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The anger North Lawndale residents are feeling over the killing of 18-year-old Aaron Harrison by police is not going away. At least not as long as activists help them keep the heat on the Chicago Police Department. Nearly 50 protesters disrupted last night's Police board meeting at police headquarters at 35th and Michigan, leading the board and interim police superintendent Dana Starks to adjourn the meeting after 15 minutes, saying that the protesters "harassed" them. The decision was made after Starks' repeated insistence that he cannot divulge details of the Harrison killing while it is still under investigation. Following the meeting, the protesters filed out into the streets with megaphones and drums and continued voicing their demands: police give Harrison's family the name the officer who shot Harrison; that the officer, and others involved in the shooting, be fired immediately; and information as to what happened to the security camera footage that might shed a light on whether or not Harrison was armed at the time of his death.
The police department announced that there are two separate ongoing investigations by detectives and by the Office of Professional Standards. Both investigations should overlap - they're investigating many of the same witnesses. Other witnesses may be hesitant to help police; one activist told the Tribune that residents of Lawndale and other predominantly African-American neighborhoods suspect police of planting on suspects the same guns turned in during gun buy-back programs.
Not all of the anger is being reserved for police, however. An aunt of Harrison, speaking yesterday on the WHPK radio show "News from the Service Entrance" took to task the preachers, community leaders, and some of the very same protesters who cut short last night's board meeting coming out of the woodwork to condemn the police in the wake of Harrison's death, wondering where they were and what they were doing to help keep Harrison - who had an extensive arrest record that included a drug conviction - off the street and on the straight-and-narrow.
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Why is he a "teenager" and not a "Vice Lord" in Chicagoist's coverage?
I think in the wake of this, the cops should listen to the community. They should pull back, quit trying to catch offenders, and let the community take care of itself.
I guarantee, it won't be a week before somebody starts loudly demanding that the cops "do something."
" ..that the officer, and others involved in the shooting, be fired immediately..."
So these people don't believe in due process?
I am no fan of Chicago cops, but I am no fan of a mob mentality, either, that refuses to rise above the situation. Yes, life can suck for much of us, especially with the way power is held and used in this segregated and cynical and mostly crappy city, but the only way to really change things is for those on the bottom to find a way to rise above the situation and then apply pressure.
Anything less is just rabble recklessly venting energy, a situation more like the French Revolution (yes, the scales are vastly different, but that's not the point) than, say, the brilliant work of MLK.
I wish these people put the same kind of effort into keeping their kids out of gangs and drugs.
these people
Dude! These people are the *leaders* of the gangs. The guy at SecondCityCop may be a jerk, but he has this story down.
I don't see you asking the same of the dailies.
As a resident living in this area this article scares the shit out of me. Why? Drive down Roosevelt or Ogden and you'll see the remnants of the last riots. There are blocks in my neighborhood that have more empty lots than houses! All those empty lots represent a burnt down building or business. These "reverands/ activists" are playing with fire.
In the course of furthering their own careers and agendas they are inciting angry youths to "take revenge". Will a full blown riot like the ones in 1968 make them happy?
North Lawndale is barely coming back from those devasting riots 40 years ago. We don't need another one! Shame on those scam artists such as Sharpton and Hampton. If the neighborhood is burnt to the ground AGAIN, the blood is on their hands.
You bring a gun onto the streets it doesnt matter if its for protection or to show off you are not a victim you are a criminal reasponsible when things go wrong. The majority of the people in the comunity are tired of the gangbangers and drug dealers but they are the ones with jobs and responsibilites so they arent on the news they are at work or taking care of there families, the news loves to show the person who yells the loudest or makes the most outrageus claim. Not the poor sap who is working everyday and keeping there family away from drugs and gangs. The decent people in the community get lumped together with the gangbangers who want less police and the wanna be preachers and so called activists who just want to be on TV.
Why would you see him asking the dailies? You don't work there.
Kudos to the police for their excellent work in dealing with this situation. It is unfortunate they had to use deadly force, but it is highly justified when dealing with criminal teenagers in that type of situation.
Find out who Kenny Shannon is, what gang he is a high ranking leader of, any why he's now the "uncle" of Aaron Harrison.
Why was he at the police board meeting?
These gangs & "reverends" have no interest in the community other than money & power.
Turns out Kenny Shannon is a top general for the Conservative Vice Lords.
this protest and the people protesting are a joke that will go away in due time
May GOD bless the Chicago Police Officers, who some, are also known as the REAL POLICE.
