Sept 19, 2013: At least 13 people were shot in a Chicago neighborhood. One is a 3-year-old who is reported to be in critical condition.
The child’s uncle, Julian Harris, told the Chicago Sun-Times that dreadlocked men in a gray sedan shot at him Thursday night before turning toward nearby Cornell Square Park and opening fire. He said his nephew was shot in the cheek.
“They hit the light pole next to me, but I ducked down and ran into the house,” Harris said. “They’ve been coming round here looking for people to shoot every night, just gang-banging stuff. It’s what they do.”
Following a surge in homicides and shootings last year, the police department stepped up its patrols.
Through the first six months of the year, the department spent more than $57 million on overtime pay for officers, more than half of it from a program that saturates dangerous neighborhoods with hundreds of officers every night.
Maybe it would be more to the point to rescind all those strict gun control laws they have in Chicago.
Sources:
polination.blog 