Police: 5 children, 1 woman taken hostage in Harvey, Illinois, after robbery

[Recursion]

Source: CNN

Two robbery suspects took five children and a woman hostage Tuesday inside an Illinois home, spurring police to converge on the residence in hopes of freeing those inside.

Two police officers responding to a robbery in Harvey, Illinois, were injured by gunfire, said Sean Howard from the suburban Chicago city's police department.

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Howard said law officers from all over Illinois have since surrounded the residence and are in the process of negotiating with the hostage-takers.

Police have blocked off nearby streets, and Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg is urging residents to stay inside.


Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/19/us/illinois-hostages/

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Yikes

[lunasun]

1. Harvey is a very impoverished suburban area south of Chicago

They recently lost municipal bonds status onSEC
Got scammed by some predator developer although town officials may have profited , this area 's people lost it' s chance to revitalize. High unemployment and below poverty rate

[orbitalman]

2. "Howard said law officers from all over Illinois have since surrounded the residence..."

From my nearby "public point of view," this is a typical hostage situation in which it takes 1000 police officers to capture 1 trapped hostage taker. This overreach, so typical, helps lead to law enforcement mistrust.