tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post3464179020895664339..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: Shooting Near Truman College At 8pmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-84711086363712924562013-06-23T20:03:54.175-05:002013-06-23T20:03:54.175-05:00So very true spoken Uptown Superhero, finally a ho...So very true spoken Uptown Superhero, finally a honest person speaking ("truth").Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991040377646387143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-60035702258035491482013-06-12T08:23:02.061-05:002013-06-12T08:23:02.061-05:00Saw 2 get led away in handcuffs from the Broncho B...Saw 2 get led away in handcuffs from the Broncho Billy park on Tuesday night. Doubt it is related to the shootings, but certainly worth noting that the police are keeping a close eye out with the limited resources they have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-25728385839276184702013-06-10T17:46:20.040-05:002013-06-10T17:46:20.040-05:00Joey. What the what. Your like Sheldon Cooper wit...Joey. What the what. Your like Sheldon Cooper without any morality. PBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515331312331519429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-32348675909681369392013-06-10T16:38:22.550-05:002013-06-10T16:38:22.550-05:00Truman College security is a joke and has been a j...Truman College security is a joke and has been a joke for a long, long time. <br /><br />Most of the guards are old guys who couldn't move as fast as a fart if something happens. The others don't want to interrupt their conversations or get up from reading the paper. <br /><br />I was a student there recently and nothing would scare me as much as the Mens Room Surprise - when I'd walk in to take a leak and ten men would turn around, alarmed, all standing around a stall. I obviously interrupted someone's distribution. Students are buying, but so are outsiders. <br /><br />A few of us asked what was being done, but we'd hear promises and awareness and oh yes, it's being taken care of, but nothing was ever done. And the head of security there is replaced about every six months or so (as is everyone else in the CCC world). <br /><br />And as much as I'd like to say that turnstiles (which they don't have) and ID's or scan cards (which the guards have a very inconsistent history of checking) would help, I'm not even sure that is the case, because some of the gang members are enrolled as students in either the Middle College or the college itself. <br />ShadyShadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776691804339725854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-45044987322039845262013-06-10T15:56:45.278-05:002013-06-10T15:56:45.278-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07843541293823495701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-73595876142053265842013-06-10T15:25:33.149-05:002013-06-10T15:25:33.149-05:00Truman College students? YUP. At least in name. ...Truman College students? YUP. At least in name. Truman Security have privately expressed their frustration on more than one occasion about the local gang members signing up for classes at Truman so that they have student I.D.'s and the "right" to hang around on campus...and the crock is that most of Truman's security are either retired or off-duty Chicago cops. Truman just doesn't want to deal with the negative publicity that they harbor active gang members and drug dealers.bear60640https://www.blogger.com/profile/04572732440461047198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-57376660748724378922013-06-10T12:32:57.056-05:002013-06-10T12:32:57.056-05:00... one last note, I also believe that the transie...... one last note, I also believe that the transient student population at Uplift High School is also a driver in the drug trade. Many, if not most, also travel here using the Wilson El stop. Again, I never heard of a drug bust at that high school either and that is truly astounding to me...Uptown SuperHero!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16978617436727705272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-65944072249513059452013-06-10T12:31:47.596-05:002013-06-10T12:31:47.596-05:00Will, I politely disagree... and agree. I think i...Will, I politely disagree... and agree. I think it is naïve to suggest the SRO/Homeless crowd are not buyers of drugs. I have personally witnessed it more times than I care to count... many then walk over to the park across from Weiss Hospital or wander around. It is not an honest discussion to say those residents are not a major component of the drug trade in Uptown.<br /><br />However, I also think you have a point on the student population of Truman and I would like to see more coordinated drug busts at the school. I have never heard of one, and I have zero doubt there is some of that going on as well.Uptown SuperHero!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16978617436727705272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-52993222406614164362013-06-09T17:25:31.886-05:002013-06-09T17:25:31.886-05:00Will, the primary buyers of Uptown drugs are from ...Will, the primary buyers of Uptown drugs are from the shelters & SRO's. The college kids aren't buying the crack.<br /><br />Pirate, thank you for the concern. My poodle has a hard enough time with all the pit bulls around the 'hood.americanlthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338645866208360060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-87975243783298703832013-06-09T10:11:16.641-05:002013-06-09T10:11:16.641-05:00I'm not saying anything negative about the Cop...I'm not saying anything negative about the Cops but the best solution is having some of the true enforcers posted there along Wilson because you know all the drugs and shootings are happening there. There isn't one time I don't drive west on Wilson and not see a drug transactio or gang members just hanging out there in groups. They are right in the open in front of the Harold's Chicken doing their transactions or right across the street in front of Trueman college. I don't know why they aren't constantly dispersed away from there! I know Cops get a lot of bad press but there is plenty of good ones who truly do their job right and these are the one who should be placed there. Uptown appalledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350101363966073775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-61563279140479898412013-06-08T18:34:35.450-05:002013-06-08T18:34:35.450-05:00Americanlt,
