This blog is looking for wisdom, to have and to share. It is also looking for other rare character traits like good humor, courage, and honor. It is not an easy road, because all of us fall short. But God is love, forgiveness and grace. Those who believe in Him and repent of their sins have the promise of His Holy Spirit to guide us and show us the Way.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Life in the hood
Homocides. What is the first thing you think of when you hear that word? Baltimore and Chicago? Blacks? Baltimore has surpassed Chicago as the city with the highest homocide rate. There is a website called HeyJackass that keeps track of Chicago homocides. Did you know that there is a shooting every 2:51 minutes in Chicago? A homocide every 16:45 minutes? 79.1% of victims (311 people) are Black. 17.0% (67 people) are Hispanic. In 290 of those cases, there has been no suspect charged! 2397 persons have been shot so far in 2015 in Chicago. 359 of those have been killed; the rest wounded.
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