12 People Were Shot & 2 Killed In The City Of Chicago In Just One Night! (Video)
by Tj Sotomayor July 13, 2014 33 commentsSeriously, Its That Easy?
By: Tommy “Tj” Sotomayor
On the day that I arrived to Chicago, I was greeted by an email from a Chicago resident who wanted me to know that the nite before my arrival 12 people were shot and 2 died. This was not a years worth of shooting and death, not a month or even a week but this was just one nite in the city of Chicago!
Please take a look at the story below to see just how bad it was and what some people are doing to help stop the violence!
This has to be one of the worst places in the US and its not even because of the murders but its mostly because the people seem very content with it. As a matter of fact, the majority of people speak about the violence of their city Chicago as if its some right of passage or medal to be displayed for the world.
The men and women of this city take pride in their ability to wipe each other out over absolutely nothing. Hell, I could understand if it was for real power or real territory but the white man can send in swat any day of the week and shut everything down so what are these people fighting over? If the white man comes in there will be no retaliation and dont you brother know that they are letting you do this to each other so they can come in and lock your blackasses down?
This is no joke Chicago, the time is now for you brothers to cleal up your act before it gets cleaned up for you. This US government is looking for a reason to wipe you off the area you are in. They are looking for a reason to murder your children and brothers and to be honest, you are giving them every reason to do it.
Right now people are making statements like Nuke Chicago and getting hundreds of likes, thats never a good thing. Guys lets work together to end violence before violence ends us all! I have to wonder if seriously its that simple to take a black life but then bitch and moan over a white person doing it?
And lastly, I am tired of marching! When is something going to be done like having real families for these boys. Like not having more of them when you cant afford the ones you got! Simple solutions we could do but no one says anything about them!
This weekend in Chicago began violently as two people are dead and at least 16 others wounded as a result of gun violence throughout the city.
The victims range in age from 15 to 54 and are mostly men, although one woman was wounded from incidents on the city’s south and west sides, police said.
A 32-year-old man was shot in the head in the 5200-block of W. Quincy in the city’s Austin neighborhood around 8:15 p.m. Friday. Police said at least two others were injured in the incident, which investigators say was a possible drive-by shooting, officials said.
Police said the other fatality involved a 27-year-old man who was shot as a result of a domestic dispute.
Another violent weekend comes as communities call for peace in the streets. Gov. Pat Quinn joined Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church and several marchers for a weekend anti-violence peace march on the city’s south side near 79th and Racine. But meanwhile, shootings erupted around the city.
“I come out every Friday night so that the community sees there’s a presence here and that we want the violence to stop and we want peace here and we care,” said Lisa Ramsey, anti-violence marcher. “We’re hopeful here but we still want to make sure things change and we do positive things for the young people here.”
The shootings this weekend come after a violent weekend during the Fourth of July holiday when 13 people were killed and at least 58 others wounded.
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Jump into a conversationstay far from nigg@s an beasties..just like planet of the apes..lol but true
Are you okay, are you safe in Chicago? I’ve seen some of your old videos where you got threats from Chicago residents, threatening to hurt or kill you if you showed up in their city. Big ups to Chiraq, or we beez reprezentin’ Chicago shorty, or something like that.
We’ll see how he’s doing as he has a show scheduled for Sunday July 13 at 9pm in Chicago.
Wellcome to chicago. I live in the south suburbs. Are you gonna do a show here …are people wellcome. Will love to meet and at least shake hands. Good job Tommy.
Negroes do love to march, don’t they? Marching here, marching there, marching everywhere.
Chicago, and the negroes that inhabit it, is a microcosm of the thinking among black people in America. That thinking is nihilism. The hood-dwelling negro in America does not believe that human life has any meaning, objective worth, or purpose, not his, nor anyone else’s. That’s why he’s so quick to throw his own life away and take others’ lives from them. And then, after he has taken a life, he can genuinely believe that he has done nothing wrong because he has destroyed something that, in his mind, had no value to begin with.
And, back to the marching, the Chicago Police’s clearance percentage in 2012 was 25%. 75% of murders go unsolved. Will any of these marchers go out and try to gather evidence so these killers can be tried and punished? Are they willing to take the stand and testify against thugs and drug dealers? You already know City Hall has no interest in solving the murders of dead negroes and as long as negroes kill other negroes, all the police have to do is sweep the bodies off the streets and go back to business as usual.
Nihilism, I like it!
Does every life have a meaning, objective worth, or purpose? Or would we be better off without some?
Do you believe prosecution of criminals will reduce violence in our communities?
“Nihilism, I like it!”
You are a fan of nihilism? Or you think the philosophy fits this situation in Chicago?
“Does every life have a meaning, objective worth, or purpose? Or would we be better off without some?”
As to meaning, it is likely that every human life has meaning, whether a person attaches a quality or purpose to their own lives, or other people attach a quality or purpose to their lives for them, based on analyzing that person’s acts and perceived thoughts. Speaking for myself, and only myself, I find meaning in everyone’s lives, even if that meaning is nothing more than how NOT to do things. Some people have no more wisdom to offer than that.
“Or would we be better off without some?”
Without some people’s lives? Or without some meaning, objective worth, or purpose? Analyzing the latter is a bit daunting and would take up a bunch of space and time, so I’ll answer the former. Undoubtedly. Humanity as a whole, and black people in particular, would be better off if some people were just not alive. Problem with that is you wander into the moral quagmires of utilitarianism, what are the criteria for ending a person’s life? What methods would be used? Who would wield the power to make determinations? What would qualify a person to possess the power to eliminate some people?
And so on.
“IDo you believe prosecution of criminals will reduce violence in our communities?”
