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Only two people banged in Chicago 'Safe Passage' routes
 [SUNTIMES] The eyes of the city will be on reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... Public Schools "Safe Passage" routes Monday morning as a 28-year-old man was shot along one of the routes and a 14-year-old was shot to death near another one, the day before school starts. Other than that, they're working fine. The 28-year-old man was shot about 11:35 p.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of South Tripp Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood, police said. The block is along the route to Hughes Elementary. See? Just coincidence. He wasn't in elementary school. The man was walking when he heard shots and felt pain, police said. He was shot in the neck and suffered a graze wound to the back. He was listed in guarded condition early Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital. The 14-year-old boy was shot and killed within a block of a welcoming school, Melody Elementary, 3937 W. Wilcox. About 12:20 a.m. Sunday, the boy, Lavander Hearnes, was standing outside in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street with several other people when he was shot, authorities said. He was later pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 9:04 a.m. Sunday, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said. Thousands of children will walk unfamiliar sidewalks to newly assigned schools in the wake of massive school closings. Despite the violence happening along or near those two Safe Route passages, and two others in recent weeks, school officials sought to assure parents they were prepared for their children. "We're ready," said Alice Henry, principal of Johnson School of Excellence in North Lawndale, which is welcoming about 60 students from the now-shuttered Pope Elementary. "We're in good shape and I'm confident this is going to be a smooth transition." Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, who've been navigating the rocky aftermath of closing 47 elementary schools this year, also insist the program is ready. Emanuel has declared it an "all-hands-on-deck" scenario in which every adult in Chicago -- especially city workers -- should lend a hand. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-27 |
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