Chiraq Has Deadliest January Since 2000; 292 People Shot
Chicago had its deadliest January in more than a decade after the city recorded a total of 292 people wounded…
Read MoreChicago had its deadliest January in more than a decade after the city recorded a total of 292 people wounded…
Read MoreThe people of Chicago continue to be stricken with a case of the Windy City Blues. Gun violence continues to plague the city now dubbed “Chiraq” and shows no signs of stopping. There have been at least…
Read MoreChicago violence is no longer a local problem. The escalating violence continues to place the Windy City in the national spotlight. The murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in South Side Chicago has stirred conversation all throughout social…
Read MoreTyjuan Poindexter Chicago is still grappling with its violence problem. The Windy City experienced its second worst weekend for gun violence with eight people shot dead and 45 people wounded between Friday evening and early Monday, according…
Read MoreChicago experienced its deadliest day by gunfire in more than a decade Wednesday after nine people were fatally shot and at least 13 others wounded in separate shootings, according to the Chicago Tribune. One of the fatalities…
Read More“I’ve never experienced anything like that. My respects go to his family and to his friends. I just hope that we can find solutions.”
– Joakim Noah
“When you ‘Rock Your Drop,’ just know your neighborhood safe. Stop the violence movement. Salute my fans, salute my followers.”
– Lil Durk
“N-ggas be thinking this sh-t came through rap. This sh-t don’t got nothing to do with rap. This sh-t been going on for real.”
– FBG Duck
Chicago, nicknamed Chiraq for its high rate of violence, led the nation in homicides in 2014.
Read More“It’s many blood shed. I don’t see how no type of people can come up out this sh-t. …I don’t see how no type of peace can come up out this sh-t. Folks been out here so many years… everybody we was with as shorties, they ass gone.”
– Dutchie
“N-ggas can say what they wanna say. Motherf-ckers ain’t out here. Yall ain’t gotta through sh-t. …It’s about our kids growing up and getting rich.”
– King Yella