Academy award winner Jennifer Hudson's mother shot to death.

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I'm getting a gut feeling that the nephew will never be found alive. I certainly hope I am wrong...

[Hanomag]

Who's Jennifer Hudson anyway? :hmm:

After being a part of the news for so many years, I have long since removed my need to read it or watch it.

As for poor Chicago, Its a big city. Like most big cities its a festering wart on the ass of society. A giant cancer deep inside the colon. After walking those same **** covered streets in my precinct I can tell you violence cycles like a roller coaster. And is dependent on numerous factors, sorry to say, not just gun laws. (BTW I am totally pro gun ownership).

Give you one quick example to avoid a biblical novel...

When I 1st arrived in 1994 at the 75th Pct. in Brooklyn's East NY, the Precinct motto was "You give us 22 minutes we'll give you a homicide". At the time the 10 mile square pct. boasted a compliment of 425 police officers and led NYC in homicides, I believe 192 that year. But it was attributed to crack cocaines upswing. Now you can go down the same war torn streets and all is much much quieter. But this crime drop didnt have as much to do with NYPD's efforts as it did with crack losing its popularity. In fact nowadays in the same area crack dealers are near extinction and are not as well off moneywise.

I am sure if you check up on Chicago's viloence upswing there is something at the root of it not just a "Yo lets cap some ol' bitch and test out my new gat."

As for Norway.. I bet ya its real pretty up there.

[Frame57]

My three favorite things I love about Chicago. Married with children, Chicago Pizza, Al Capone...

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Originally Posted by Frame57

My three favorite things I love about Chicago. Married with children, Chicago Pizza, Al Capone...

You forgot Vienna hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, Italian ice, putting your money on a bar w/out it getting stolen, Eli's cheesecake, Dick Butkus and the 1961 Chicago Blackhawks....

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They recovered the vehicle listed in the AMBER alert. Unfortunately a young male's body was found inside of it.

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They confirmed the identity of the boy. Sh&tty outcome.

[caspofungin]

It's a real tragedy. But slightly off topic, has the cult of celebrity gone too far? After all, it was Hudson's sister, not Hudson herself. I mean, I'm sure a few other people got killed in Chicago this week -- why aren't they on the news?

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Originally Posted by Hanomag

Who's Jennifer Hudson anyway? :hmm:

After being a part of the news for so many years, I have long since removed my need to read it or watch it.

As for poor Chicago, Its a big city. Like most big cities its a festering wart on the ass of society. A giant cancer deep inside the colon. After walking those same **** covered streets in my precinct I can tell you violence cycles like a roller coaster. And is dependent on numerous factors, sorry to say, not just gun laws. (BTW I am totally pro gun ownership).

Give you one quick example to avoid a biblical novel...

When I 1st arrived in 1994 at the 75th Pct. in Brooklyn's East NY, the Precinct motto was "You give us 22 minutes we'll give you a homicide". At the time the 10 mile square pct. boasted a compliment of 425 police officers and led NYC in homicides, I believe 192 that year. But it was attributed to crack cocaines upswing. Now you can go down the same war torn streets and all is much much quieter. But this crime drop didnt have as much to do with NYPD's efforts as it did with crack losing its popularity. In fact nowadays in the same area crack dealers are near extinction and are not as well off moneywise.

I am sure if you check up on Chicago's viloence upswing there is something at the root of it not just a "Yo lets cap some ol' bitch and test out my new gat."

As for Norway.. I bet ya its real pretty up there.

You do have a valid point about street violence. This case is domestic, in which, we really do not have much of an effect to prevent it. We can't sit in someone's domicile 24/7 to make sure that an argument does not turn into crap.