is about the convergence of massive and generational poverty, under-education, addiction, a culture of violence to solve problems, lack of opportunity and unemployment, and oh yeah ... lack of hope ... on a packed city when it gets hot.

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/raise-he...icago-violence

 

Change? Are you sure that you are a progressive? National outrage is a typical goal of the Left.

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I believe there is no outrage because most folk simply assume the folk desiring to live in such a hell hole do so knowing its risks...

 

Chicago, LA, Cleveland, Baltimore, St. Louis, Kansas City, Atlanta, New Orleans, Phoenix, Memphis, and on and on. They are all dangerous, crime ridden cities, and there are many more from coast to coast. I'm glad I don't live in any of them. If you don't have weapons, get them now! Get ammunition, get what you need to survive for at least a month if you can't get any help, or even go to a store or anything. We let the beast out of the cage and now the beast is trying to tear down the door and get us by the throat. If you don't believe it, just try walking down the streets in any of the minority sections in any city in the USA with a population greater than about 500,000.

 

Have you seen these latest statistics?

 

because the Democrats are determined to keep the blacks on the welfare plantation.When black people get money by working hard and sacrificing they tend to want to hold on to it just like people of all races do

 

Chicago belongs to liberal Democrats. They've owned it since President Obama had a tutor teaching him to be black. I think most people feel that the situation was caused by the liberals, is being supported by the liberals, so the liberals can deal with it...or not. If you read the details about the killings you quickly see that it isn't about drugs. Of course, some are but the nitwits who think legalizing drugs will fix homes with no fathers, homes with no jobs, children with no hope, are simply simply nitwits who want their drugs to be legal.

Here's a site for keeping up with the murders but you'll need to read fast.
http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/

Rahm Emmanual and his police chief have responded by, big surprise, blaming the previous administration. It's a tragedy but the President only has time for Trayvon Martin. He's got too much on his plate. And you wouldn't expect the Justice Department to make a stink with Rahm Emmanual would you?

Oh, and what black leadership are you talking about? Rev. Wright and the NBPP? Great role models for children. Look what Rev. Wright did for President Obama. How about the reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Right. Blacks get screwed by "leaders" just like white folks do. Blacks and whites are all in this together. Politicians aren't in it. They're the ruling elite and don't need to concern themselves.

 

ok...changing what exactly?

 

Great information, PatrickT.

Thanks for sharing.



This little guy doesn't stand a chance under the Democrats. A beautiful black child is a terrible thing to waste!... Our modern day racial issue: Absent Fathers = Dead Children.

 

Why would there be? The killers are saving Illinois money.

 

Ha-Ha!

You are correct. These murders save us millions and millions of dollars in future health care costs for treatment of dangerous and life-threatening drug overdoses that will now no longer happen!



The future president of the United States. No, he is not deep in thought .... He is stoned!

 

I'm sorry but I find nothing about Chicago funny. Pathetic, yes. A little girl named Steele was shot in the head and killed by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting. In my opinion, it's a horrible tragedy and the family has my heartfelt sympathy. The liberal Democrats have the responsibility. Unfortunately, a sense of responsibility is something liberal Democrats lack. Right now they're blaming the previous administration, also Democrat, but I'm sure they'll find a way to blame President Bush.

Ah, yes, the Chicago Way and Michelle Obama brags about raising her children with Southside Chicago vlaues. That should be grounds to prosecute for child endangerment.

 

Obama and the Choom Gang frying brain cells!