Do Chicago Gangs Profile Their Victims?

The majority of Chicago gang violence is targeted against blacks. This raises the important questions : Do gangs profile their victims, and do gangs use profiling as a way of determining gang ownership?

For example, one of these two people is not a gang member. It is a felony to try to guess which is which.

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Tropical Storm Jeantel Targets Zimmerman Trial

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Tropical Storm Chantal Aims for Caribbean

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Rower ETA

The rowers have traveled about 40 miles so far, which puts them at the far end of the Northwest Passage in about April of 2014.

However, the last 48 hours have been much slower, making their ETA sometime around the year 2047.

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What You Can Buy With $32,000

With $32,000 you could purchase either one of these two fine vehicles.  One is almost completely useless, but comes with a high smug rating.

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Gun Control Works

Chicago’s gun-free zone has had over 1,000 shootings so far this year.

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Chicago Crime — ChicagoTribune.com

The vast majority of the victims look like they could have been Obama’s son.

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List of races – Tracking homicides in Chicago – Tracking homicides in Chicago | RedeyeChicago.com

Apparently George Zimmerman has been a busy guy this year.

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Mission Accomplished : More Welfare Recipients Than Workers In The US

101M Americans Get Food Aid from Federal Gov’t; More Than the Number of Private Sector Workers | CNS News

In completely unrelated news, Obama’s poll numbers are holding steady at 47%.

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Drudge Excited About Possible 35 MPH Winds In Florida

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Freaky July Heat – In 1936

From July 6 through July 16, 1936 temperatures were over 100F every day in Sparta, Illinois, topping out at 114F on July 14

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U.S. Historical Climatology Network

This year, temperatures are averaging about 15-20 degrees cooler, and are expected to top at out at 92F during that same time interval.

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Those Horrible People Who Keep Society Functional

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The coal industry v everyone else: who will win? | David Ritter | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Those horrible coal people who provide electricity for us simply must be stopped.

The planet must be saved, so all lefties need to turn off their electricity, stop buying any food or manufactured goods, and bankrupt the coal industry. What are they waiting for? The planet’s survival depends on all progressive-minded people immediately halting their fossil fuel electricity purchases.

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Australian Junk Science Five Times More Likely Due To The Coming Election

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Australian heatwaves ‘five times more likely due to global warming’ | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Australia set their all-time maximum temperature record 124 years ago in January, 1889.

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