Originally Posted by GoodLife (Post 1789570)

Chicago saw its highest number of gun violence victims in a single weekend this year with 104 people shot across the city from Friday evening to Monday morning, 14 of them fatally. Five of those killed were minors.

Five children were among the 14 people killed, including a 3-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl killed in separate shootings in Austin on Saturday.

Chicago shootings: 104 shot, 14 fatally, over Father’s Day weekend - Chicago Sun-Times

Originally Posted by Chitown (Post 1790080)

Anyone who grew up in a large metro area when we were young knows that urban violence that big cities are experiencing today would never have been tolerated when we were young. Things really started to change in law enforcement and society about 1980. In the 50’s, 60’s and even the 70’s large police departments would have never put up with today’s violence. Today they want nicer touchy feely social worker police officers. Citizens want a safe environment and expect the police to handle it while the police officer worries about every decision he or she might make. They know that the police brass will not back them if they were to make that split second decision that is controversial. I am in no way condoning police brutality or supporting those bad apples. It all started with the breakdown of the family unit and discipline in school.

Originally Posted by regas56 (Post 1790084)

It's like the Nicholson movie A Few Good Men "I want the TRUTH" "You can't handle the TRUTH".. I live minutes from Ferguson Missouri and during the riots and burnings they (the media) made it look like an entire city was burning, it was not, you could ride your bike through it in a minute or two.. They made it look like 1000's of residents were destroying their own city, they were not, the residents were all barricaded in their homes while young outsiders were torching and looting.. I saw the BLM group form up close and personal and immediately knew it was here to stay because just like the Vietnam protests and the Weather Underground revolution young impressionable people need a "cause".. I work in and around Ferguson among other similar areas still today and I can tell you that I know 1st hand no less than 98% of these residents LOVE the Police and do NOT want them defunded by even one penny and they actually want MORE police in their neighborhoods not less most also do NOT support BLM in any way shape or form.. These wonderful people really just want to be left alone to raise their children in a safe drug free, gang free neighborhood away from the news camera's but sadly our Media won't show these great people, they just want to show the guns and knives and fires along with the very small group of anarchists that use them..That's the "Truth"..

Originally Posted by amexsbow (Post 1790157)

Couldn't disagree more. You are conflating individual actions to encompass all caucasians. This is exactly what BLM, Antifa, and their sycophants in the MSM do. The whole objective of all these radical groups and spokespeople is to destroy the current government, education, and social makeup of America and replace it with their socialist utopia, (Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, etc.)
If you think I am making this up I suggest you google the ringleaders and people behind these social changes and read it in their own words.

Originally Posted by GoodLife (Post 1789570)

Chicago saw its highest number of gun violence victims in a single weekend this year with 104 people shot across the city from Friday evening to Monday morning, 14 of them fatally. Five of those killed were minors.

Five children were among the 14 people killed, including a 3-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl killed in separate shootings in Austin on Saturday.

Chicago shootings: 104 shot, 14 fatally, over Father’s Day weekend - Chicago Sun-Times

Originally Posted by seoulbrooks (Post 1789867)

black lives matter when they can frame it in racism and push their agenda to destroy the United States. Black lives will really matter when you see concern for all lives being lost in the inner cities. BLM and Corporate News could care less about the real cause of black lives being lost. How many lives in the inner cities are being saved by destroying statues of history? The real subject of their destruction is the American way of life. People need to wise up. Stop electing political idiots that just promote or stand by and watch the destruction while playing right along with the BLM agenda.

Would be nice to have some discussions and real solutions to all the killing in our cities, not just agenda driven BS.

Originally Posted by regas56 (Post 1790084)

It's like the Nicholson movie A Few Good Men "I want the TRUTH" "You can't handle the TRUTH".. I live minutes from Ferguson Missouri and during the riots and burnings they (the media) made it look like an entire city was burning, it was not, you could ride your bike through it in a minute or two.. They made it look like 1000's of residents were destroying their own city, they were not, the residents were all barricaded in their homes while young outsiders were torching and looting.. I saw the BLM group form up close and personal and immediately knew it was here to stay because just like the Vietnam protests and the Weather Underground revolution young impressionable people need a "cause".. I work in and around Ferguson among other similar areas still today and I can tell you that I know 1st hand no less than 98% of these residents LOVE the Police and do NOT want them defunded by even one penny and they actually want MORE police in their neighborhoods not less most also do NOT support BLM in any way shape or form.. These wonderful people really just want to be left alone to raise their children in a safe drug free, gang free neighborhood away from the news camera's but sadly our Media won't show these great people, they just want to show the guns and knives and fires along with the very small group of anarchists that use them..That's the "Truth"..

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1790245)

With respect to.....distruction of American life. It seems to me that Blacks are reaching a hand of unity saying, "please help me to also be part of American life. Only some small part of the Protestors are saying, "I give up and need to show America a lesson" (that is wrong and will backfire) . Those are aggressive and feel that their backs are to the wall. And there are the greedy looters with no philosophy. And then, there are the super-aggressive types that are anarchists.
Everybody knows.....Blacks and all women have a lot in common, they get less pay and other things.
Rings and things and sealing wax
Everybody knows, the deck is stacked
Everybody knows, the war is over
Everybody knows, the rich white guys won
That's how it goes, when everybody knows

Originally Posted by Spikearoni (Post 1790383)

What actually do you see as their "agenda to destroy the US?" What does the agenda consist of and who are the people that you are referencing when you say "their agenda"? Who are "they"? Whose agenda is it? How is the "American way of life" being threatened? Please elucidate for clarification. Thank you.

Originally Posted by GoodLife (Post 1790534)

Let me help. One of the cofounders of Black Lives Matter stated in an interview that "we are trained Marxists" This could give one a clue about their agenda.

Originally Posted by TexaninVA (Post 1790543)

Yes, a definite clue. Sadly, many people on this board either are oblivious to this or basically don't care. Some, in their inner souls, side with the Marxists but can't yet come out of the ideological closet.

Originally Posted by Cranford61 (Post 1790351)

Chicago is becoming like Somalia.