another child lost to the war of terror in the usa....

[madrchsod]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060312girlshot,1,7788766.story?coll=chi-news-hed
a few blocks away from the last child gunned down...

[jbnow]

1. Good Lord, what a happy birthday

for the cousin, for the kids there that saw the little girl killed, let alone for the girl who died.

It is like living in a war zone in some places. Kids in war and the crime zones (and who knows where)see much too much, much too soon.

[Cocoa]

2. "I'm 26 years and this has been going on for 26 years"

Ross expressed frustration and a sense of futility following another murder in her neighborhood.

"It doesn't make sense," Ross said with tears streaming down her face.

"They're killing our kids. This is ridiculous. We can't get anyone to help us in Englewood. I'm fed up. I'm 26 years old, and this has been going on for 26 years. It's not safe for our kids.

"The only way to be safe is to get out of Englewood. And that's not fair. We have a right to be safe in the area where we're comfortable."

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Yup, seems not a week goes by I don't hear about...

somebody getting shot this way. There was much talk a while ago by some black leaders that far more police protection is needed in the 'hood than in the quiet white neighborhoods, but I haven't heard much about that lately. Except for some bullshit about linking street gangs to terrists.

But, hey, we're in Iraq so no Ay-rab is gonna be shooting up our streets.