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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

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

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

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."

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.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Blue Train posted:

rahm emanuel is a piece of poo poo

Chicago being entrenched in 85 years of Democratic machine politics has led to very elegant political discourse:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQjiN1sDqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVhrL7s0SCo

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

I remember reading an article about a Chicago woman found dead tied up to a chair and showing signs of torture but it wasn't classified as a "murder" because police weren't sure what happened.

All these aggregate stats measuring variables with millions of people involved have issues...especially ones that are intertwined with R vs. D politics. There's also the gigantic problem that statistics are measured in different ways in different cities (and across years/decades). It's even worse and more divergent when looking at stats from other parts of the world.

And that's not even getting into the dumb human errors people make with numbers (excel spreadsheet errors etc.)

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Beloved 'Walking Man' badly beaten on Lower Wacker Drive with baseball bat
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-walking-man-attacked-20160525-story.html

This could start WWIII...

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Relin posted:

why do they need 3 dozen cops to arrest one guy (i think, skipped through it)

Long police chase. And when that happens a lot of times it's not dissimilar from running circles around a wasp nest. Only more are going to join the pursuit.

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/09/05/religious-argument-may-have-preceded-fatal-shooting-of-pastor-80/

Chicago police say they have a person in custody in connection with the death, which occurred at the Senior Suites of Rainbow Beach in the South Shore neighborhood early Monday.

Police say the 80-year-old victim was shot in the face and died. Investigators said the suspect, who uses a motorized wheelchair, fired one shot, then moved closer and fired several more.

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

The guy chanting "Where is BLM?" must think it makes him bulletproof.



Chicagoan, Dissatisfied With Police Coverage, Hires Private Patrols
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/09/09/chicagoan-dissatisfied-with-police-coverage-hires-private-patrols/

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