Stephanie is joined this week by Pastor Gregory Livingston, he will explain his plan to shutdown Lake Shore Drive in protest of the violence in Chicago. Rhonda Ezell, founder of Chicago Guns Matter talks with Stephanie.
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Chicago’s Memorial Weekend Mayhem
Big John and Ramblin’ Ray give an overview of the shootings and fights that happened throughout the city over the memorial day weekend.
Chicago mayor seeks community help in speech
Mayor Rahm Emanuel talked up 500 cops but not how to pay for them Thursday night, and also got controversial when he said the violence is not the gangbanger’s fault.
He also got emotional when talking about the police officer father of Arshal Dennis, a teen who was a victim of gun violence.
(CHICAGO) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will focus on a revamped youth mentoring program and ask for the community’s help in his speech on crime prevention.
A copy of the prepared remarks Thursday shows he’ll note recent police reforms, statewide legislation, some new technology and a public-private partnership that’ll help an estimated 7,200 youths in high-crime areas over the next three years.
That program is estimated to cost about $36 million.
The invitation-only speech comes as the city has seen a troubling spike in crime and his police department is under an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation.
Outside the venue at a community college a couple dozen protesters stood quietly. Some are holding signs calling for a civilian police accountability council they want created to investigate police misconduct cases.
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Is Chicago More Dangerous Than A ‘War Zone?’ Not Even Close – from DNAinfo Chicago
(CHICAGO) Talking about Chicago’s gun violence on “Fox & Friends” Thursday morning, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump indulged in a common, but misleading, political talking point.
“When you hear about…so many people in Chicago dying, it’s worse than some of the places we’re hearing about like Afghanistan,” Trump told host Steve Doocy over the phone. “You know, the war-torn nations — it’s more dangerous.”
Read the full story from DNAinfo Chicago: Is Chicago More Dangerous Than A ‘War Zone?’ Not Even Close – Downtown – DNAinfo Chicago
Trump says spirit lacking between whites, blacks
(WASHINGTON) Donald Trump says there’s a “lack of spirit” between blacks and whites after two high-profile police shootings of black men and violent protests in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In a phone interview Thursday on “Fox & Friends,” Trump said “there has to be a unity message somehow that has to get out and it starts with leadership.”
The Republican presidential candidate’s comments comes as he increasingly reaches out to African-American voters, at the same time as maintaining the tough law-and-order stance that appeals to core supporters.
He repeated his support for “stop-and-frisk,”a tactic which allows police to stop and search anyone they deem suspicious. A federal judge has ruled it discriminatory.
Trump said “it’s quite unbelievable” that it’s not being used in Chicago.
He said: “Chicago is out of control.”
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Chicago violence up 50 percent from 2015
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM 890 News
(CHICAGO) A new Chicago Tribune analysis shows that shootings in Chicago in 2016 are up 50 percent from this point in 2015.
The Tribune says so far this year, at least 1,382 people have been shot in Chicago and at least 244 of them have died from their wounds. Last year at this time, 904 people had been shot, 157 of them fatally.
This past weekend at least 45 people were shot, at least five of them killed.
Violence traditionally goes up when warm weather arrives, because more people are outside. The Police Department issued the following statement over the weekend:
“As we look toward the summer months, Superintendent Johnson has made it very clear that the violence will not be tolerated – period. The cause of the violence traces back decades, and everyone has a role to play in fixing it – police working with parents, judges, residents, clergy, community leaders, and others. Put simply, we need more values, fewer guns and stronger sentences against violence offenders.”
