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cilla4progress

(24,791 posts)
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:23 PM Jul 2022

Illinois is not Texas

First responders ran TOWARD the danger. There is great cooperation between all levels of LE.

Highland Park has a law controlling weapons, banning assault weapons.

The NRA SUED THEM!!!!!!! The city prevailed.

All I want to do is curl up and cry.

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greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
1. Without assenting to the comparison too much
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:25 PM
Jul 2022

I also want to say that the press conferences have been held with the utmost of professionalism and decorum, unlike the complete tomfoolery we witnessed in Uvalde.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,131 posts)
2. Didnt one of the authorities constantly say the shooters name, giving him the
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:34 PM
Jul 2022

attention and exposure many of these RIGHTWINGERS do these things for?

mucifer

(23,597 posts)
4. Highland Park also is not mara lago. They have activists who are working for equity
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:38 PM
Jul 2022
The City of Highland Park has a number of housing resources, initiatives, and programs within the Planning Division. Many of these focus on the affordable housing supply in Highland Park.

In 2001, the Housing Commission and the City released the "Affordable Housing Needs and Implementation Plan." This plan was written to address the decreasing economic diversity within the City, and it created the framework for implementing the Inclusionary Housing Program, for creating the Land Trust (now led by the Community Partners for Affordable Housing), and for funding the Housing Trust Fund. These initiatives have continued to thrive. The City, through the Housing Commission, also operates other affordable housing developments, which have added to the affordable housing supply for seniors and families.

The housing planning activities are carried out through the Housing Commission.



https://www.cityhpil.com/government/city_departments/community_development/planning/housing.php

mopinko

(70,294 posts)
5. i honestly think dude brought it to the wrong burb.
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:24 PM
Jul 2022

ppl there spend millions on houses because they THOUGHT THEY WERE SAFE.
now a whole lot pf rich ppl know their money wont protect them. they wont take this laying down.

jimfields33

(16,068 posts)
6. Except the fact he was called twice to the house and never even red flagged
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:55 PM
Jul 2022

They took a bunch of knives when he wanted to kill his family. Even Florida would have red flagged him.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
7. Wasn't there a recent police shooting of a black man in Illinois that I remember?
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:01 PM
Jul 2022

Shot numerous times, yet they wouldn't release the body cam for ages and ages?

Seem to remember that...

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