More Shooting Deaths on the South(west) Side of Chicago

On the south(west) side of Chicago, in the baddest part of town… From the Chicago Sun-Times: Three people are reportedly dead and one person was hospitalized with “trauma” after being shot Thursday night on the Southwest Side. Sources said police responded at 8:33 p.m. to the 6100 block of South Kildare Avenue and found three [...]

Cops Say Man Ordered Dog to Bite Kids

All of this is alleged by police. Remember: innocent until proven guilty in this country. From the Chicago Tribune: A 48-year-old Des Plaines man was charged with disorderly conduct after he told his dog to attack neighborhood kids, authorities said. A neighbor on Wednesday asked Roberto Cardona, of the 1300 block of Fargo Avenue, to stop [...]

Dr. Laura Schlessinger Said Something This Week

And I could give a care. This is all the mention she gets on Turning Left.

Another Child Shot in Chicago – Do We Care Anymore?

From ABC 7 News in Chicago: A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Sunday afternoon in the city’s Roseland neighborhood. The 14-year-old, identified by his family as Kionn Rogers, was shot in the chest in the Far South Side area at approximately 1:45 p.m. in the 10700-block of South Wentworth. He reportedly is visiting [...]

Dying Chicago Teen: ‘Tell My Mom That I Love Her’

From the Chicago Tribune: Jeremiah Sterling ran away from the gunman pursuing him through a yard near his home in the Far South Side’s West Pullman neighborhood, but the teen didn’t make it. As he laying dying, shot at least seven times, he gave a friend one last request: "I want you to tell my [...]

Chicago Approves Tough New Gun Restrictions

From the Sun-Times: Grumbling about a U.S. Supreme Court they say is out of touch with America’s cities, Chicago aldermen voted 45-0 today to approve a rushed-through compromise gun ban. The law, weaker than the gun ban tossed out Monday but with some even stronger new provisions, allows adults in Chicago to buy one gun [...]

BBC: Catholic Bishop Stabbed to Death in Turkey

From the BBC: A Roman Catholic bishop has been stabbed to death in southern Turkey, state-run media report. Luigi Padovese, 63, was attacked in the garden of his summer house in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, according to Anatolia news agency. Police have arrested Bishop Padovese’s driver, a man identified only as Murat A. He [...]

Al Sharpton at Aiyana Stanley-Jones’ Funeral: ‘This Child is the Breaking Point’

From AOL News: Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a rousing eulogy Saturday for a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid, challenging the hundreds of mourners to take responsibility and help stop a spiral of violence that has swept the city. Sharpton lobbed some criticism at Detroit police, whose explanation of how [...]

Park Forest Police Charge 18-year-old with Shooting Death of 20-year-old

(Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL– The Park Forest Police Department announced this evening that eighteen-year-old Jason Burns of 4648 Clarendon Ave., Richton Park, has been charged in connection with the May 12 shooting death of Park Forest resident Adam Martinez. Six days ago, on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at approximately 11:30 P.M., Park Forest Police [...]

Some Ass Shoots 21-Year-Old Man in Buttocks on Chicago’s South Side

From the Chicago Sun Times: A man was shot in the buttocks Thursday night in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood. The man, 21, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition after being shot in his left buttock about 10:15 p.m. Thursday in the 8900 block of South Houston [...]

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