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| Author: | badrogue17 [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Todays column l it take before Mayor Rahm Emanuel realizes that some neighborhoods in Chicago really are war zones? Many of us thought we had turned the corner on crime in 2013 when Hadiya Pendleton was gunned down in a play lot within blocks of President Barack Obama’s Kenwood home. And when alleged gang members murdered Jonylah Watkins, a baby still in diapers, most of us thought it couldn’t get much worse. But now we are seeing a repeat of such tragic stories. Despite the presence of additional cops in violence-plagued neighborhoods, the garlands of yellow police tape, blaring ambulance sirens and flashing blue lights are still all too common. What horrifies me most about the senseless murder of Shamiya Adams, 11, was the inescapable nature of the violence. Shamiya was attending a slumber party in the 3900 block of West Gladys Friday night when some maniac on the street fired a gun, and the bullet flew through an open window and then a wall, striking her in the head. I’m fairly confident that whoever shot Shamiya will be picked up. Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) has offered an $8,000 reward for information leading to the shooter, and the money will likely encourage someone to make that call. But even without the offer of a reward, residents in and around this shooting scene aren’t going to stand for armed gangsters killing an innocent child. It is one thing for gang members to kill one another. Their mothers and fathers will grieve, and their friends will likely continue the cycle of violence. But when a child is killed, the entire city feels the pain. No matter where we live, we can’t call Chicago a world-class city when the city’s children are being killed at slumber parties, in the parks, and while jumping rope on the sidewalks. All that and more has happened to the city’s children since 12-year-old Tsarina Powell was killed in her Englewood home in 2000. The shooter sprayed the house with an AK-47 assault weapon, killing the pre-teen as she ran from her bed. Michael Barnes was accused of firing at the house because someone living there owed him money for drugs. He was sentenced to 40 years behind bars. In March 2006, a stray bullet killed Starkesia Reed, 14, as she was getting ready for school at her Englewood home. Carail Weeks, 28, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to 150 years in prison. Police accused Weeks of shooting at a rival gang member. That same month, a stray bullet killed 10-year-old Siretha White at her own birthday party. Moses Phillips was convicted of the crime and sentenced to 75 years in prison, And in 2010, Tanaja Stokes, 8, was killed at 107th and Indiana, when two young men on bikes with guns started shooting. Stokes was jumping rope with her friends and a cousin. The killers, Steshawn Brisco and Marcus Cocroft, were sentenced to 75 and 55 years, respectively. But there have been many other blameless victims whose deaths have gone unnoticed except by family and friends. Unlike mass shootings, this violence is not something that can be contained by keeping deadly weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill. It will take an all-out coordinated law-enforcement effort, such as stop-and-frisk, to stop urban terrorists before they pull the trigger. We have to stop being conflicted and accept this is a war that pits law-abiding residents against their armed neighbors who have no respect for the law. At this point, it may take the help of Illinois State Troopers or the National Guard to stop the carnage, and the mayor shouldn’t hesitate to ask for that help. After all, Chicago’s child victims are no less dead than the children who get caught in the crossfire of warring nations. Hey ill be the first to agree that a little girl ought to be able to have slumber party and not worry about getting fucking shot but wouldn't Ms Mitchell be one of the first ones to write a column ( and probably has in the past iirc) about civil rights being violated, etc if the police did impose stop and frisk in black neighborhoods? She also wants the NAtional Guard called out? Wow, the times they are a changin' |
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| Author: | Darkside [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
She really can't write a paragraph longer than one or two sentences. It really is odd. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Mary Mitchell, she should run for mayor. |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
This might just be the very first time that I have agreed with something that she has said. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Jobs |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Darkside wrote: She really can't write a paragraph longer than one or two sentences. It really is odd. Rogers Park Mary? |
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| Author: | Nas [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
I've always been a huge Mary Mitchell fan. She has always worked hard to improve black community and no one cares more about black boys and men than her. I don't have an idea why anyone wouldn't like her. |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: I've always been a huge Mary Mitchell fan. She has always worked hard to improve black community and no one cares more about black boys and men than her. I don't have an idea why anyone wouldn't like her. I like her columns most of the time. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
FavreFan wrote: Darkside wrote: She really can't write a paragraph longer than one or two sentences. It really is odd. Rogers Park Mary? Oh man that sounds like a ghost I was limiting myself to 140 characters long before Twitter. I should sue them But yeah, we need jobs. Fix the economy and a significant portion of this disappears |
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| Author: | Nas [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
