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The Sicilian
Sep 3, 2006

by Smythe

Immortan posted:

Oh boy, we can't break up gangs too big to fail!

Hahaha, that's the best response I've heard yet.

Naw I think it was step in the right direction. The real answer probably lies in a very expensive, successful social program combined with some type of hard drug legalization/recovery scheme.

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psychokitty
Jun 29, 2010

=9.9=
MEOW
BITCHES

OctoberBlues posted:

I don't know, I've been to downtown St. Louis way loving more than I have ever wanted to and like 5% of people at stop lights actually crossed before it turned green. It stands out amongst every city I've ever been to. And everyone was fat, like seriously, almost everyone.

Goddamn I hate St. Louis.

Oh I see. St. Louisans don't really go downtown. Those are people from the county who go for the sportball games. gently caress those assholes.

ChesterJT
Dec 28, 2003

Mounty Pumper's Flying Circus

Ben Smash posted:

Cops are out of control, shooting teenagers, addicts and the homeless.

YTD Shot & Killed: 1404 (219killed/1185wounded)
YTD Police involved: 6 (4killed/2wounded) (Note: this includes any shooting inside the city, Chicago PD, Cook Co, Illinois SP, FBI, etc)

Yes cops are clearly the source of the problem.

ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 22:35 on May 23, 2016

wyntyr
Mar 27, 2006

Jastiger posted:

Des Moines is 1

lol wtf is this

Do it ironically
Jul 13, 2010

by Pragmatica
the best thing the US could do is ban most fire arms and start a gun registry, and magically in a generation gun violence and gun deaths will have dropped significantly like every other first world country has already done

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

wyntyr posted:

lol wtf is this

Is this your first trip to GBS?

The Sicilian
Sep 3, 2006

by Smythe

ChesterJT posted:

YTD Shot & Killed: 1404 (219killed/1185wounded)
YTD Police involved: 6 (4killed/2wounded)

Yes Chicago PD is surely the source of the problem.

Lol, these other commenters are morons. Suspects have taken to running and shooting back at police. The sentences imposed here mean they will be out in 2-3 years if not given probation, so whats to lose by letting loose with the chopper (gun in white people speak).

There are racist cops, we can only look to John Burge to prove that, just don't buy in to all the media's reports.

The last fellow killed by a police officer here had many Facebook photos posing with guns, but instead his junior high graduation picture was used for national media. The outlets that picked it up here had no problem showing his gang affiliation.

wyntyr
Mar 27, 2006

OctoberBlues posted:

Is this your first trip to GBS?

I'm familiar with jastiger's brand of idiocy but to see someone advocate for Des Moines as better than... Anywhere, really, took me by surprise

Tinkle
Sep 26, 2006
As useful as a trapdoor on a lifeboat.
thats why you move to the cozy nice mexican suburbs

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Lime Tonics posted:

Seriously though, what the gently caress is wrong with Chicago?

People get REALLY ANGRY and then shoot at people to let off steam. Facebook feuds, revenge killings etc. That covers most of it.

People are blown away like this every single day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECGCoo3Ogxg


I once saw two guys selling water/flowers on a street corner and they both shouted "THIS IS MY @^@&@^$ CORNER!" So then one guy pulled out a knife and one guy smashed a beer bottle and scared the other guy off. That's the Chicago way.

Helical Nightmares posted:

Love is a battlefield

I wish I owned a real tank.

http://www.youtubemultiplier.com/57437b4d87bcf-chicago-is-a-battlefield.php

4outof5
Nov 10, 2003

Leader of the ULT Right.
Grabbing pussy since April 2, 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgw7Yv8je-k

Fatherless. male. children.

The Sicilian
Sep 3, 2006

by Smythe

Chief Keef tried to put on a concert via hologram which was quickly shut down, due to him being wanted on warrants here. I hear he says California is chill, and he has his own weed dispensary tho...

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Driving in Chicago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OvhOIu-8HA

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
Guns are illegal in Chicago.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

The Sicilian posted:

tldr on Chicago:

Breaking up the big gangs has led to splintered "blocks," or small scale street gangs that spring up on a specific street (e.g. 87th st. Satan's Disciples). the problem is, when the larger gangs were around the leadership was all about the money and reduced violence. If you hurt or killed an innocent you'd be dealt with internally.

Now the blocks are splintered and have social media beefs. A 92nd st. Satan's Disciple member could very well have beef with one on the aforementioned 87th st. The net result is exploding violence in the south ad west sides.

As a sidenote, the extreme lack of economic prospects in those neighborhoods has led to the residents coming north and robbing people in the downtown and northside. Cue scared white people.

Had a friend get killed under the red line at belmont (near wrigley field) for $15 and an iPhone. His murderer was out on bail for assault on a peace officer with a machete.

