Masked gunman kills 2 in separate shootings CNN. Happened in a 36 hour span. There is a $16,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. It might be a hate crime. One victim was gay and the other a jew. Both white.
Chicago is in a state of lawlessness we haven't seen since the 1920's when Capone had the city under a reign of terror. At least that was organized, this is something else. Emmanuel has proven ineffective as a Mayor, cops are afraid to do their jobs its pure anarchy.
Maybe it's time the President intervenes, he can direct Federal Law enforcement to take control just like Hoover did or if it gets bad enough lifts the Posse Comitatus act and let the Military go in and get the criminals off the street. The have the technology, weapons and man power to do it.
It will never happen until the thug gangs are removed from Chicago. Just like in the Capone days the Gangster Disciples own the streets and have since the 50's.
They are the main cause of the carnage taking place there. And at 70,000 strong they are a armed organized force. They are 3 times as large as the Chicago Police department and they know how to kill.. they do it everyday, with no end in sight.
When you have a force like that in yours streets, one that the police department clearly cannot stop then it is time for the government to send in a force that can stop them. They owe that to the people of Chicago. Until that happens, Chicago will not get better. It can not
What the Chicago police department does have is very important intel on who these people are which would make the clean up easier.
Now, posters on here have balked at such tactics as stop and frisk for Chicago, saying it is a violation of rights.
But murder is the ultimate violation of rights... isn't it?
So, I have no problem with stop and frisk for any gangbanger or affiliate of a gang banger in Chicago.