Don’t Demonize Weekend #28

A non-demonizable, stress mishandling rundown of all the mostly peaceful, yet sometimes violent and "unacceptable" events in and around Chicago this past weekend.

Manually recording this nonsense everyday can become a bit tedious given how it’s the same. stupid. shit. every. damn. day. As such, we hit the pause button for a bit but now we’re back. Thanks for grabbing the mail, watering the plants and feeding the dog, however we’ll need to have a talk about the rampant demonization that went down while we were out.

Final Demonized Tally: 5 killed, 41 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 9 killed, 18 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 13 killed, 62 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 4 killed, 59 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 8 killed, 43 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 7 killed, 39 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 5 killed, 32 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 7 killed, 48 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 4 killed, 36 wounded
2014 weekend tally: 5 killed, 25 wounded
Average tally: 7 killed, 40 wounded

Friday 7/14
5:20p 5300 S Carpenter, New City, M/62
8:30p 8500 S Carpenter, Auburn Gresham, M/26
10:05p 2100 S Fairfield, Little Village, M/21
10:05p 2100 S Fairfield, Little Village, M/22
11:15p 2500 W 23rd, North Lawndale, M/21
11:15p 2500 W 23rd, North Lawndale, M/33
Saturday 7/15
12:10a 7800 S Champlain, Grand Crossing, M/48
1:20a 5900 W Diversey, Belmont Cragin, M/29
1:50a 11200 S Western, Morgan Park, M/22
2:00a 2200 S Pulaski, North Lawndale, M/29
2:45a 10 S Spaulding, Garfield Park, F/17
8:20a 5600 W Fulton, Austin, M/37
4:35p 6400 S Troy, Chicago Lawn, M/15
5:20p 5000 S Talman, Gage Park, M/59 (homicide)
7:40p 4600 N Sheridan, Uptown, M/? (homicide)
10:00p 3600 W Chicago, Humboldt Park, M/33
10:30p 8900 S Exchange, South Chicago, M/33
10:00p 3100 W 53rd, Gage Park, M/31
11:30p 6600 S Green, Englewood, M/62
Sunday 7/16
12:15a 600 W Scott, Near North Side, M/29
1:30a 1200 S Sacramento, North Lawndale, M/32
1:40a 5000 S Western, Gage Park, M/29
1:40a 5000 S Western, Gage Park, F/34
2:05a 4000 W Washington, Garfield Park, F/41 (homicide)
2:05a 4000 W Washington, Garfield Park, F/38
2:05a 4000 W Washington, Garfield Park, M/38
2:05a 4000 W Washington, Garfield Park, M/39
2:05a 4000 W Washington, Garfield Park, M/42
2:10a 51 E Cermak, Near South Side, M/31
2:30a 1000 N California, West Town, M/32 (homicide)
2:40a I290 @ Central, Austin, M/?
9:50a 9200 S Anthony, Calumet Heights, M/37
12:35p 8900 S Ada, Washington Heights, M/26
1:55p 1400 S Homan, North Lawndale, M/33
2:00p 1400 N Campbell, West Town, M/20
2:00p 4800 W Fulton, Austin, M/32
2:00p 4800 W Fulton, Austin, M/34
5:30p 10500 S Aberdeen, Washington Heights, M/22
8:25p 5000 S Justine, New City, M/32
8:50p 8200 S Woodlawn, Avalon Park, M/27
Don’t Demonize Monday
12:01a 1200 S Fairfield, North Lawndale, M/48
1:55a 1600 W Van Buren, Near West Side, M/23
1:55a 1600 W Van Buren, Near West Side, M/26
2:00a 7900 S Ashland, Auburn Gresham, F/34
5:00a 8100 S South Shore, South Chicago, M/17 (homicide)
5:00a 8100 S South Shore, South Chicago, M/17

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Clown City Update 🤡

Recall back around the Memorial Day weekend when a big deal was made about how the yellow-vested “Peacekeepers” were the key to less lead resulting in less dead. Then almost immediately a yellow vest was arrested for beating someone because he “mishandled the stress”. Well, fast forward to this past weekend and it would seem as if some of the vested life-turnarounders make for easily identifiable targets:

Two Chicago men were shot while working as “peacekeepers” in Little Village over the weekend, including one who was shot in the leg, right next to the electronic monitoring bracelet he was wearing for a pending felony gun case. The men were shot about a block from where another peacekeeper allegedly helped beat and rob a motorist in May.

Chicago police had their hands full in Little Village on Friday night, especially considering that a group of peacekeepers was on the street, preventing violence.

First, two men were shot in the 2100 block of South Fairfield just after 10 p.m. While officers were working the crime scene, they reported hearing more than 20 rounds fired nearby. And residents reported gunfire in the 2600 block of West 21st Street around the same time. A Jeep Wrangler sped from the intersection and crashed. No arrests were made.

About 30 minutes later, at about 11:13 p.m., the peacekeepers were shot in the 2600 block of West 23rd Place. (full story)

Eventually, another Peacekeeper will shoot another Peacekeeper, so does it count?

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Oh Noes! The Smokes!

While ignoring this nonsense last week, we probably missed some newsworthy items, but we didn’t miss this one. Brandon speaks more about wildfire smoke than lead dust in the air.

We’ll leave it up to Spot to say what many, judging by the like count, were thinking.

In LGB’s defense, at least he kept it Chicago-centric whereas Lori would have tweeted some woke and batshit crazy (we repeat ourselves) screed on how the Canadian wildfires were actually set by MAGA, racist, homophobic, white supremacist thunderstorms for the sole purpose of targeting the south and west sides of the city thousands of miles away. Oh, and she'd probably remind people to wear a mask and get their 15th booster.

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Speaking of Peacekeepers

While you’re unlikely to be to targeted in one of these tees, you will look dapper nevertheless.

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