Ray From Cleveland
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Reading the news this morning I came across a story about Chicago. Nothing new, just more shootings and murder, but according to the Mayor, the solution lies here:
“This may not be politically correct," he said, "but I know the power of what faith and family can do. … Our kids need that structure. … I am asking … that we also don’t shy away from a full discussion about the importance of family and faith helping to develop and nurture character, self-respect, a value system and a moral compass that allows kids to know good from bad and right from wrong.”
It took a couple of years, but the citizens are finally wising up asking him to find another job somewhere.
While Chicago doesn't have the highest murder rate per capita in the country, the amount of people being killed on a regular basis is transcending. Another part of the article really blew me away:
Kenwon Parker would have turned 16 on Saturday. But instead of celebrating an important milestone in a young person's life, his friends and family are mourning his death.
Parker has become another sad reminder of the horrific crimes that play out almost every day in Chicago.
Parker was shot dead Thursday by a 13-year-old boy following a youth basketball tournament at Garfield Park field house on Chicago’s West Side. A 14-year-old was wounded.
The boy, whom police have not publicly identified because he is a juvenile, has been charged with weapons violations, Chicago police said. He was charged Friday night and released into the custody of a parent or guardian, Officer Jose Jara said.
So what kind of message does the city send to other want-to-be murderer youths when all that happens to you for shooting two people and killing one of them is you are relased to your parents like you got caught smoking a cigarette? Weapons charges? WTF is that?????
As we all know, guns are not favored in the city and the only people armed are the police and the criminals. Also looking into the history, it seems that the state hasn't had an execution in almost 20 years and abolished Capital Punishment.
So is the solution faith and family or actually providing some kind of deterrent for murder, because it seems there is little deterrent in that city. It's not a wonder the city makes the news so frequently. The state should be having an execution at least once a week.
Amid new shootings, Chicago girds for yet another weekend of crime and violence
“This may not be politically correct," he said, "but I know the power of what faith and family can do. … Our kids need that structure. … I am asking … that we also don’t shy away from a full discussion about the importance of family and faith helping to develop and nurture character, self-respect, a value system and a moral compass that allows kids to know good from bad and right from wrong.”
It took a couple of years, but the citizens are finally wising up asking him to find another job somewhere.
While Chicago doesn't have the highest murder rate per capita in the country, the amount of people being killed on a regular basis is transcending. Another part of the article really blew me away:
Kenwon Parker would have turned 16 on Saturday. But instead of celebrating an important milestone in a young person's life, his friends and family are mourning his death.
Parker has become another sad reminder of the horrific crimes that play out almost every day in Chicago.
Parker was shot dead Thursday by a 13-year-old boy following a youth basketball tournament at Garfield Park field house on Chicago’s West Side. A 14-year-old was wounded.
The boy, whom police have not publicly identified because he is a juvenile, has been charged with weapons violations, Chicago police said. He was charged Friday night and released into the custody of a parent or guardian, Officer Jose Jara said.
So what kind of message does the city send to other want-to-be murderer youths when all that happens to you for shooting two people and killing one of them is you are relased to your parents like you got caught smoking a cigarette? Weapons charges? WTF is that?????
As we all know, guns are not favored in the city and the only people armed are the police and the criminals. Also looking into the history, it seems that the state hasn't had an execution in almost 20 years and abolished Capital Punishment.
So is the solution faith and family or actually providing some kind of deterrent for murder, because it seems there is little deterrent in that city. It's not a wonder the city makes the news so frequently. The state should be having an execution at least once a week.
Amid new shootings, Chicago girds for yet another weekend of crime and violence