Honestly, while it's a bad idea to have a military organization patrolling domestically, it might be better than CPD. Chicago's police have been some of the most corrupt in the US for over 100 years. Blackmail, extortion, kidnapping, torture, and murder are all things they've committed at an organizational level.
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Well, perhaps "hidden gem" is the wrong phrase. In comparison to cities like NY, it is a good value due to the cultural amenities and how low the cost of living is (in really nice areas, too). Also the city is truly beautiful.
Chicago has its downsides, however. Crime (as mentioned), weather, pollution. Notorious corruption. Being in the middle of the Midwest doesn't help things, either...nothing against the Midwest, it's just flat and dull landscape-wise. Not a good locale for anyone who cares about things like mountains and hiking.
The same is true for the USA as a whole. Most of the gun violence is located in a few select areas across the country, but that doesn't stop people from shitting on the USA as a whole for it. Why should Chicago be any different? Those gang infested crap holes are still part of Chicago.
I don't know, I think there are cities where crime is more evenly distributed throughout the city (not that crime in Chicago *only* happens in certain areas, just that violent crime tends to happen in these areas much more than other areas of the city). Detroit is a city I wouldn't feel safe in, no matter what part of the city I was in.
I will say that in comparison to Chicago, I feel more safe here in some ways (Portland, OR) and less safe in others. Portland has a real problem with the homeless/mentally ill and it is contributing to an increase in crime rates. Although most of Portland's crime is related to property.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/or/portland/crime/
Four men dressed as police officers enter gangster Bugs Moran's headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago, line seven of Moran's henchmen against a wall, and shoot them to death. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, as it is now called, was the culmination of a gang war between arch rivals Al Capone and Bugs Moran.
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
Yep. While ignoring the real reasons for it. A bit like someone blaming their lawn mower when they mow over a yellow jacket nest and get stung. :P
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Some good points. Hard for anyone to do their job if they are hamstring. A lack of enforcing the laws already on the books is one of the reasons for such violence. Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun control laws on the books. Yet, any law is only as good as the wiliness to enforce them are.
Yes truth.
Its not only a self sustaining system but one which bolsters its own growth.
It is the permanent underclass, the most vile creation mankind has ever spawned.
Oh well it seemed like you had something specific in mind but I guess, like some sort of proof to back up a claim My mistake never mind.
MAGA
When all you do is WIN WIN WIN
There's basically a one year uptick in violent crimes, in several large cities. Several large cities have also seen a decrease in violent crime over the same time period.
Whether or not this uptick is an outlier, or the start of a long term trend, is too early to tell.
That being said, our cities are significantly safer than they were in the 90's.
Eat yo vegetables
I actually think there would be political support for more visible police/federal presence in these neighborhoods. Yes, some BLM guys would protest. But people who know victims should welcome some kind of visible security provided there is some outside assistance provided to the Chicago PD. I am thinking there needs to be a federal bailout at this point.
A sampling of some articles about studies of the Chicago PD.
2% of complaints against officer actions addressed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b079b2818a0c6d
Torture
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/homan-square
40% of crime reports tossed
http://time.com/4294074/chicago-poli...report-racism/
tasering for giggles
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader...l-altercations
Chicago desperately needs to default on its debt and have the scraps fed to the dogs. You literally will not be able to change anything in that city, at least fundamentally, until the gravy tap of unlimited public money is shut off.
Your sig is out of context...he was mocking people who think lime that.
Did you do that deliberately? Is that why you deliberately chose to not link to where the quote is from?
By any chance, are you also one of these guys whocomplains about "media bias" and how they spin things? ;P
Obviously not going to reply to the OP. But yeah Google "anti violence Chicago" and I get:
http://abc7chicago.com/archive/9009544/
http://getinchicago.org/
http://cureviolence.org/partners/illinois-partners/
Just first 3 on Google page and I could go on. Plus one article about organizing protests/anit-violence: "Anti-violence event hopes to draw 4,000 to pray on 79th Street. From Chicago Sun Times.
I watches something on ESPN that took place in Chicago. But yeah, It is hard to look.
The violence and stats are sad, but people are not wallowing in the violence and saying "Who cares".
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Some people from BLM have already commented on this. They pretty much said "It's not their problem" because other groups are already focusing on the violence in Chicago.
I don't knwo where you get no protests from... they happen pretty frequently, at least 3-4 times a year. Plus all the groups that exist for instance "moms against senseless killing" in chicago. There are tons of groups dedicated to black on black crime and there are marches and protest; however, they never get publiziced by the media. People like you don't even bother to look them up you just puppet shit you see with no actually research done on your side. *snore*.