Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Hometown of Jackson, Farrakhan, Emanuel, Obama

56 shot, 12 dead In Chicago's Memorial Day Weekend 

By Thomas Lifson, May 26, 2015, American Thinker

The carnage among black young men in Chicago escalates as the weather warms, yet no leftists or race agitators seem to care. The police shooting of a young man in Cleveland draws demonstrations, but the ongoing large scale slaughter in Chicago goes largely unremarked among the demonstrator class or national media.

The Chicago Tribune reports:

At least 56 people were shot over Memorial Day weekend between Friday afternoon and early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

Twelve people, including three shot Monday afternoon, died from their wounds. Twelve others shot between late Monday morning and early Tuesday morning survived their gunshot wounds, bringing the total of non-fatal gunshot victims for the weekend to 44.

No race is mentioned for any of the victims, but based on past data, nearly all are likely to be black, for it is black neighborhoods that most shootings have been occurring. And unlike any police-involved shootings:

No one was in custody for any of the attacks, and police were investigating.

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