lawandorder
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Key word .........sane !
Violence protest shuts down Chicago interstate...
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We've had the same thing happening in Pittsburgh the last few weeks. The powers-that-be have decided to let the protesters block major roads.
I'm not on one side or the other, but I'm pretty sure if I stand in the middle of 376 East with a sign decrying Chick-Fil-A being closed on Sundays, I will be removed (or just run over.)
We are a nation of laws. Those laws must be applied evenly or equally, or the whole thing shuts down.
Not being applied equally is why most folks distrust the gov't so much.
I'm not on one side or the other, but I'm pretty sure if I stand in the middle of 376 East with a sign decrying Chick-Fil-A being closed on Sundays, I will be removed (or just run over.)
We are a nation of laws. Those laws must be applied evenly or equally, or the whole thing shuts down.
Not being applied equally is why most folks distrust the gov't so much.
What I found interesting is the national TV media kept calling this an anti-gun rally. Not what it really was.
Ozark Marine
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Anytime Father Pfleger shows up on camera it's all about taking gun right's away from the law abiding gun owners.
He's all for gang banger's, drug pushers and anarchy in Chicago.
Ask any cop in Chicago.
Coming thru...
Ozark Marine
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Denis Weaver in the flick Duel 1971.
Never get a trucker P.O'd back then.
Never get a trucker P.O'd back then.
Chicago politics??? That's enough for me to say whoa and find something better to do. Think I'll go check the hi-point forums... 
Doug M.
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It is appalling to me that the ISP District Chicago troopers did not make mass arrests, including that "police chief", who should be fired for his participation in this mass criminal event.
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Maybe they should protest the hot weather we're having this summer. At least there would be some chance of change.
HOUSTON RICK
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Demanding and earning are two different things.
Whitwabit
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Ah .. the city gave the protesters permission to march .. So why would anyone be arrested for that??
If they broke laws yes .. but it appears they had permission to march !!!!
Whitwabit
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Coming thru...
I believe that was tried in a march out east ..
That person is now in jail on murder charges ..
Are you advocating someone break the law ???
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A. Not enough troopers. Even there were, it doesn't take much to ignite a protest into a full scale riot. That happened here in September of 2016. Roads blocked by rioters, police cars trashed and burned, at least one murder caught on camera, and who knows how many incidental acts of violence.
B. Where are you gonna incarcerate x-hundreds (thousands?) of people?
C. Even if possible, the city/county would have to call in every magistrate on the rolls, just to do an initial processing.
I know you're aware of all this.
DWalt
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I resigned from a perfectly good and well-paying job once. This was because my employer demanded I relocate to Chicago. I would do the same today.
Tough job, but someone has to do it.
venomballistics
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It's Chicago.
I think breaking the law is legal obligation there.
Like jury duty, but on the uptake side of the system
JcMack
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Father FFH is pastor of St. Sabinas church on Chicago's South side. It's a beautiful old church. FFH is a real piece of work. He's convinced himself that he's a modern day Moses leading his people from the depths of poverty to the promised land. From '47 to '65 I lived in Chicago 3/4's of a mile from St. Sabinas. When I was in HS we went to dances in the Church school gym. Today there's no way you could walk from the Church to my old house day or night without a problem.
Every business both in my neighborhood and Chicago has a help wanted sign posted. The jobs are 80% entry level and there's no takers. The shootings in Chicago thus far this year account for $65,000,000 hospital costs. That doesn't include ambulance, rehab, and long term costs of a bullet wound. At that rate $330,000,000 will stack up by years end. That kind of money would go a long way to improve schools in neighborhoods where the kids are more interested in street cred achieved by illegal activities than an education. The Chicago Police Superintendent could be seen at the head of the crowd marching arms linked with FFH. it is against Chicago Department Rules and Regulations to participate in a political event in uniform. None of this surprises me. It is a pity what's happening in my country.
Every business both in my neighborhood and Chicago has a help wanted sign posted. The jobs are 80% entry level and there's no takers. The shootings in Chicago thus far this year account for $65,000,000 hospital costs. That doesn't include ambulance, rehab, and long term costs of a bullet wound. At that rate $330,000,000 will stack up by years end. That kind of money would go a long way to improve schools in neighborhoods where the kids are more interested in street cred achieved by illegal activities than an education. The Chicago Police Superintendent could be seen at the head of the crowd marching arms linked with FFH. it is against Chicago Department Rules and Regulations to participate in a political event in uniform. None of this surprises me. It is a pity what's happening in my country.
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One of the articles I read says that the ISP, not Chicago, has jurisdiction over I-94, which is where the protest took place.
At what point does a protest become an insurrection?
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