While their junior Senator jets around the world speaking to throngs of adoring fans in foreign nations and leaving Illinois half-unrepresented, the number of civilians shot and killed this summer in Chicago is double the number of soldiers over the same period in Iraq.
The South Side’s Englewood District, which includes the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods on the city’s South Side, fared the worst over the summer. A total of 14 people were shot dead there, and 48 were shot and wounded.
The next highest totals came in the Grand Crossing District, which includes the South Shore, Woodlawn, Park Manor and Grand Crossing neighborhoods on the South Side, 12 people were killed and 31 were injured.
Also hit severely by gun violence over the summer was the Ogden District – which includes the Near Southwest Side’s Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods – where 10 people were killed and six were injured.
The South Chicago District on the Southeast Side saw nine people killed and 11 injured, almost all concentrated in the South Chicago and Avalon Park neighborhoods at the north end of the district.
The West Side’s Austin District saw also saw nine people killed and 12 injured, while the Far South Side’s Calumet District – including the Roseland, Fernwood and Pullman neighborhoods – saw eight killed and 20 injured.
Perhaps an astute reader will point out the section of Chicago above that includes the 13th District where Obama gained his “experience.”
Explain the positive, permanent and transformative changes the community organizer and State Senator (“Present!”) brought about to his district. If you’re using something as a qualification to be President of the US, best if you did not totally fail at it.
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