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Chicagoland: 9-yr-old Is Executed: Where's The Outrage?
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| Antonio Smith Source: www.chicagotribune.com |
Antonio Smith, 9 years old, was assassinated the other day.
He was Chicago's youngest fatal shooting victim this year. He was shot at least four times and fell in a backyard on the South Side.
And when I went out there on 71st and Woodlawn less than 24 hours after he was murdered, here's what I didn't see:
I didn't see protesters waving their hands in the air for network TV cameras. I didn't see the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson playing their usual roles in the political race card game.
I didn't see white college anarchists hiding behind their white plastic Guy Fawkes masks talking about being oppressed by the state. I didn't see politicians equivocating. But the worst thing I didn't see was this:
That's not a drive-by, that's not an accident. That sounds like an execution.- Rev. Michael Pfleger
I didn't see the theatrical outrage that you see in Ferguson, Mo. A white cop in Ferguson — a place most people never heard of just two weeks ago — shoots a black teenager and the nation knows what to do. The actors scream out their roles on cue.
But in Chicago, a black child is assassinated, and Attorney General Eric Holder isn't on his way here. There are no hashtag campaigns saying #saveourboys. And instead of loud anger, there is numb silence.
"It's only the second day. I don't know what will happen," said Helen Cross, 82, a neighbor who lives down the street from the shooting. She's lived in the neighborhood for 49 years.
"Everybody says it's a shame," she said. "It was terrible. But nobody's … nobody is …"
Her voice trailed off.
Angry?
She nodded.
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