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gulliver

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16. It's just a Republican talking point, but I'm glad to see it being backed down from

Reply to MichMan (Reply #15)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 11:34 AM

Jun 2020

There's the perp, the Republican Party, that cynically and maliciously targeted police at minorities and liberals under Nixon. So, let's convict the Republicans of that right now, please.

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Toddler, 3 teens among 9 dead, 56 shot in Chicago Father's Day weekend violence [View all] mucifer Jun 2020 OP

They don't say the shooters were white Beringia Jun 2020 #1

there is a lot of gang violence in Chicago. The article goes through all of the shootings mucifer Jun 2020 #2

I know Beringia Jun 2020 #3

Why make that assumption? Igel Jun 2020 #4

Odds are against it. jmg257 Jun 2020 #5

Great info, thanks for that Beringia Jun 2020 #6

That would be a very poor assumption hack89 Jun 2020 #8

I certainly do not assume that. Tipperary Jun 2020 #22

Their loved ones are feeling just as much pain as Mr Floyd or Mr Brooks families MichMan Jun 2020 #7

I hope there is continued outrage over these senseless killings. jmg257 Jun 2020 #9

"Continued?" Tipperary Jun 2020 #23

Ah I guess not...lasts as long as the 1st day after the weekend? jmg257 Jun 2020 #24

The root cause is the Republican Drug War gulliver Jun 2020 #10

the dems backed the crime bill. Both parties are to blame. One is trying harder to fix it now mucifer Jun 2020 #11

Nope. That's a Republican talking point. gulliver Jun 2020 #12

We have admit our mistakes : mucifer Jun 2020 #13

Again, there's no equivalence here. It's pure Republicanist sophism to suggest one. gulliver Jun 2020 #14

Not everyone favors complete legalization MichMan Jun 2020 #17

If all Republicans were voted out of every office in November, the "drug war" would be gone. gulliver Jun 2020 #18

Reagan had a Democratic House all 8 years MichMan Jun 2020 #15

It's just a Republican talking point, but I'm glad to see it being backed down from gulliver Jun 2020 #16

Too many out of state guns able to travel into SE Chi, that's the long and short of it uponit7771 Jun 2020 #19

I wish it was that simple. It is a factor mucifer Jun 2020 #21

And the people who use them? Where do they come in from? jmg257 Jun 2020 #25

Nope small percentage of people in Chicago on the guns uponit7771 Jun 2020 #27

Agree on that - the actual few thousand offenders, jmg257 Jun 2020 #28

Why don't those guns stay sarisataka Jun 2020 #26

Or start suing the surrounding states for allowing the trafficking of guns into chi uponit7771 Jun 2020 #29

Awful mvd Jun 2020 #20