Gang violence https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:52:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Gang violence https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Out-of-Control Violence and Chaos in Chicago https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/08/out-of-control-violence-and-chaos-in-chicago/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:00:34 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14880 Written by David E. Smith

On Monday morning we were greeted with more alarming news from the City of Chicago: 100 people arrested and 13 Chicago Police Officers injured after groups of rioters unleashed chaos, smashed windows, and looted stores. They targeted Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city’s downtown. That news comes in addition to the “other” news that at least 35 people were shot and 3 killed in weekend gang violence.… Continue Reading

]]> 14880 The Chicago Funeral Shooting Shows Yet Again How Black Lives Don’t Matter to Politicians https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/07/the-chicago-funeral-shooting-shows-yet-again-how-black-lives-dont-matter-to-politicians/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:00:20 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14775 Written by Daniel Horowitz

Where are all the frantic press releases from every corporation in America amid the worst mass shooting of black people in Chicago’s recent memory? Where are the protests? The demands for more prison time? More cops? Or, if you only get your news from superficial corporate media sources, perhaps you don’t know what I’m talking about.

While most people bring flowers and tissues to funerals, that is not the Chicago way. There, they bring guns. … Continue Reading

]]> 14775 10 Ways Trump Can Push Law and Order – and Make it Stick https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/06/10-ways-trump-can-push-law-and-order-and-make-it-stick/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 12:00:11 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14542 Written by Daniel Horowitz

Tweeting out “Law and Order!” every few days with an exclamation mark is OK, but it’s little solace to this country when we are actually suffering from the most widespread and protracted period of anarchy and violence in the modern era. It’s time for President Donald Trump to act on law and order, push a winning legislative and budgetary agenda with safety and security as its cornerstone, and communicate those ideas every day to the silent majority looking to the president to fight back.… Continue Reading

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