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In reply to the discussion: 300+ teens attack pedestrians on Chicago's Magnificent mile. 28 arrested [View all]Gidney N Cloyd
(19,842 posts)252. Heavens, no! They were being flagrantly black, teenaged, and scary!
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300+ teens attack pedestrians on Chicago's Magnificent mile. 28 arrested [View all]
cali
Apr 2013
OP
Just wait until the gangs get tired of just attacking people in their own neighborhoods and Mich Ave
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#40
Of course. I figure the people in Sandy Hook probably didn't give it much thought.
jmg257
Apr 2013
#73
I'm sure if our gun toting friends had been in Chicago, a bunch of unarmed teenagers would be dead,
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#157
Few, if any, were hurt. Of course a "menacing" crowd would be justification enought for gun cultists
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#165
That's great. But I didn't write the AWB. I have read the federal bills, and numerous
jmg257
Apr 2013
#185
I'm not sure "savages" describes this situation, especially if you think playing judge, jury,
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#217
The definition of the idiom in question is clear, you misused it regardless of context
Marengo
Apr 2013
#245
I am awaiting an explaination of your statement "I really wish you would leave your guns at home."
Marengo
Apr 2013
#259
I grew tired of having to explain everything to you. I think it is plain enough. n/t
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#261
Nope, you're not weaseling out of this one. I'm waiting for an explaination...
Marengo
Apr 2013
#268
Very, very little of what they actually did could be characterized as "attacking."
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#225
They were shagged into the Red Line by the cops and some folks got tussled in the process.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#247
No, (1) the tag-line in the post ("Renew the Assault Weapons Ban") and (2) the statement "Glad I was
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#107
chicago has 12,244 police officers, one for every .019th of a square mile. how many do you think
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#178
The NRA wants guns out of the hands of people who are potentially dangerous to others
HereSince1628
Apr 2013
#14
I don't have preferences about what criminals think. But you've raised another curiosity
HereSince1628
Apr 2013
#54
I think calling someone an authoritarian merely for holding a different position is
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#181
The Mag Mile is heavily patrolled. I don't see how the possibility of a few CCWs would be >>>
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#41
Fair enough, but I'd still prefer too-light punishment over the risk of >>>
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#74
No matter how YOU intend that, it can also suggest thuggery as political action, which can be an
patrice
Apr 2013
#114
"thuggery as political action." I doubt some F.U.s think along those lines...
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#272
Since when did he advocate "for a bloodbath"? Why isn't the truth good enough?
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#11
It was Spring Break for kids, not parents, who are likely working, or at night, hear
ancianita
Apr 2013
#130
Some would claim they have (or should have) the right to carry an assault rifle down Michigan Ave.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#144
Currently it's on AWB because that's faster killing. Going after handguns in the hands of criminals
freshwest
Apr 2013
#266
LMAO. With folks like LaPierre appointed to high Cabinet positions or Supreme Court.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#229
i have no evidence this story is fake. but others have been, & when i hear "gangs of 300 blacks
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#133
I saw nothing in the report (written or visual) that said they were black. n/t
OnlinePoker
Apr 2013
#187
the coverage made it completely clear that they were black. and the historical context is
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#236
Yup, except for the dozens of arrests and scores of witnesses, it's exactly the same.
11 Bravo
Apr 2013
#123
were you one of them? cause there were arrests and witnesses in the central park case too.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#127
Operative terms: "dozens" and "scores". That was not the case in the NYPD ...
11 Bravo
Apr 2013
#136
In the past, the Chicago Tribune, the Sun Times, and others in the Chicago-area MSM have
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#12
Less poverty and more education would solve the problem. But let's keep filling
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#26
They have already suffered the consequences of a society that doesn't care about
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#44
It would be interesting to know how much of our violent culture is spurred by poor economics.
CrispyQ
Apr 2013
#109
I guess one wouldn't, and would organize their outings very carefully. Women have to do that anyway.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#265
Illinois only allows "serious offenses" to land a juvenile in adult court.
geek tragedy
Apr 2013
#43
No, it does not work. Why do you think 'a few days in jail' is the way to 'scare'
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#49
Young people don't learn right from wrong in jail. Most civilized nations do not
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#200
Hey Sabrina1, I'm curious what you think would be an appropriate action to take
octothorpe
Apr 2013
#70
Because most of them hadn't done much besides show up. And they apparently dispersed when told to.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#68
I haven't paid much attention, but it seems like Chicago is like NYC in the 80's.
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#52
It started in 2011, but has not been covered by the MSM until now. There were too many
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#76
It has been all over the fucking media in Chicago. Where are you getting this crazy shit?!?
ieoeja
Apr 2013
#147
More than 300? That's crazy. That's a sign that something is seriously wrong
octothorpe
Apr 2013
#63
Yes, something is seriously wrong but nobody is willing to even talk about the core problem
slackmaster
Apr 2013
#72
hey, yeah, an assault weapon could have taken out all 300+ teens! (and everyone else)
librechik
Apr 2013
#75
STRAWMAN. No one is making that argument other than you. Why isn't the truth good enough?
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#80
what? No one? Really? The answer is, we activists tend to seize on small everyday news items
librechik
Apr 2013
#83
What I find is that gun-controllers (or people-controller wannabes) regularly make straw-man
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#102
It's obvious when those who promote more and more guns in public pounce on a topic like this.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#169
You are the one who seems to feel a moral superiority… you are the one calling out
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#91
A literary reference that simultaneously demonstrates that you totally missed the point of
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2013
#206
coincidentally, no pedestrians were attacked, though it was reported that way in the media.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#160
If so, then Andrew Holmes report from the Good Men Project is wrong. See post #161.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#162
yes, it probably is. since none of the people reportedly attacked by 300 black teens have come
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#166
How exactly do you know that "none of the people reportedly attacked by 300 black teens have come
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#168
not by a gang of 300 black teens. but whatever. feel free to post the story about the women
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#175
Authority in proper measure is essential to civilization. And you better face the fact
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#89
The fact you must face is that authoritarianism creates those values.
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2013
#134
Upsetting... but it least it may make people pay attention to problems in other parts of the city
JPZenger
Apr 2013
#101
France wasn't like 1788 France either until it was. It took a while, too bad when the signs
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#129
Actually, that is the exact opposite of what some cops have been reporting, including
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#167
This isn't inconsistent with a scenario of cops coming in for general crowd control and >>>
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#186
Thanks for this. Given the witness accounts in the video,this version of the story seems about right
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#152
my guess is they're not. since the only persons i've seen who were attacked or robbed was
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#257
I remember the reports of the fake riots during Katrina and the denial of Danzinger Bride
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#210