conns7901 wrote: Nas wrote: I've always been a huge Mary Mitchell fan. She has always worked hard to improve black community and no one cares more about black boys and men than her. I don't have an idea why anyone wouldn't like her. I like her columns most of the time. I read her columns until I stopped getting a paper delivered. The older I got the more I disliked her work. She came off as an angry and bitter women that hated black males over the age of 14. Many of her views are wrong and just old to me. Time passed her by. |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: conns7901 wrote: Nas wrote: I've always been a huge Mary Mitchell fan. She has always worked hard to improve black community and no one cares more about black boys and men than her. I don't have an idea why anyone wouldn't like her. I like her columns most of the time. I read her columns until I stopped getting a paper delivered. The older I got the more I disliked her work. She came off as an angry and bitter women that hated black males over the age of 14. Many of her views are wrong and just old to me. Time passed her by. She became more bitter after writing about one of her divorces a lot, a few years back. |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: I read her columns until I stopped getting a paper delivered. The older I got the more I disliked her work. She came off as an angry and bitter women that hated black males over the age of 14. Many of her views are wrong and just old to me. Time passed her by. What views were wrong and old? |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
As per the war zone column. Crime would just shift to areas not being patrolled as heavily. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Spaulding wrote: Nas wrote: I read her columns until I stopped getting a paper delivered. The older I got the more I disliked her work. She came off as an angry and bitter women that hated black males over the age of 14. Many of her views are wrong and just old to me. Time passed her by. What views were wrong and old? Her views on men of color and her remedies for what ails the black community stand out the most. |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
So she's Jason Whitlock of the Chicago crime/political scene? |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: Spaulding wrote: What views were wrong and old? Her views on men of color and her remedies for what ails the black community stand out the most. What are they specifically? |
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| Author: | Nas [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Spaulding wrote: Nas wrote: Spaulding wrote: What views were wrong and old? Her views on men of color and her remedies for what ails the black community stand out the most. What are they specifically? I've commented on them many times over the years. You'll have to read her columns and decide if you agree with her opinions. |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
I don't know, I'm living in the moment. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Spaulding wrote: I don't know, I'm living in the moment. Reality is you couldn't care less about my views on a woman whose column you don't read and probably couldn't pick out in a lineup. It's a pointless exercise that will only provide entertainment for you. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: The older I got the more I disliked her work. She came off as an angry and bitter women that hated black males over the age of 14. Change all the genders and you've kinda sorta got Bernstein. |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: Reality is you couldn't care less about my views on a woman whose column you don't read and probably couldn't pick out in a lineup. It's a pointless exercise that will only provide entertainment for you. That's not true. I always liked hearing what you have to say and I often learn from it. I've had some good late night talks here with you and others. I care very much what you think on women/racial issues. |
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| Author: | Tall Midget [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Sometimes I wonder if Nas's account is shared by a few people. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Nas wrote: I've always been a huge Mary Mitchell fan. She has always worked hard to improve black community and no one cares more about black boys and men than her. I don't have an idea why anyone wouldn't like her. because her next article will be about profiling the people they stop and frisk, after she just called for it? Who does she think they are going be stopping. Guess what, it will be black boys and black men. can't have it both ways. Feel free to tell me who will be stopped. What will they look like? |
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| Author: | Nas [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Q.Bovifs wrote: Start arresting parents for the actions of their kids. Problem solved. I imagine kids everywhere would enjoy that. On day little Panthers may get you arrested because you said no. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Tall Midget wrote: Sometimes I wonder if Nas's account is shared by a few people. Me, Myself and I. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Q bov is correct at the root of the issue. 19 and under, as a example are the kids in gangs shooting places up. They MOSTLY live with their parents. Even if they have kids of their own. I can only speak from what I have seen around 55th, 71st and Humbolt. The parents know if their kids are bad and who they run with and if they don't, they should. Let me know when Mary writes that article, before we call in the National Guard. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Q.Bovifs wrote: Nas wrote: Q.Bovifs wrote: Start arresting parents for the actions of their kids. Problem solved. I imagine kids everywhere would enjoy that. On day little Panthers may get you arrested because you said no. Yeah, but then the little fucker would have to deal with me when I get out. Its all about lack of accountability in parenting. You shouldn't even be allowed to have kids until you can prove that you can provide a stable environment to support and raise them in. Mr. Constitution Ron Paul would probably have a big problem with that. |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
Q.Bovifs wrote: Nas wrote: Q.Bovifs wrote: Start arresting parents for the actions of their kids. Problem solved. I imagine kids everywhere would enjoy that. On day little Panthers may get you arrested because you said no. Its all about lack of accountability in parenting. You shouldn't even be allowed to have kids until you can prove that you can provide a stable environment to support and raise them in. +1000. 
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| Author: | Nas [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
I'm surprised both of you all would want government to decide if you can or can't have children. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mary Mitchell , Scorehead = Match |
What do you believe would happen to our country when the population declines dramatically? |
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