After Highland Park shooting, Chicago pastor calls for justice in violence-ridden South Side

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Published July 6, 2022 5:19pm EDT
After Highland Park shooting, Chicago pastor calls for justice in violence-ridden South Side
Chicago pastor wants his community to receive national support like Highland Park, Uvalde
By Lisa Bennatan , Jon Michael Raasch | Fox News

    CHICAGO – A pastor from the Windy City's South Side called for justice in his violence-ridden community after support from politicians poured into the nearby suburb of Highland Park following the July 4 mass shooting.

"This area in this community is definitely not a stranger to violence at all," TJ Grooms, a pastor at the New Beginnings Church, told Fox News. "There was a mass shooting here right behind me where five victims were shot, literally right behind me."

That July 4 shooting on the South Side was all too common, according to Grooms, who lives in a city that faced nearly 800 murders in 2021. The same day, a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, an affluent Chicago suburb, ultimately killing seven and injuring around 30, attracting nationwide attention.

The parade shooting prompted renewed calls for tighter gun-control from high-profile figures, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Grooms asked for "the same level of attention, the same level of concern, the same level of care that our politicians … give to an event like what we've seen in Highland [Park]. The same amount of justice that we desire to have in a city like Uvalde or in a city like Highland Park, we want that same level of concern, that same level of justice, that same level of care for a community like this here in the South Side of Chicago."

"It does not diminish anything that happened there, and it does not diminish the concern and the care that they deserve," Grooms continued. "It's just that we deserve that same level of care."

Shootings in Chicago raged over the long holiday weekend, killing at least 10 and leaving 62 injured, while 2021 marked the city's deadliest year in a quarter-century.

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[PeteS in CA]

Grooms asked for "the same level of attention, the same level of concern, the same level of care that our politicians … give to an event like what we've seen in Highland [Park]. The same amount of justice that we desire to have in a city like Uvalde or in a city like Highland Park, we want that same level of concern, that same level of justice, that same level of care for a community like this here in the South Side of Chicago."

"It does not diminish anything that happened there, and it does not diminish the concern and the care that they deserve," Grooms continued. "It's just that we deserve that same level of care."

Pastor Grooms, I agree. Please challenge the race-baiters, Prog pols, and Prog MSM who are ignoring your pain. And maybe persuade your community that helping police identify and apprehend murderers is necessary to make your neighborhood safer.

[Kamaji]

Pastor Grooms, I agree. Please challenge the race-baiters, Prog pols, and Prog MSM who are ignoring your pain. And maybe persuade your community that helping police identify and apprehend murderers is necessary to make your neighborhood safer.