Fatherless Sons With Guns Line the Streets of Chicago
A heat wave sprawled across the East Coast during the July 4 holiday weekend, but it is the streets of Chicago that are on fire. At least 64 people were shot in the country’s third largest city over the Independence Day weekend, including four who died. The grim violence in Chicago has already reached 329 homicides this year in comparison to 490 in total last year. Despite increased street patrols by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the arrest of 88 gang members in two of the city’s most violent neighborhoods ahead of the holiday weekend, fatherless sons with guns are killing each other.
The hometown of the President of the United States is set to exceed last year’s death rate and it is only the first week of July. No stranger to violence, particularly in the warmer months, Chicago is literally on fire. Already up … click HERE to continue reading