Some of that red line I ride from the north river hotel area to the Cubs is sketchy af. I'm white.

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot
I live in chicago. I've been practicing for overwatch this year so my Kill rate went up a lot that's why it got better.

dZPnJOm8QwUAseApNj
Apr 15, 2002

arf bark woof
it is the poors

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Darth123123 posted:

Guns are illegal in Chicago.

sounds like they need to make the more illegal imo

I hate yankees
Apr 29, 2008

ChesterJT posted:

You didn't even link the best website, http://heyjackass.com/

Someone shot: every 2 1/2 hours
Someone killed: every 14 hours

Good job Chicago!

lol at the police involved shootings taking a massive dip

thanks black lives matter

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Chicago Police execute felony arrest stop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcb1VCkFll4

Darth123123 posted:

Some of that red line I ride from the north river hotel area to the Cubs is sketchy af. I'm white.

The old saying goes... "take the red line if you want to get raped."

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Zogo posted:

Chicago Police execute felony arrest stop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcb1VCkFll4


The old saying goes... "take the red line if you want to get raped."

Never go south of chinatown on the redline.

The Sicilian
Sep 3, 2006

by Smythe

Darth123123 posted:

Some of that red line I ride from the north river hotel area to the Cubs is sketchy af. I'm white.

Maybe the people on it with you, the neighborhoods your'e passing through are expensive.

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot
I take the redline a lot and its fine north of chinatown. It smells like piss and it has bums here and there but its fine.

Lol Jackson isn't a dangerous place on the redline to the guy saying hyatt area is scary.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Do you all feel Chicago would be a better place if they got rid of all the black people?

The Sicilian
Sep 3, 2006

by Smythe

Microwaves Mom posted:

I take the redline a lot and its fine north of chinatown. It smells like piss and it has bums here and there but its fine.

Lol Jackson isn't a dangerous place on the redline to the guy saying hyatt area is scary.

Even worse, he's saying the gold coast, river north, old town, and lakeview. Please never leave your safe suburb, or highly guarded doorman building.

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


IMO, if everyone had guns their would be less shootings.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Chicago Parades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz2OYRZwApQ

Look at the fat guy in the blue shirt. That's a wide target.

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
you can sing "Chicago is a battleground" the way that John Mayer sings "your body is a wonderland"

i'm not kidding check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5EnGwXV_Pg

just do it all breathy

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

ChesterJT posted:

You didn't even link the best website, http://heyjackass.com/

Someone shot: every 2 1/2 hours
Someone killed: every 14 hours

Good job Chicago!

That all looks bad until you get to the bottom and see

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013
Do have to wonder how much of that drop off is due to better medical care tho...

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryVh9BuwOs4

Chicago and their goddanged gangs

Panamaniac
Jun 18, 2007

HEROES NEVER DIE
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/763/webflash

Chicago's police radio makes for some easy listening over the weekend, when the listener numbers often swell from the usual 600-some to over 2k.

schmitty9800
Feb 10, 2003

dethkon posted:

What's up with Chicago gangs? Did somebody important die or get locked up, and there's like a power vacuum? Are they fighting over heroin territory? Is there any kind of command structure at all, or is just America's Nightmare (children with guns)?

No, there's no specific large dispute, GD/BD get tagged constantly but they're like brand names for smaller gangs. Small disputes and rivalries just continually boil over and it takes literally seconds to organize a few people to come with guns.

There are constant solutions that you can come up with, but the city is broke as hell so every program ends up underfunded. Closing a bunch of schools and making young people commute a long distance for schooling didn't help anything.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

rahm emanuel is a piece of poo poo

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Jastiger posted:

Just visited Chicago for 3 days.

3rd best MIdwestern city (The non shooty poor parts)

Des Moines is 1, Minneapolis/St. Paul 2, Chicago 3.

I should write a review for GBS.

Literally no one gives a gently caress about Des Moines

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Alan Smithee posted:

Literally no one gives a gently caress about Des Moines

Wizard Master
Mar 25, 2008

I am the Wizard Master

Alan Smithee posted:

Literally no one gives a gently caress about Des Moines

I didn't know your name was Des Moines.

CRIP EATIN BREAD
Jun 24, 2002

Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T



Soiled Meat

CharlestonJew posted:

Chicago vs Detroit GO

detroit is filled with hipsters now :(

down n out
Sep 16, 2008

Nap Ghost
why is the 4th of July especially awful? It seems like there's 50+ people shot and handfuls killed every year.

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Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Immortan posted:

Black Lives Matter is scheduling to protest this violence, correct?

Probably safe to assume this was not as racist as it got but this is where I tapped out.

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