A July 8, 2012, article published by the Chicago Tribune states on Monday, city officials will release a hit list of stores, gas stations, and fast food restaurants that are so-called magnets for crime.
Officials hope the list will "shame" the business owners into addressing their alleged code violations and neighborhood-generated complaints.
The AM Dollar store at 6407 North Leavitt Street, in West Rogers Park, has been cited several times for selling loose cigarettes, said the Tribune. And under the city's latest crime-fighting initiative, AM Dollar may lose their license, which currently expires October 15, 2013.
But, if the powers that be are going to target every business that attracts criminals... does that mean the bars in Boystown and the shops on the Magnificent Mile are next?
Or, is this particular brand of "policing" reserved for smaller businesses that most people have never heard of?
The truth is, this is just another failed attempt to distract us from the real issues: the violent black mobs and the gangs that are destroying our beaches, neighborhoods, and our quality of life.
The last time I checked, none of the innocent victims who were beaten or robbed during one of Chicago's many flash mob attacks, were targeted because of loose cigarettes or code violations.
If you want to see the crime go down in this city... hire more cops, create stricter loitering laws, and give the law-abiding citizens the right to carry concealed weapons.
The bars in Boystown are not the source of the black-trouble makers and violent criminal predators who come to Lake View; they are among the victims of these bums as well.
ReplyDeleteThe problem of the parasitic black mobs wandering up & down Halsted greatly increased with the opening of the CENTER ON HALSTED five years ago.
So lets see how serious the city is on this crime reduction initiative - and see how the city responds to the CENTER ON HALSTED as the primary source for the trouble.
The center on halsted opened as a magnet for troublesome inner-city black youth.
ReplyDeleteThe youth are the problem.
Out of control youth, fights and brawls, stealing, loud vulgar uncivilized youth.
The seniors program and the computer program are good and beneficial.
As someone who has greatly benefited from the center on Halsted, I don't think any of you know what you're talking about. Have you ever taken a class there? Received counseling or any other service? Didn't think so. Keep running your mouth.
ReplyDeleteAnd have you seen the "youth" there? Primarily the source of LV trouble including thefts and fights that hsve spilled out into the streets.
DeleteWhy did Whole Foods eliminate food samples and hire a guard? The youth.
Same reason that CoH had to hire security.
The adult svcs are good: SAGE, computers, counseling & meeting space.
Get rid of these "youth" and get rid of a big problem.
"But, if the powers that be are going to target every business that attracts criminals ... " then they better focus on Wall Street, Big Corporations, and the Government also. ;-)
ReplyDeleteStandard ignorance and naivety in the comments. Per the usual here!
ReplyDeleteAnd how does your comment substantively address the issues at hand?
DeleteThe bars in Boystown have taken a "code of silence" and have done absolutely nothing regarding the crime at their doorsteps as well. They are just as much to blame. I gave an example here of their "silence" many times. They will, however, gladly take your money and occasionally invite you for a romp in the dark at the 24/7 Loveshack. Politely decline this and you will experience hell hath no fury like a scorned woman, and even more silence. Sex, drugs and $. Period. The 'd**k and a dollar people'. You can't fault them though as they are a product of their environment. No different than "Wall Street" or "Big Corporations". They have "rewards clubs" in place and street soldiers to keep you coming back. Hypocrisy at it's finest. Your first 8 "friends" upon arrival in Chicago will be bartenders that you met outside of them. They'll hunt you down. It's big business and a racket between many of them. Again, it's o.k. but some see through it. Those bars make enough money to have cops on foot patrol at all times out there.
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy to see the COH shut down but, again, they are used as a scapegoat for everything and are not the sole source of the numerous problems out there.
I see nothing wrong with the "cigarette" crackdown. Broken Windows Theory. You can't dare light up one on the streets anywhere in this city, expecially downtown as a group of "homeless" will swarm you. They don't even smoke. They sell them for $1 on the south and west sides. And that I was told by someone who lives on one of those "sides". These are the same stores that have plastic cups sitting next to those individual cigarettes ("loosies" as they are called), for "drinks to go". I've seen that with my own eyes. You could curb ALOT of problems with this initiative.
Well, let's see... stores that sells loose smokes, and this is creating the problem in the city???
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of the old saying in the Army... "Pull your head out of your four point contact!!! Now we have a "SNAFU" that is becoming a "FUBAR"!!!
And, again, here we go with that word "youth" again. Now we all know "black don't crack" but there are plenty of 30-40 year old black menon those streets causing trouble too. They arrive via carload, not the Red Line.
ReplyDeleteYou can point a finger at whatever cause of your choice so as to feel compassionate or "understanding" to sleep better while you continue your own life of mayhem (i.e. do whatever "I" want to too) but the bottom line is, it's out of control and the only thing that WILL stop it now a fierce retaliation by the "powers that be" that will truly put you in a bad stance with "diversity" agendas. You've defeated your own purpose with years and years of complacency.
Well honestly, at $10+ a pack, can you blame people for wanting to buy loose cigs? Sometimes you can't come up with ten bucks, but you still need to feed the habit.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I could see a benefit to going after certain northside stores selling loose smokes. Primarily black people are buying them, and they are not the decent working black folks, they are the shitheads loitering all over the place. If we have less products designed for them available in our neighborhoods, there would be even less reason for them to be here.
Unfortunately, I think it will just result in more people asking to "bum a smoke" because they can't buy just 1 anymore...
Oh wow!!! On the West side of Chicago....White "not decent", Mexican "not decent", Puerto Rican "not decent",Black "not decent" Gay "not decent", Male, Female, Young, Mid Aged, Older, as WELL AS "DECENT" folks of the same buy loose squares, go in on alcohol.
DeleteThe target you selected may be on point where you stay, but this epidemic is WIDESPREAD & includes ALL NATIONALITY and ethics of humanity!
I have cell phone picture of the Whole Foods "guard" slumped over asleep in his chair. I was just curious, at the time, why they needed 'suhkurity' there.
ReplyDeleteGet rid of patronization of gays BY gays, address your warped definition of "diversity" here and THEN you'll "get rid of a big problem".
They don't even sell loose cigs at the leavitt store stupid white people
ReplyDeleteI find that blasting Country Music, especially the really whiny stuff is like kryptonite to hoodlums.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the COH can put Garth Brooks on rotation for a month or two and see if that helps.
I work with at risk youth on the south side where all the L.S. are clustered on just one side of 63rd street. They dont eat pork or drink beer but will sell it. I see, drink, violence, and incarceration as synonomous. Just last year, I saw a pregnant girl and her boyfriend shot in front of the store on 63rd Whipple. Shut them down!
ReplyDeleteALL races have crime & MANY areas are victim to it. Gangs, drugs, alcoholism, prostitutes are prominent in Chicago IL. Youth, Young adults, older adults are all participants of the crime in this city. Stop targeting a "specific" group. START PRAYING & REPORTING CRIME instead of placing "blame" and turning your head. The devil uses WILLING vessels & he don't care what race, age, financial background anyone has to make his puppet.
ReplyDeleteAmerican culture is toxic, this country will be nothing but a section in the history books in a hundred years or two.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice while it lasted.