Most normal Americans traditionally celebrate Independence Day with friends, family, food and fireworks. Not in Chicago. Well, maybe the “fireworks” part. The holiday weekend in Murder City, USA means traditionally an orgy of violence with little likelihood of arrest or conviction for the perpetrators. This past weekend upheld that tradition only too well.
With 92 shot over the extended weekend, and 15 killed, the Independence Day holiday proved quite the dysfunctional crap show in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s domain.
Not that many of the shooters have to worry about being arrested or doing any time when, since 2017, less than 5% of non-fatal shootings result in arrests or convictions. And only half of the homicides Chicago PD cleared last year resulted in prosecution.
The indispensable Hey Jackass has the numbers, and they ain’t pretty . . .
Shot & Killed: 15
Shot & Wounded: 77
Total Shot: 92
Total Homicides: 15
Those numbers exclude the mayhem to the north in Highland Park as a leftist domestic terrorist shot up an Independence Day parade killing six and wounding 30.
Bobby Crimo aka “Awake The Rapper” the Highland Park shooter was an Antifa Far Left extremist. pic.twitter.com/p1NTDlZRur
— Liberal World Order Swan (@TheWuhanClan) July 4, 2022
Did the Land of Lincoln’s fearless Governor J. B. Pritzker issue a special press release about the mayhem in Chicago? As of yet, no.
Pritzker made sure, however, to get himself in front of cameras and bloviate about the shooting in Highland Park. Pritzker blamed “gun violence” (naturally) for the atrocity, not domestic terrorism (allegedly) committed by a reputed hard-core leftist Antifa wannabe in a gun-free zone that was protected by an assault weapons ban.
As if passing another gun control law — one Illinois doesn’t already have on the books– would have stopped the aspiring rapper turned alleged spree killer.
For some reason, though, the weekend’s much higher body count in Chicago proper didn’t merit a mention from the big guy. Go figure.
Meanwhile, in Mogadishu on Lake Michigan, violent mobs were taking over intersections and shutting down streets to do donuts while launching commercial-grade fireworks. And when police responded, the mobs attacked the cops, trashing their squad cars.
Police made no arrests in the attack shown in the above video.
BREAKING: Crowd of people in the Loop attack Chicago police after some civilian cars do donuts in an intersection. Crowd shoots fireworks and physical hit CPD vehicles. pic.twitter.com/cDTqExvgLz
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 4, 2022
The night before, the mobs did the same in other parts of the city.
Last night @ Cicero/Irving large crowd gathered 4 drag racing. CPD arrives & offenders attack Officer. Jumping on car/shattering windshield & opened doors throwing fireworks inside. They exploded & wrapped w/nails. Officer is hurt. There is no fear as CPD hands are tied.#twill pic.twitter.com/lWTsDi5ASz
— Paul Vallas (@PaulVallas) July 3, 2022
It’s almost as if much of Chicago has become a lawless, Mad Max-ish cesspool of violence.
Is it any wonder productive people and companies are moving out of America’s third-largest, deeply blue city taking jobs and tax dollars with them?