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| Police Officer Slain As Mayor Embarrasses Himself And City |
| 2010-05-21 |
| In anti-handgun Chicago, criminals aren't bothered by Mayor Richard Daley's handgun ban. They haven't been bothered for years. And so another Chicago police officer was shot to death. But it wasn't during a traffic stop or some hunt through an alley after a drug sting. At that moment, Mayor Daley was holding a news conference, another dog-and-pony show at City Hall to demonstrate his tough stance on crime. He called it to express his concern that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the city's handgun ban. There were guns on a table as props, so much eye candy for the cameras. A reporter asked the obvious question: Given the numbers of shootings in the city, isn't the handgun ban ineffective? Officer killed was a role model for all — please read his story |
| Posted by:Ebbese Ebbump8799 |
| #3 Gun control makes sense. If you are the Mafia. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-21 23:16 |
| #2 As is said the fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree (referring to Daley the elder and Daley the son). Daley when questioned about firearms sounded like a blithering idiot. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-21 16:18 |
| #1 'Richie' embarrasses Chicago quite often, seemingly as an ongoing commitment to do so. The dead still vote for him, however. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-05-21 14:42 |