May He bless them against every person whether young or old who were never taught right from wrong.
May He bless them against every idiot in chicago who chooses to break the law and carry firearms.
May He bless them against every moron who chooses to run from the police, only to turn and point a firearm at the police.
May He bless them against every career-criminal.
May He bless them from every frivolous lawsuit filed.
Lord, Please bless all police, especially the Real Police.
Chicagoist,
You have somebody who investigates and reports, right?
Fire THEM because they failed to invstigate and inform you who the real KENNY SHANNON is!
Is this teeneager so innocent now that you know that he has direct ties to the vice lords?
A career criminal, a common thug gets shot and killed (justified) by the police. I say better him than a police officer who is on the right side of the law, serving and protecting, putting in his 8 hrs. a day.
What was Mr. Harrison's great life mission? Was he planning on getting his 14th, 15th, 16th arrest by the fall season?
It is a joke, that Mr. Harrison's family, the reverends/activists, and the community failed this repeated criminal so miserably and then they have the nerve to blame everybody else.
Where was queen sister, when Mr. Harrison was arrested 13 times?
Had the police officer been shot and killed, the media would have covered it up until he was buried and the all of chicago would have forgotten about him by days end, but a career criminal gets killed in a justified shooting by a police officer and we are still mourning the "supposed" loss and digging deeper, trying to get answers? What is wrong with our city? Where is the respect for police officers?
ALL THE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS AND THE PARENTS WHO FAILED THIS REPEATED-ARRESTEE GET TO CASH IN...
CHA- CHING!
Sincerely,
not a police officer
P.S. MY 9 YR.OLD DAUGHTER HAS A QUESTION...
SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PARENT WOULD LET THEIR CHILD GET ARRESTED 13 TIMES?
We are tired of you murdering us," activist Fred Hampton Jr. told the board. "... We are tired of that. We're tired."
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Well Fred, now that you've told us what you're tired of, this is what I'm tired of:
Paying for your communities:
Link Cards
Healthcare
Social Security Checks for fake medical claims such as asthma
Jessie Jackson
Fred Hampton
Al Sharpton
Aaron Patterson (See ya later)
NOI
Louis Farrakhan
Michael Vick
PacMan Jones
NFL
NBA
Barry "Cheater" Bonds
Hot Fries
Cheeto Bags on the ground
Menthol Cigarettes
Rims
Begging
Streetwise
No Job
No money
The words:
“Bling”
“Holla”
“Ebonics”
“Huh?”
“Wha?”
“Uh Huh”
“Yea”
“It’s not mine”
“You Bogus”
“I swear for God”
“Baby Momma”
“Baby Daddy”
Bentleys driven by dope dealers
Babies having babies
Maury Povich
“Pimping” anything
GED educations
Rap Music/Artists
Blasting Rap Music in vehicles held together by duct tape
20 Air Fresheners in the car to mask the weed smell
Reclining the seat as far as it can go while driving
LCD TV’s with porno on while driving
Flavored Cigars
Pickles in a bag
Fried Chicken
Housing Complexes
Dog Fighting
Grilz
Wasting money on lotto
Living on fast food
Incense
Domestics over food/remote control/other stupid sh*t
No DL
No Insurance
Suspended DL
Revoked DL
No City Sticker
Bean Pies
Cell Phone Earpieces
Malt Liquor
Store Front Reverends
Blaming others for your mistakes
Denial
Drugs
Bud Billiken
Red Pop
Grape Pop
Stupid People
Stupid People standing in the street
Stupid people selling water that we paid for (see SSI)
Handicapped placards given to you by grandma (see false medical claims)
Body Order
Saggy Pants
White T shirts
Timberland boots
Not brushing your teeth
Cheezy Feet Smell
Bologna Sandwiches
Keeping it real
Andy Dick Lookalike Lawyer (Loevy)
Merit Hacks
Richie Rich
No Computers
Crappy Cars
Crappy Cops
Tough Guys
Inflated Egos
Please fill in the blanks. I know I forgot some.
There seems to be a double standard, when it comes to the voiceless. Remember the SOS of the Chicago police has been involved with criminal activites itself. Home invasion ,theft, kidnapping, are some the crimes committed by SOS members. The police should not be judge ,jury ,and excutioner. Maybe some people like the idea of South American style death squads, operating in Chicago.