59 shot, 6 fatally, in weekend shootings across Chicago

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ABC 7 Eyewitness News


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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Six people were killed in shootings across Chicago over the weekend, police said.

Since 5 p.m. Friday, a total of 59 people were shot, leaving six killed and 53 wounded.

In the latest incident, two teenagers who had been reported missing were found shot to death in a field on the Far South Side.

The two teenagers, just 16 and 17 year old, were found dead at about 11:57 p.m. in a field on East 131st Street between Eberhart and Rhodes avenues after being reported missing days ago.

The family of 16-year-old Raysuan Turner said he has been missing since Friday. He was found dead in the field along with 17-year-old Darnelle Flowers, who had also been missing since Friday.

Also Sunday night, five people were shot after a softball game in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

The shooting occurred just before 11 p.m. in the 7400-block of South Dante Avenue.

The victims were gathered after their weekly game, when investigators said a black van pulled up, and someone started shooting. One of the victims is in serious condition.

The first fatal shooting occurred Saturday night in the Englewood neighborhood.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the back in the 2300-block of West 72nd Street at about 8 p.m., police said. A witness told police they saw the victim on the sidewalk and heard gun shots.

The victim was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he later died. He was identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Matthew Hudson.

No one is in custody. Area Central detectives are investigating.

Sunday morning in the Uptown neighborhood, a person was shot and killed by someone riding a bicycle, police said.

The victim was sitting in a vehicle in the 4600-block of North Clifton Ave. at about 8:10 a.m. when someone pulled up in a bicycle and shot the victim several times, police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter fled in an unknown direction.

Also Sunday, a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot at about 3:30 p.m. while leaning against a parked vehicle in the 4000-block of South Calumet, police said. The victim was talking to an acquaintance when another vehicle pulled up and someone started firing several shots.

No one was in custody and Area Central detectives are investigating.

In one incident Saturday night, three men were wounded near a back-to-school peace rally which was attended by hundreds of children.

The men were shot near Seward Park on the Near North Side. A 54-year-old man was shot in his upper-right leg; a 43-year-old man was shot in the lower left leg and upper right arm; and a 28-year-old man was shot in the back. Two victims, ages 54 and 43, were hospitalized in stable condition. The 28-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition.

All of the victims were innocent bystanders, witnesses said.

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More than 120 people gathered to protest the death of 15-year-old Steven Rosenthal, who police say fatally shot himself on the back stairwell of his West Side home after he was briefly chased by officers who allegedly saw him holding a handgun.

Shouting “No justice, no peace,” or “Let us see Steve,” the crowd gathered Sunday at Johnson School of Excellence at 1420 S. Albany Ave. and marched to Mount Sinai Hospital a few blocks away, shutting down both lanes of Ogden Avenue at times.

A brief altercation ensued outside the hospital’s emergency room when a large group chanting “Let us see Steve” tried to force their way into the building and scuffled briefly with security officers blocking the doorway. A few people in the crowd wondered why the protesters went to the hospital rather than the Cook County medical examiner’s office, where the teen’s body was taken for an autopsy.

The protest later moved west down Ogden and continued along 16th Street as Chicago police officers in squad cars closed down streets to allow the marchers to pass unhindered by traffic.

Rosenthal died Friday evening at his home in the 1500 block of South Keeler Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood, and the medical examiner’s office ruled his death a suicide from a gunshot wound to the head.

Police said the teen fled when officers tried to question him after spotting him with a weapon just before 7 p.m. Friday. A short time afterward, Rosenthal shot himself in the head, police said.

But Rosenthal’s family vehemently denies the teen would have ever shot himself and laid the blame on the officers, who they said they believe shot him based on what individuals who claim to have witnessed the incident have said.

“Steven was on the stairwell of his grandmother’s house on the West Side of Chicago when police officers stormed up the stairwell chasing,” the family’s attorney, Andrew Stroth, said at a news conference prior to the march Sunday. “Within moments, these officers, without cause or provocation, shot and killed 15-year old Steven. … Based on several eyewitness accounts, these officers ended the hopes and the dreams of a talented young man with a bright future.”

Rosenthal’s aunt, the teen’s legal guardian, sobbed as she made a public plea to Mayor Rahm Emanuel to order the release of any body camera recordings of the shooting.

“My 15-year old nephew Steven was shot and killed by the Chicago Police Department,” Terinica Thomas-Level, 28, said, weeping and shaking visibly as she stood before the news media. “I need the attention of Mayor Emanuel. I need to see evidence. Body cams. They need to release the video. My nephew would never commit suicide ever. … If he (Emanuel) even had the smallest compassion for our family, he’d get those videotapes released.”

On Sunday, police spokesman Michael Carroll said that the shooting remains under investigation and that the department “has not come to a point where the decision has been made to release the body cam video.”

Carroll said he was not aware of whether any formal complaint had been lodged by the family alleging police misconduct in the death of Rosenthal.

Stroth said that he and the family are demanding a “full, independent and transparent” investigation into Rosenthal’s death. So far, the family has not been able to view his remains, he said.

“The medical examiner has not released Steven’s body,” Stroth said at the news conference. “The family is demanding to see the body, the family is demanding to see the evidence, the family is demanding to see the supposed, alleged weapon that was on the scene. The family deserves justice, and that’s what the family is fighting for.”

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So 'no justice, no peace' doesn't matter for all the rest of the people that were shot and/or killed in Chitown? Only the one that they think may have been shot by a police officer?


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By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News


CHICAGO – Two Chicago police officers are in hot water Monday after a picture of them sleeping on the job went viral.

The photo showed two cops in a Chicago Police 6111 vehicle slumped over and snoozing. Both were wearing black bullet-proof vests.

The picture was posted Saturday and has been shared more than 20,000 times on Facebook, including by mayoral candidate Ja’Mal Green.

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Green, who has been active in the Black Lives Matter movement, blamed the sleeping situation on mandatory overtime ordered by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

“In light of all of the violence that happened last week, Rahm decided to deploy 600 MORE officers & make officers work overtime! This picture proves WHY this was a bad idea. Officers get fatigued which will prevent them from reacting to crime,” Green wrote on his Facebook page.

Former Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who is also running for mayor, called sleeping on the job “just inexcusable.”

“It’s a big deal,” he told WGN.

The Chicago Police Department pushed back on claims the dozing duo were overworked and burned out. “Office welfare, health and safety are among our highest priorities. The officers involved in this incident were not on an overtime initiative and worked minimal amounts of overtime since July 1 and didn’t work overtime this week or weekend.”

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the CPD became aware of the photo over the weekend and that the Bureaus of Patrol and Internal Affairs have opened an investigation.

“Officers will face discipline,” Gugliemi said.

The embarrassing picture comes at a time when crime in Chicago has been on the rise. Fifty-nine people were shot in the city over the weekend. Six died and 53 were wounded, including a 3-year-old boy who was shot in the leg.

On Saturday night, three people were shot at a back-to-school peace picnic held at a playground. A fourth person was beaten up at the event that was held to promote peace and community.

Commenting on the crime wave last week, Emanuel, a Democrat, said in part: “I know the power of what faith and family can do. … Our kids need that structure. … I am asking … that we also don’t shy away from a full discussion about the importance of family and faith helping to develop and nurture character, self-respect, a value system and a moral compass that allows kids to know good from bad and right from wrong.”

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So 'no justice, no peace' doesn't matter for all the rest of the people that were shot and/or killed in Chitown? Only the one that they think may have been shot by a police officer?


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What's the problem with that logic? It's the basis for the entire BLM movement. And also the same logic that blames "white rage" for the plight of the black community. Nothing is ever their responsibility.