The bloody weekend, which ultimately saw seven people killed and 52 others wounded, prompted the Chicago Police Department to form a summer patrol unit to keep order in the city during the hot summer months. But according to First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante, the department can’t fight crime in the city without the support of the community.
Of course, progressives will almost certainly claim that these crimes could have been prevented by stricter gun laws, but not only does this ignore that Chicago already has such laws, it also ignores that most criminals in the city acquire their firearms illegally on the streets, meaning their proposed laws would do nothing to curb gun violence:
“He cited the killing of Raygene Jackson, 38, who was shot around 4:45 a.m. Sunday in the 4500 block of West Maypole Street.
‘I don’t mean to victimize this victim any further, this man lost his life,’ Escalante said. ‘But our frustration is, in 1995 he was sentenced to 46 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a murder. In 1995. He was paroled last year. How and why he’s on the street, I don’t know.
‘But if he was still serving his sentence, he wouldn’t be a murder victim right now,’ he said.
Escalante also mentioned a 20-year-old man who was killed in a double shooting in Austin shortly before 8 p.m.
Carlos Harding and another 20-year-old man were found shot inside a black SUV in the 100 block of North Lavergne Avenue. Harding suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The other man was shot in the leg and was stabilized at Stroger, Quaid said.
Escalante noted that Harding had a record of 61 arrests. ‘Sixty-one arrests at the age of 20,’ he said. ‘That’s the frustration we deal with. He has, and I believe it is correct but we’ll double check, he has 20 convictions. Now granted, most of them are low-level misdemeanors but he has 20 convictions at the age of 20 years old.
‘So no matter what plans and strategies we put in place — and I do believe we put good plans and strategies in place each week and each weekend — until we get everyone else, whether it’s the courts, our state legislators, other community activists, to step up with us and hold people accountable for their gun violence, we’re going to continue to see it, unfortunately,’ he said. ‘And unfortunately, it may impact the same communities no matter what we try to do.'”
Source: Chicago Tribune
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