Have you considered getting some Kevl...Americanlt,<br /><br />Have you considered getting some Kevlar for Mister Poochy?<br /><br />They have bulletproof book bags for schoolkids now so perhaps there is something out there for dogs.<br /><br />I'd hate to think of Mister Poochy catching a stray bullet as the two of you patrol Uptown in search of alcohol and or methadone related businesses to report here.<br /><br />Perhaps a small ballistic shield specially made for Mister Poochy.<br /><br />You can tell him he's training to be a SWAT dog to make him feel better about it.<br /><br />An Uptown without you and Mister Poochy patrolling would be like a hot weekend without a gangbanger getting shot. It just wouldn't feel right or "Uptown" enough.<br /><br />IrishPiratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339255909419333238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-89741810250810326082013-06-08T14:56:18.858-05:002013-06-08T14:56:18.858-05:00Uptown appallad, I've seen a cop on foot duty ...Uptown appallad, I've seen a cop on foot duty marching along Clark St. between Lawrence & Montrose. He seems to be on the safer side of Uptown.americanlthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338645866208360060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-5038197445267371072013-06-08T13:10:25.075-05:002013-06-08T13:10:25.075-05:00Just moments after a ridiculous amount of gunshots...Just moments after a ridiculous amount of gunshots, I saw a gold minivan stop at the racine and montrose intersection and two males, dressed black hoodies jumped in the side door. Someone, either in the van or the two getting into the van were yelling to hurry up. Then they sped off westbound on montrose. I called the police when I heard the gunshots, and reported seeing the minivan. I tried to get the license plate number off the van but was too far away. It all happened really fast.Wade Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649737977880462040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-76563948349194492442013-06-08T11:27:23.471-05:002013-06-08T11:27:23.471-05:00I thought there were suppose to have more Cops on ...I thought there were suppose to have more Cops on foot patrol along Wilson. I mean, we know that most of the shootings happened along that stretch from Broadway to Clark along Wilson so they should always have some officers permanently posted there. Just saying.Uptown appalledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350101363966073775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-19585024810033268802013-06-08T11:23:12.415-05:002013-06-08T11:23:12.415-05:00Any idea why this and other recent gang shooting f...Any idea why this and other recent gang shooting fail to make it into the television news? I can't speak for print news, perhaps the coverage is there.killerminpinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17326855314587952335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-22537047794765740552013-06-08T10:06:33.124-05:002013-06-08T10:06:33.124-05:00@ Lianna, you are 100% correct. You see it all the...@ Lianna, you are 100% correct. You see it all the time, full grown men coming in and out of these places. They need to get jobs and stop abusing the system.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062340516954732761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-36049401759699405232013-06-08T09:49:22.107-05:002013-06-08T09:49:22.107-05:00It looks like our good Ald. Cappleman is going to ...It looks like our good Ald. Cappleman is going to have his hands full this summer. I'm afraid to walk my dog past that Bermuda Triangle of crime that is Broadway/Wilson.americanlthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338645866208360060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-1547470845615189542013-06-08T09:25:15.466-05:002013-06-08T09:25:15.466-05:00Lianna, agreed. As the article states, CHA *was* ...Lianna, agreed. As the article states, CHA *was* trying to evict this particular family...and I understand that a paperwork error resulted in the whole eviction being tossed out by the presiding judge. Gee, thanks.<br /><br />In the meantime, we're left with the back-and-forth gang warfare. And something that didn't come up earlier was ANOTHER shooting a half-block east on Sunnyside, where a group of bangers shot at another guy who fled down the alley between Clifton and Racine, then down the "locked" sidewalk of the Voice building. One of our neighbors was in his garage and a work crew was at his building when it happened--scared sh*tless--and one of the bullets went through a wood fence and hit the brick garage at heart level. The bullet was found flattened next to the building. If one of the people in the building was right there, there could have been innocent bystanders killed. <br /><br />I get nasty comments about my "fixation" with the fencing installed around Truman College that keeps people from walking around the southeast corner of their parking structure (we were told that it was "too dangerous" to let people walk through that way), but when your alternatives to get from home to the Wilson Station or Aldi or Target consist of a) a life-threatening walk through a gang war zone, or b) a walk twice as long and more out of the way, you appreciate other alternatives that despite the judgment of people who don't know better, let you avoid the other two.<br /><br />Just sayin'. Wish us well, and pray for our safety.bear60640https://www.blogger.com/profile/04572732440461047198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-58201321292573055212013-06-08T06:38:41.498-05:002013-06-08T06:38:41.498-05:00The CHA needs to do a sweep of its tenants and fin...The CHA needs to do a sweep of its tenants and find out who's living there that shouldn't be living at these apartments. Normally, it starts with a mom or girlfriend who lets their boyfriend/son come live with them. A lot of these girls, whether they're working or not, going to school or whatever, have boyfriends who are gang members. They girls know it....the mom knows it. Sweep the apartments....who lives there? Anybody there that should not be -- evict the whole family.Liannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825878578990955489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-8004135746208539342013-06-07T22:50:59.495-05:002013-06-07T22:50:59.495-05:00"I saw a white Cadillac with a blue roof leav..."I saw a white Cadillac with a blue roof leaving the vicinity right after."<br /><br />That car isn't a gangbanger, it's the security guard that works the area.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com