Chicago broke an all time record for murders during the month of March, and police think that many of these killings can be attributed to gang warfare. Do you think the deaths were a result of gang violence? What can be a solution to stop the deaths?
thanks for your help! maria johnson (4:30)
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The great state of Chicago has been crime-ridden for as long as it's been around. The only difference now is that the police and general population actually have somebody to blame it on. That's really all there is to it. There is a vast number of minority groups that are catching heat for all sorts of major and petty crimes. I really can't think of a solution to the problem that is as old as time itself. But there is always hope that someone, somewhere, will be able to come up with a solution
*~Lynette Reitmeier~*
Not to be cruel, but I’m going to be brutally honest. I think that gangs have no positive influence in society so they don’t need to be here. I think they all should be wiped out completely. After some of the projects closed in Chicago most of the people that lived there moved down here and polluted my town. And now I never want to set foot into my town again. It got so bad my little brother dropped out of school because of the fights and weapons being brought in. All thanks to Gang activity. So I think that if we put animals to death because they cause harm, I believe we should do the same to people.
Shayna Garrelts (4:30)
I belive the police are right about the murders being gang related.I think drugs are the cause of the hostility between gangs.The problem would be much smaller if drugs were out of the picture,I know thats impossible tho.If i were able to make a law and everyone had to do it.It would be whenever a gangbanger is picked up and he is a known gangbanger then he gets a bullet in his skull then eventually theyd run outta gangbangers and i guarantee the murder rate would go down then.What? A man can dream can't he ??
Do to the violent tendancy of gangs, i'm sure the police have hit the nail on the head. Gangs are of no use to society except lessening the population a little. Drugs, money, turf, and i'm sure other things are constantly fought over between people ranging of middle aged adults to young kids. It's these very people that end up dragging the deadly violence into innocent little towns and schools causing death and suffering. I have always believed in the saying: "An eye for an eye." If a person makes the concious decision to beat the snot out of some one, steal from another, or even kill another human being, then the same fate should be placed on themselves.
Natasha Stone (4:30)
I do believe a lot of deaths are connected to gangs. I also believe that a lot of deaths occur because a lot of people are mentally ill. People find all types of reasons to kill an individual, some do it just to fit in. The best solution to stop deaths is to stop joining gangs and to make peace with one another.
-LaTia Alexander
Coming from 65th palce and st.louis, I use to live in Chicago.In my neighborhood 2/6 run the place and before moving to bloomington, i had no idea that there where soo many white people. ha ha That is because people in the hood stay in the hood, all of my friends where ganstas and i want to be just like them. People who live in this lil boring towns dont know what it is like. If you to school here the most popular guy is the guy on the football team but if you go to school in chicago the most popular guy is the guy who probably shoot someone or can whoop some ass. Gangs got made up in the first place because back in the day white people use to gang up beat up on the latinos and blacks. Slowly white people moved out the city and into the burbs.
Chicago has always maintained a record breaking murder statistic. Gang warfare is astronically high in all large cities and yes they are responsible for a lot of deaths. Gangs were originally started to help clean up the cities but that really backfired.
The solution to stopping the deaths is to get rid of gangs. Parents need to stop their children from roaming the streets and take an active part in their lives.
The communities needs to step up and find things for these kids to get involved in. And the govenment needs to get tougher on the drug issue. I do not want you to think there is a simple solution, because there isn't. But maybe if parents started caring than the gangs would start getting smaller. I just don't know.
I believe that the deaths are most likely from gang violence. Chicago is hardly ever heard in the same sentence without gangs or violence. I have atleast 20 people that i know of in my town that came from Chicago. They said they wanted to get away from all gangs and violence. All that has to be done is end all the gangs. Arrest anyone that is in a gang and put an end to it. Gang members are just a bunch of losers that can't make it in the real world. Make them all get jobs and get them off the streets. If the cops are scared of them, who will stop them? The government needs to step in and put an end to all gangs.
Jesse Kaufmann
I don't think the gangs are that strong in Chicago no more. Its not Al Capone era or the 70' or 90'. Chicgo is over populated. They live stacked on top of each others, side by side, no yards, and the econmy is bad. Peolpe are stressing and Chicago is a big city, a lot is going on. If we stayed in California, there would be alot more problems with gangs.
I don't think the gangs are that strong in Chicago no more. Its not Al Capone era or the 70' or 90'. Chicgo is over populated. They live stacked on top of each others, side by side, no yards, and the econmy is bad. Peolpe are stressing and Chicago is a big city, a lot is going on. If we stayed in California, there would be alot more problems with gangs.
Chicago is known for its violent gangs from AL Capone to the modern day Bloods. I would bet that a good number of the murders were thanks to gang wars however its not the single cause for all the murders. The only real solution would be stiffer penalties for anything that could be related with being in a gang. Whether that be hanging out at a parking lot to getting caught partisipating in a gang fight. Other than that isnt much that can be done.
