Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 My friend is on holiday just now in Chicago, Schaumburg or something, its the next town over from this place, visiting relatives. They had planned to do a 4th July party etc. Heard from him and they didnt take the kids there but think just all the places are cancelling parties and parades etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 40 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: My friend is on holiday just now in Chicago, Schaumburg or something, its the next town over from this place, visiting relatives. They had planned to do a 4th July party etc. Heard from him and they didnt take the kids there but think just all the places are cancelling parties and parades etc. They are. The Mayor of Evanston's just been on the TV saying they're cancelling theirs so they're not going to have to use first responder resources that might be needed in Highland Park. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Americans shot celebrating Independence Day, their fates enabled by rules enacted by a bunch of slaveowners a few years later, and wildly misinterpreted 246 years later by the Supreme Court. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 And the band played. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Americans shot celebrating Independence Day, their fates enabled by rules enacted by a bunch of slaveowners a few years later, and wildly misinterpreted 246 years later by the Supreme Court. Seems to cover it accurately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Foetus = Safe Once born = Canon fodder 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Foetus = Safe Once born = Canon fodder That would be an ecumenical matter. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Just give it 5 mins. Chicago has several mass shootings each weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Just give it 5 mins. Chicago has several mass shootings each weekend. Highland Park is the suburban dream every American has been sold though, children allowed to play and cycle around the neighbourhood unsupervised, last drive by shooting was in 1844. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Highland Park is the suburban dream every American has been sold though, children allowed to play and cycle around the neighbourhood unsupervised, last drive by shooting was in 1844. That's only two and a half hours ago 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 What’s worst is that most Americans don’t give a f**k even if they hear about it and life will go on. “That’s sad”, “Bad stuff happens all the time” or “it’s irrelevant to me” attitude It’ll be plastered across the British news so people on here will be more interested that majority America. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 That's only two and a half hours agoThat's really good for America tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Suspect named as Robert Crimo III, still at large. A Bob Crimo ran for mayor of Highland Park a couple of years ago. Could be his son? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Suspect named as Robert Crimo III, still at large. A Bob Crimo ran for mayor of Highland Park a couple of years ago. Could be his son? True or not, he's getting the blame. https://www.facebook.com/Bobs.Deli.Sandwich/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Suspect named as Robert Crimo III, still at large. A Bob Crimo ran for mayor of Highland Park a couple of years ago. Could be his son? It is. NBC briefly broadcast some cops talking to a woman who was screaming hysterically in her front yard a couple hours back and Mrs Bob is the spit of that lady from her social media pics. ETA - he's been pulled in. Genius took the highway fleeing to Wisconsin and his car pinged at an electronic toll plaza. Edited July 4, 2022 by carpetmonster 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Apparently cops every 10 feet on the parade but none checking roofs. Many American cities have 50% of their budget go to police. Not sure they keep anyone safe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) Kids eh! Quote Nicolas Toledo, 76, didn’t want to attend the Highland Park July 4th parade, but his disabilities required that he be around someone full-time. And the family wasn’t going to skip the parade — even going so far as positioning chairs for a choice viewing spot at midnight the night before. Mr. Toledo was sitting in his wheelchair along the parade route, between his son and a nephew, when the bullets started flying. “We were all in shock,” Xochil Toledo, his granddaughter, said. “We thought it was part of the parade.” Then, she said, “We realized our grandfather was hit. We saw blood and everything splattered onto us.” Mr. Toledo suffered three gunshot wounds, killing him. His son and Ms. Toledo’s boyfriend were also shot, but their injuries were not life-threatening, the family said. He had moved back to Highland Park a few months ago from Mexico at the urging of family members. He had been struck by a car while walking in Highland Park a few years ago in a prior stint living with family, and had a range of medical issues resulting from that accident. “We brought him over here so he could have a better life,” Ms. Toledo said. “His sons wanted to take care of him and be more in his life, and then this tragedy happened.” Nicolas Toledo, 76, migrated between Mexico and the United States throughout his life, his family said. He was among those fatally shot in Highland Park. Ill., on Monday. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/07/04/us/highland-park-shooting-july-4-parade Edited July 5, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 11 hours ago, welshbairn said: Surreal stuff. f**k me that's mental. All that needed was the camera to be knocked over filming the people running away and that would be like a scene from a zombie or virus outbreak film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 The definition of radicalised Incel who's disappeared down the online rabbit hole. https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bobby-crimo-person-of-interest-in-highland-park-parade-massacre-is-rapper-with-creepy-videos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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