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live love laugh

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24. As long as crime doesn't happen in certain areas it is not a problem--
Sat May 20, 2023, 10:00 AM
May 2023

Last edited Sat May 20, 2023, 10:48 AM - Edit history (2)

kind of like the tree falling in the forest analogy.

In other neighborhoods it is just “tsk tsk” … “they” ….


Crime has always occurred everywhere for centuries that includes Chicago. It is foolish to expect anything different when the population has doubled over the centuries at the very least.

As for prosecuting petty crimes, when did prosecution of crimes stop?

The whole idea that prosecution of crime is not happening, is a trope that is pushed by the right to criticize, mostly democratic cities like Chicago. Just this past election season in November commercials were everywhere, lying and scaring Chicagoans telling us that because bail laws were changing, killers and murderers and dangerous criminals were going to be let out of jail in January 2023 and bands of criminals were going to roam the city harming and killing people. Very much like the recent “scare” with immigration laws, where we were supposed to have a large influx of people over the border because of that law change. Where are they? It was bullshit and it is intended to undermine Democrats.

i assume he brought that guy he talked to w him. mopinko May 2023 #1
I like that Skittles May 2023 #2
Hahahaha bamagal62 May 2023 #3
they look to be sold out of t-shirts Skittles May 2023 #9
Both North and South Side coverage. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #4
Some of my friends went to the Disco Demolition at Comiskey Martin Eden May 2023 #5
I remember watching it on TV. GoCubsGo May 2023 #7
Anyone who shook hands with Ernie Banks is most fortunate. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #8
Our family always read the Chicago Daily News Martin Eden May 2023 #15
Those teachers voted for him 4 times. Don't forget the primaries LuvLoogie May 2023 #26
It's all the Big Lie that red states are rosy and blue states & cities supposedly open sewers. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2023 #6
That made me laugh as a native Sympthsical May 2023 #10
as a hospice nurse I tread all over Chicago. Never been shot. Still hoping for some mucifer May 2023 #11
Well, that's a low bar Sympthsical May 2023 #14
That makes the OP one of 9+ million people who didn't get shot. live love laugh May 2023 #20
It's kinda the bar we're all living under right now though, isn't it? ms liberty May 2023 #21
✔️ live love laugh May 2023 #22
It just feels dismissive Sympthsical May 2023 #23
I agree with you, it happens both ways and too much. I grew up in Florida and live in NC ms liberty May 2023 #25
People don't want to allocate funds to address those problems. LuvLoogie May 2023 #27
San Francisco spends billions Sympthsical May 2023 #28
Are you saying that San Francisco isn't addressing the issue on multiple fronts? LuvLoogie May 2023 #30
You forgot the part where they profit from not helping. live love laugh May 2023 #31
You also have a low probability of being killed in Sudan. Lucky Luciano May 2023 #17
As long as crime doesn't happen in certain areas it is not a problem-- live love laugh May 2023 #24
Aren't there places like this in most metro areas? Why's Chicago different? live love laugh May 2023 #29
Up next....50 State T-shirt for FQX KS Toronado May 2023 #12
I do hope I get to visit Chicago sometime in the next few years electric_blue68 May 2023 #13
I have been telling that to every TV tuned to Fux Nooze for years SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #16
"Plead"? I don't think so. Good for Chicago! live love laugh May 2023 #18
It seems to me Fox started this obsession when Obama ran for President. halfulglas May 2023 #19
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