Sanctuary: Members of La Raza street gang identified as Chicago cop shooters

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Sanctuary: Members of La Raza street gang identified as Chicago cop shooters

    GOPUSA Staff Chicago Tribune May 8, 201711 comments



Members of a Hispanic street gang pointed to two of their own in last week’s shooting of two plainclothes Chicago police officers, information that led to the arrest of one man involved in the attack and the identification of a second suspect who remains at large, police officials said Sunday.

After officers tracked down some members of the La Raza street gang, the members acknowledged the seriousness of the Tuesday shooting of the two officers, who were driving in a covert Chicago Police Department van in the 4300 block of South Ashland Avenue when a passenger in a minivan traveling behind the officers opened fire with a military-style semi-automatic rifle.

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Editorial Board

Chicago police are used to facing the possibility of death every time they put on their badges. But it's safe to assume they paid special attention to the alert on police radio channels Monday advising them to "expect a heightened presence of Satan Disciples" in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side. The real news: "This gang is in possession of numerous military-style rifles that are capable of piercing police protection."

Shootings in Chicago, as in most places, are usually done with handguns, which have the advantage of being relatively inexpensive and easy to conceal. But in recent months, cops here have responded to a spate of gang shootings with long guns — typically, military-style semi-automatic rifles that propel bullets at a higher and more lethal velocity than pistols do.

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Editorial Board

Chicago police are used to facing the possibility of death every time they put on their badges. But it's safe to assume they paid special attention to the alert on police radio channels Monday advising them to "expect a heightened presence of Satan Disciples" in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side. The real news: "This gang is in possession of numerous military-style rifles that are capable of piercing police protection."

Shootings in Chicago, as in most places, are usually done with handguns, which have the advantage of being relatively inexpensive and easy to conceal. But in recent months, cops here have responded to a spate of gang shootings with long guns — typically, military-style semi-automatic rifles that propel bullets at a higher and more lethal velocity than pistols do.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-rifles-gangs-chicago-police-edit-0509-20170508-story.html

I'm wondering if sooner or later the state of Illinois and the people who run Chicago are going to have to face facts and post National Guard members on Chicago street corners permanently.
I've always thought it a disgrace that average citizens have to be afraid to walk down American city streets worrying about some thug assaulting or shooting them.

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