Re: Shooting of the Week
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 8:07 am
Oh, I know. And I also know that the gun violence there is specifically related to gang drug crime, much like Chicago was in the 1920s or Compton was in the 90s. Violence in Chicago is also limited to small areas.
Chicago is brought up because it's just the contemporary (boogeyman) example of the "inner city" and the people who are presumed to live there. So, if the issue is gun violence, "look at Chicago," even if it's 25th on the list of violent cities-- and nowhere near the murder capital. If the issue is drug addiction, Chicago is not used as the poster child for the opioid epidemic and the need to treat it as a health issue. If the issue is gun control, Chicago is used as the example of how gun laws don't work. Even though people aren't walking into synagogues, churches, and schools to shoot people for political reasons. There aren't even reports of mentally ill people going on rampages, either. Rather, we have reports of gang killings and the collateral damages suffered by innocent victims.
I am glad that I don't live in Chicago, but not because I believe the hype about how bad it is there. I live in the highest crime area of the highest crime borough in the city. Something violent happens all day every day, but I rarely see anything unless I turn on the news or my Citizen app. I'm happy to be here. And, I would feel less safe lots of other places, including Florida.
Chicago is brought up because it's just the contemporary (boogeyman) example of the "inner city" and the people who are presumed to live there. So, if the issue is gun violence, "look at Chicago," even if it's 25th on the list of violent cities-- and nowhere near the murder capital. If the issue is drug addiction, Chicago is not used as the poster child for the opioid epidemic and the need to treat it as a health issue. If the issue is gun control, Chicago is used as the example of how gun laws don't work. Even though people aren't walking into synagogues, churches, and schools to shoot people for political reasons. There aren't even reports of mentally ill people going on rampages, either. Rather, we have reports of gang killings and the collateral damages suffered by innocent victims.
I am glad that I don't live in Chicago, but not because I believe the hype about how bad it is there. I live in the highest crime area of the highest crime borough in the city. Something violent happens all day every day, but I rarely see anything unless I turn on the news or my Citizen app. I'm happy to be here. And, I would feel less safe lots of other places, including Florida.