"A West Side hospital is not accepting any more patients to its emergency room after a violent weekend in which 40 people were shot, three fatally, across the city." That's it. One sentence, one comma and one period.
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40 shot, 3 dead? This was a rather peaceful weekend in the "windy city"
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Jul 1, 2019 - Fifty-seven people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, four of them were killed.
Jun 10, 2019 - At least three people were killed in shootings in Chicago over the weekend, while more than 30 others have been wounded, police said.
Jul 8, 2019 - CHICAGO — Chicago's expected jump in gun violence over the long July Fourth weekend left six people dead and another 66 wounded.
Aug 5, 2018 - News. 42 wounded, 4 fatally, in Sunday shootings across Chicago. A series of citywide shootings Sunday has left at least four people dead and ... (One day only)
Aug 7, 2018 - Police say 33 shootings occurred between Friday and Sunday nights, fueled mostly by gang violence. The incidents left a dozen people dead and dozens wounded
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In Texas and Ohio and many other places we are shocked. In Chicago, not so much. It's all relative I guess.
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So why isn't this on top of the news headlines like the shootings in Texas and Ohio? Maybe because it happens just about every day in Chicago, Washington D.C. and several other big cities. Good luck on mental health treatment to help these area.
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And while we are shocked about shootings in Texas and Ohio, no one seems concerned about Chicago, Illinois, where it a weekly happening. Why is that?
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That is just a normal weekend in Chicago. Well, maybe a little calmer than normal. But for Chicago all is well.
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Shouldn't the headline read "Quiet weekend for shootings in Chicago"?
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It's like two mass-shootings worth of deaths every week in Chicago but there is NO political outcry.
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You would think a gay female Mayor of a city like Chicago would be be all over condemning the violence. Haven't heard a word. Is she running for President, too , and is busy spreading the news that she is better than most because she is a "Married-Gay-Woman"?
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Wow, that's a mild weekend in Chicago. Must have had some rainy weather. Notice we only see one tiny article on Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis, etc. while the media bombards us with any shootings they think they can pin on Republicans.
That's it. One sentence, one comma and one period.
Jun 10, 2019 - At least three people were killed in shootings in Chicago over the weekend, while more than 30 others have been wounded, police said.
Jul 8, 2019 - CHICAGO — Chicago's expected jump in gun violence over the long July Fourth weekend left six people dead and another 66 wounded.
Aug 5, 2018 - News. 42 wounded, 4 fatally, in Sunday shootings across Chicago. A series of citywide shootings Sunday has left at least four people dead and ... (One day only)
Aug 7, 2018 - Police say 33 shootings occurred between Friday and Sunday nights, fueled mostly by gang violence. The incidents left a dozen people dead and dozens wounded