Now when I answer this it's from viewers experience. It's almost unimaginable how many crimes there are in Chicago due to gang warfare. I personally have family that has been affected by this. In March there was a large number of gang initiations going on. I'll choose not to name the gangs due to safety measures. But, during this period it was required of a lot of the hopefuls to perform mindless and pointless murders. So I would have to say that gang warfare was not completely the correct explaination, but gang initiation or violence.
Chicago is known as a violent city, look at the history of Chicago. Al Capone or Scarface as he is more commonly known, and all the other Mobsters associated with the Italian Mob, Russian Maffia, etc. The only difference now is the name. Gangs Vs. Mobs. I think the term gang is just used as a title so that there is someone to blame, and someone held responsible.
-Ashley Gentner (4:30)
Gang-related crimes have been around forever. There are so many so called gangs around everywhere.Whether or not these crimes are gang-related is a very good question. Just like the original blog had stated, "police think" these crimes are gang related. I think maybe then they should be out trying to prove that they actually are instead of looking for an excuse and blaming them on the result of gang violence, when they really don't have an idea if it is related or not. A solution to stop the deaths is maybe to have more investigative units to crack down on exactly what the cause of these deaths are. That at least would be a start.
(Brandon Daniels)
Chicago is a city that is over pop. and specially full of way to many gangs so I think that this is the problem. Right now, the only solution I can think of would be to try to get as many gang members and get rid of their gangs. The problem is that sometimes even the authority is scrared and so they don't want to do anything with them. Or other times the authority is even involved in these murders, which is prety sad because then people are not going to know who to trust. This would cause people not to go to the authority for help anymore.
~Marisol Oliva
Of course many deaths are related to gang violence. There will be no end until the gangs become neutral and stop fighting. What is the point of being in a gang anyways? Thats what I don't get. Why do you want to fight and feud and kill other people? I do think that part of the reason crime has risen here and where I'm from(Danville) is because the people who moved in from the closed projects have brought some problems down here. But in their defense, not everyone that came here from Chicago is bad, and Chicago is still a beautiful place that noone should discriminate against because of what they see in the media. Anbd you have to take in account that many of those people were sent here with no jobs, no connections and told to start a new life. So what would you do if that happend to you?
I personally grew up in Chicago right in the middle of the hood!! and I agree that a lot of deaths has to do with gangs.People get killed over money, drugs, and sometimes for no reason. people who sometimes want to be apart of a gang has to kill which is so stupid!!! The friends that i grew up with feels that it is their place to step up when it comes to gangs and it just upsets me because its more to life than just the hood. Enviroment plays a role to why people choose to live that kind of life style and sometimes the streets raise kids. but honestly i really dont know a solution to help stop the killings because some people just has a very closed mind and don't care about anything or anyone. Its all about the Money!!
*Joyful*
I think that the deaths were most likely due to gang violence. Chicago is a very large city with a lot of things going on. Sometimes people alow themselves to get caught up in bs just to fit in with others. I think that people have to take a stand and do what's right even if it means that you have to walk alone; but I don't know how to stop the deaths because not everyone can stand up to peer pressure and feel they have to belong.
I think there is a solution to this problem. Seeing that Chicago has broken a record for murders, that tells me that the police aren't doing their job to protect the citizens. What they need to do is have more patrol cars out their and have some undercover rats in the gangs to find out what's going down. And to answer the question, yes the murders are gang related.
Chris Waters
Well of course all the murders were due to gang violence. Gangs think that they can do anything they want. When in all realality they are just a bunch of kids that think that no one loves them and they have to do all of these violent things to fit in with all the other kids that don't wanna grow up and get real jobs. They would rather kill some one or rob a store to get their money than grow up and quit being little girls and get jobs.
Ben Legner (1:00)
I don’t know exactly what would work, but I would have to say more severe punishment. If everyone who was convicted of premeditated manslaughter, or killed in cold blood was sentenced to death; I think that would make the crime rate drop. Not saying if you kill someone in self defense or anything just cold blooded murderers.
I think that there is a lot of gang violence in Chicago and this definitely attributes to the homicide rate there. Gang members are endangering themselves, members of other gangs, and innocent bystanders. If gangs were nonexistent in Chicago then the homicide rates would be lower. Then there would be lower amounts of crimes in general.
Steve Roberts
i think the best solution to the gang violence is to get more cops on cracking down on gangbangers and putting them behind bars. take some of those traffic cops and put them on something worthwhile.
no matter what you try and do gangs will always be around. hell they used to run chicago. i dont think it can be fixed. it might not even be totally related to gangs. anybody can get a gun.
colin h.
I live in Chicago, and gang violence has been going on forever. It really has never stopped, it has just once again increased dramatically. I don't think that you can stop it, but you can definitely slow it down. There are a lot of ignorant people on the streets doing a lot of ignorant things. You can't possibly get every single one of them. Solution is getting people who care to try and stop it. A lot of people say this and that on television, but in all actuallity they are happy the gangs are killing each other off.
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