Yes. If prosecuting criminals doesn’t deter other criminals, it at least removes the criminal from the rest of society so that he or she cannot find new innocent victims.
Before your post I did not know the word nihilism. I like knowing the word, and yes I think it is appropriate for Chicago. Thank you.
My understanding of your response is that you think some people are sacrificial. The dilemma is determining which are sacrificial. Is that kind of correct?
Does the current system of law not face the same difficulties i.e. the moral quagmires of utilitarianism? To me it seems the only position to be desired by a sane person would be the person who possess the power to eliminate some people.
WARNING ANECDOTE AHEAD
To me prosecution of criminals is like removing buckets of water from the bilge of ship with a punctured hull. With each bucket removed, water quickly replaces the space of the removed water. And as those buckets are thrown overboard, there is no deterrent to the remaining water from entering the ships hull.
“My understanding of your response is that you think some people are sacrificial. The dilemma is determining which are sacrificial. Is that kind of correct?”
Sacrificial? Not at all. I hold the opinion that every person, as a result of being a person, possesses moral agency, that is, that every person can distinguish between morally right actions and morally wrong actions and should be held accountable for those actions, even if they make decisions based on less-than perfect information.
“Does the current system of law not face the same difficulties i.e. the moral quagmires of utilitarianism? To me it seems the only position to be desired by a sane person would be the person who possess the power to eliminate some people.”
In some areas, it does, but probably not in the way that you think. When the law starts to distinguish between people based on “who” they are as opposed to “what” was done, it becomes acceptable to target people for abuse under color of law, and it will be entirely legal. And you are right, that under a system in which people are targeted by their identity rather than their actions, then yes, you’d rather be the one holding the sword than not.
great conversation ! great analogy I’m about to reread
Is this Michael Eric Dyson? 🙂 I enjoy your responses because your position seems well thought out…and you’re improving my Scrabble play with every post.
Are you from the United States? Do you think the US is a great country?
So you believe each person has the capability to act morally, but it is society who determines what actions are morally acceptable. Is that correct?
Do you believe there is a place in the world other than the US where a black man is treated more fairly in the judicial system?
I don’t know, but ignorantly believe that the core of our system is great. However, blacks lack the information and representation to receive (or even expect to receive) fair treatment. And I believe that is not the fault of oppressors (in 2014), but rather a lack of initiative from blacks.
…and there are too many lawyers who need to justify their existence which results in over-completed legal and governing processes.
Cheers Bahu-yuddha!
I also loved reading you two!
I also loved reading you two.
A buddy of mine made that point on this same subject matter. You will notice from this video that they had a march against violence that Friday afternoon, led by the Governor and some priest, which didn’t work, because that night was so violent.
The point my buddy made is that the reason blacks think marching works is from the 1960s civil rights movement, when they marched then they got all these “rights” when the marching had nothing to do with it. But they keep doing it almost like they expect marches to have some sort of magic power over social problems.
“The point my buddy made is that the reason blacks think marching works is from the 1960s civil rights movement, when they marched then they got all these “rights” when the marching had nothing to do with it. But they keep doing it almost like they expect marches to have some sort of magic power over social problems.”
What he, and most black people today, miss, is that marching was only part of the equation (and I believe a minor part) of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960. The public demonstrations were coordinated with legislative lobbying and judicial act, to put publicity on problems that were also being attacked less publically by lobbying and by filing Civil Rights and tort claims against private citizens and government actors.
So no, just pounding some pavement isn’t going to accomplish a damn thing beyond wearing out the soles of your shoes a little faster. Since Governor Pat Quinn sees fit to come out a do a photo op, someone should have ask him why he hasn’t formed a task force from those statewide agencies he has control over (Attorney General Police, Department of Investigations, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Illinois State Police) to go into Chicago and get these thugs off the streets.
the march was a public announcement of UNITY of the people without this even today a march of all (unity)would change something the power is and has always been the people and not the government
Welcome to Chicago
Please please be careful
The white supremacist are cheering us on. You’re doing their job for them. Great job black folks. Keep slaying and praying. Because that’s has been a recipe for success.
What so scary is it is spreading like a disease that these leaders let loose…
This might sound old school but “Get the hell out of Dodge, you arent no Butch Cassidy”….
Chiraq
Sadly, there’s many more people in the world who would rather fight symptoms than the actual root cause of them. There IS a root cause to, not only ‘black problems’, but human problems in general. I know what it is, but I’m getting really tired of mentioning it, because so many people are too stupid to comprehend that this is, in fact, the root cause. They’d rather lash out at someone who points out the solutions to problems, or they’ll simply ignore they guy who understands the problem and knows what the solution is. Each of you that reads my comment and doesn’t SINCERELY inquire about this solution is part of the problem and are the very people of which I speak. Congrats. You’re now comfortable with the current dilemma at hand. [=-
Anything kept a secret is not worth knowing.
So what is your opinion. I’m curious.
it’s a joke in Chicago
this is a repeat {Chicago} this city represents many cities who were under economic depression and flooded with drugs and guns lets look a little deeper the property value will go down enough so that corporations can come in and clean up with government funded money with the promises of providing jobs reaping the rewards of saving money at the expense of those living in Chicago on the flip side Chicago If you are listening understand that is the world you have created
So you are just going to give up on those kids in Chicago. You are a straight up punk Tommy.
Anybody who says fuck the black community with their white girlfriend right beside them is a sell out of the highest order. Tommy just admit that you idolized whiteness.
Tommy you think white people are better than us so you do everything you can to add insult to injury.
I think you are a coward for giving up on your people. I’m not saying the ones doing the killing are any better, but to say you don’t want to be apart of the black community means you want to be apart of the white community. That is why you got a white girlfriend.
Gentrification, that’s how you save Chicago.
What is Gentrification?
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