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Bolton Strid wrote:Cops: 1 dead, dozens displaced in string of arsons in Heart of Chicago
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... story.html

"A man was killed and about two dozen people were driven from their home in a string of fires set within blocks of each other in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood early Friday, police and fire officials said.

At least seven separate fires were reported around 3 a.m., apparently set in alley trash cans that spread to garages and at least one home in the South Side neighborhood, according to officials."

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"Ocampo’s mother, Sandra Ocampo, said she was woken up by a noise that sounded like fireworks. She thought it was part of a celebration for Mexican Independence Day until she got out of bed and saw police in the neighborhood.

As she watched firefighters, she was amazed. “How many engines are here?” she said. “My God.”

She has lived in the neighborhood since the 1970s and remembers when vehicles would sometimes be set on fire in the alleys. She thought that was the case early Friday until she saw the apartment building down the street on fire."


Am wondering when the UN peacekeepers are finally going to be sent in - Yes? No? Maybe?

Abraham wrote:I can't imagine such a thing happening in Texas.

The sheer audacity of an individual thinking he/she can force you to vote for their 'fill in the blank' person or issue.

I can see me and other Texans telling an individual with this much chutzpah to take a flying leap...

That said, how did such a thing as a, gag, 'precinct captain', (the name alone annoys me) ever evolve with Americans? "Precinct captain" reminds me of the mafia 'capo di tutti capi' or some such... Are the residents of Chicago some sort of serfs who must obey? Have they so little dignity or courage to stand up to this sort of medieval nonsense?

I can just see some doofus coming to my door and claim he's the neighborhood " precinct captain" and me telling him - My lawn, get off it...