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That's a bit over the top don't you think?

You're pretty harsh on the aged and the addicted too.

Girls, 11 and 12, critically wounded in Saturday shootings less than 30 minutes apart

Two preteen girls were shot in the head Saturday night in separate incidents on the city’s South Side, within a period of 30 minutes.

Know the difference between framing and propaganda: Frames are mental structures used in thought; every thought uses frames. Every word in every language is defined relative to a mental structure — a frame. Frames, in themselves, are unavoidable and neutral. Honest framing is the use of frames you believe and that are used to express truths. Propaganda expresses lies that propagandists know are lies for the sake of political or social advantage.

Chicago Cops Blame Gun Violence Spike on 'ACLU Effect'
Feb. 3, 2017

Every day seems to bring new tragedy on Chicago’s streets. Three people, including two 15-year-old boys, were murdered over the weekend, according to police, as 19 others were wounded in shootings.

According to a comprehensive new study by the University of Chicago Crime Lab, the city’s exclusive contract with the American Civil Liberties Union could be having a significant impact on Chicago’s crime.

“This is one of the few dramatic changes where the timing does fit the increase in homicides and so it seems it would be rash to reflectively rule this out as a possibility,” said Dr. Jens Ludwig, the director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab.

As the ACLU requirements were rolled out in 2016, police stops plummeted by over 80 percent, according to police. Angelo said officers feared being labeled racist or losing their job.

Hovering over Chicago’s latest struggles was a Department of Justice investigation into the Chicago Police Department that painted the department as racist and in need of better training and oversight.

The ACLU says the drop in police stops is a victory for minorities.

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WSJ newsroom also in uproar over editor Gerard Baker's pressure for more pro-Trump reporting

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I remember seeing Gerry Baker in Mpls at the 2008 Republican Convention where he gushed about the profundity, brilliance of Sarah Palin

No matter who I hurt, or how badly.

Trump simply stopping this doesn't mean that the end result will be satisfactory for anyone, least of all minorities. Racism is, and has always been endemic to the US.

Just as Lincoln's phony emancipation didn't change things, just as separate but equal didn't change things, just as Brown v Board of Education didn't change things, just as all the civil rights acts didn't change things, more band aids won't change things.

Remember: We’re the POWERFUL American Majority. No more helpless/hopeless talk. Anger, fear and cynicism benefit Trump’s GOP. Remember: Don’t think of an elephant! Don’t use Republican language, or repeat their positions, even to negate them. Frame using ideas you believe and real facts that are contextualized and morally framed.

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