MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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How to stop the Chicago massacre
By artappraiser on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:01am |Op-ed by Michael Gerson @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 19
On the same day as the Parkland school shooting, I found myself on the South Side of Chicago, talking with the victims and perpetrators of a different, continuing massacre [....]
Activists working with gang members describe a perfect storm of unintended consequences. The tearing down of Chicago’s high-rise, public housing monstrosities caused the diffusion of gang problems into other neighborhoods. Aggressive policing that put many gang leaders in prison also removed a source of structure in neighborhoods — leaving smaller groups (sometimes of three or four) engaged in chaotic, block-by-block warfare.
In this environment, relatively minor provocations — trash talk by a rap music star, social media disrespect, a stolen watch — can result in years of murder and revenge. What can be done? Programs such as BAM (Becoming a Man) employ a form of group therapy to keep young men from going off track [....]
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-stop-the-chicago-massacre/2018/02/19/aa79e232-15a9-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html
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Yes, this is a certain level of hypocrisy on the left - while we'll get outraged over school shootings, we'll resist the idea that there are still slums - black slums principally - that have horrible murder problems, that need some serious remedy past accepting the status quo. (can't blame this one on lead)
What was the big statement about this in 2016? Slamming the white female Dem candidate for using the term "superpredator" 20 years prior. Would it be okay to call Niklas Cruz a "superpredator", or would that be an insult to his Hispanic parents? My, we're so careful and PC. Meantime, over 600 murders a year in Chicago - that's like 25 Parkland shootings a year, 2 a month. Where's our urgency, our lie-down-on-Chicago-mayor's-lawn about that, our focus on coming up with practical ways to lower numbers of awful killings? Sometimes we just suck.
And does "Parkland" strike anyone else as an ironic name like Banksy's "Dismaland"?
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 3:12am
These stories are heart-breaking. I credit Michael Gerson - a conservative Christian - for writing this one.
by HSG on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 9:45am
There has been a decrease in homicides in Chicago, but obviously the decrease is not enough.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/us/chicago-homicide-shooting-statistics/index.html
This article from the Chicago Tribune gives a more historic al context for the homicide rates over the last 60 years. Joblessness, the intentional placement of a highway to fragment the black community, any antagonism between Chicago police and the black community play major roles.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-history-of-chicago-homicides-htmlstory.html
by rmrd0000 on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 9:36am
I was just struck by the succinct realist sounding excerpt I posted, I had never seen the problem stated so clearly, seemingly without much spin at all. I couldn't remember whether he was a conservative, didn't even bother to. He clearly got that from boots on the ground people, maybe it's wrong, but I thought it worth sharing for that.
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 9:46am
Yeah, the "unintended consequences" is seriously important. People forget that with complex problems, chance of failure is quite high, as is making the problem worse. Those out of power can be critical with no risk.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 11:25am
I’m not sure what this article contains that hasn’t been stated before
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-scott-violence-glanton-20170202-column.html
Even Al Sharpton realized that there were no easy solutions to the problem.
by rmrd0000 on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:29pm
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by artappraiser on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 4:19pm
Meta again.
I see you are still kvetching on this point elsewhere on this site: I’m not sure what this article contains that hasn’t been stated before
So I will respond. My answer is as I stated above:
I had never seen the problem stated so clearly
He did in one very striking paragraph what Glanton takes a long ranty rambling article which also is loaded with defensive angry resentment pointed towards the reader right at the start via the headline, i.e. how dare you think we don't know what the problem is?
Further, I mentioned that he probably got his succinctness from boots on the ground giving him very clear lectures on the situation. I didn't figuring it all out to him.
Good writing matters,that's often my reason for sharing links: good writers deserve more clicks. We need better communication in this country, it's important. Not stuff that's extra loaded with past resentments that have to be decoded and that may turn some people off right away or make their eyes glaze over.
Good writing matters also seems to be the case with NCD and Lulu on another thread. Lulu takes it personally. I then wonder if Lulu would take it personally if NCD said he didn't like a certain movie as much as Lulu did.
Cavaet: I post bad writing when I feel it needs to be decoded, that we can learn something from the bad.
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 4:18pm
I merely voiced my opinion. You voice yours. I see no problem.
by rmrd0000 on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 4:23pm