Comments about gang violence

There are 39 comments about "gang violence"

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

HP Teach: I have been a teacher in Humboldt Park for 10 years. I have seen improvements and setbacks. I have seen how the violence hurts the community. If the gang activity was minimized, the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

peaceangel: The violence today was in Londonderry, and police say it was unlikely to be sectarian, more like rival gangs, and possibly orchestrated by a social networking site...is that why facebook cannot be opened in northern......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

E$MONEY(1920 BABY 4EVA): I lived in 1920 for most of my life apt,209.My name is eric a.k.a(egg)and i've seen many people from that area fall from chidhood to adult.Caugt up in gangs,drugs,and life hardships.I'm not saying that im......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Bill: Saturday Nights in the Early Fortys. 7PM Start out at the Utica Pool Hall(132 Utica Av)for a few games with Mickey, Danny, George and Jimmy 8PM Pickup come Camels at Goldman's Candy Store (145 Utica Av) On......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Momma' Becky's daughter: Well, I actually Don't think that Hutchinson Is all THAT terrible... I mean, I know it's really not a whole lotta' fun, and there isn't much to do here... but the beauty of becoming an......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Polaco: I grew up with tanks rolling down the street, then at age 8 I lived in NY to see violence in different form, at age 11 moved to Chicago, same shit...When are we all gonna......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cristina : I'm a young, Puerto Rican girl who was born and some-what raised in Humboldt Park.(on spaulding & wabansia) I live in the southwest suburbs now, since all the gang-violence and poor public school system was......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

John: Well the reason from the sudden Crime wave and violence is because of the Muslim immigrant groups who migrated to Norway such as the pakistani gangs the Albanian gangs and the Moroccans who are all......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: there's a big difference between regular bike clubs and biker gangs like the hell's angels. you're doing normal bikers a big disservice by blurring that line. the hell's angels who moved into the......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Osloman20plus: I just want to say.. All in all, Oslo is still 'nothing' compared to larger and more international cities. But yeah, no doubt it has become worse over the last 15-20 years. But in fact,......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

pariah: Sometimes I wonder if the people defending Bushwick actually LIVE here. Gang violence (Bloods) is up, especially around Bushwick Houses (housing project). Streets are still covered in garbage. Car alarms because of break-ins still blaring nightly.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Børge: I don't think the fact that oslo is an expensive city has anything to do with the high crime number. It's also a fact that oslo is unique in norwegian matter. I live in the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: So sad, that some people really think that in order to achieve "respect", they must develop relationships with others based solely on the need to feel superior through violence. Meanwhile, the "loser" kids that they......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Lucky: I was recently in Chicago with my 17 year old daughter so she could visit a few colleges there. I had never been to Chicago nor had I ever heard of Cabrini Green. We stayed......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Gang violence, an apathetic, uncaring public, and a justice system more concerned with the rights of the defendant than those of the victim, these are all hallmarks of an advanced liberal society. If only Plato......

in response to: Injustice CASE... by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: Well, I have gotten some rest and have done a little catching up on what was posted here while I was away. I am coming to the realization here that no matter what somone posts,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dj Santi: Just wanted to say I have some pics of Humbodlt Park on my web site CHICAGOLATINDJS.COM. Things have calmed done since the 70's & 80's in HP. I lost alot of friends due to gangs violence......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

M, J (MP): Gangs shouldn't even be killing innocent lives. Everybody that lives in HP/ North side, South side, West side,& East side knows that it ain't easy to live in a huge enviornment where there's a lot......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

J.J. From a Puerto Rican brother: I'm not writing this to judge or criticize anyone. Just to try to open a little conscience on la raza Latina. Mi gente, how can you speak of love when you talk everyone else down.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: how did your friend pass away? why are you so interested in gangs? it seems to me that it's hard to respect and mourn the death of your friend if you're part of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ted357: Ya'll crazy to an extent. I'm moving to HP soon. I'm moving because I can't afford no other shit on the north side. I'm a white boy from the south side. Damn, I understand some......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Sharina: I used to live in the Humbolt Park area for most of my life in a Disciple neighborhood. I used to think the gang life was cool, but now that I've moved and matured I......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Confused to Nikki: Nikki - be worried, but also understand that the majority of folks in the neighborhood would wish this gang stuff would go away. Be worried but be smart, do not go out past 11. Get......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

seeking a future: My comments are gone as well.. Everyone is talking about how we should help each other well, several years ago I vowed to give back to my community, we purchased a building and rehabbed it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

seeking a future: My comments are gone as well.. Everyone is talking about how we should help each other well, several years ago I vowed to give back to my community, we purchased a building and rehabbed it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: To: YOur own worst...and Seekinga future... and everyone else out there... It's nice to see that there are some of us on the same page--I don't know if you'd call it hate,--we'll then again, yeah--there is a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Reality: To everyone that believes white people are living in Humboldt Park for the fun of it, get real. It is not by choice. Why would anyone choose to put themselves in an area of random......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

SadStateOfAffairs: Very sad but enlightening to read all of the threads. I too live in Humboldt Park and have seen the good and the bad. The first night in our new home, a girl got shot,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

insider: gangs = a contrived way to get black people to kill black people. plain enough. stop the violence, you fools....

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

Shady Girl: I'm a sixteen year old mexican that has lived all her life in Humbolt Park. I've seen and lived the violence of gangs and all that crap, but not everything in Humbolt Park is violence.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ColdChillin': I'm reserching gangs for my school project and I read a book called My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King which took place mostly in Humboldt Park, Chicago. So I ran across this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Pebbles: I was also born and raised in Humboldt Park. Yo soy una Puertoriquena y Cubana. Grew up on North Avenue and Maplewood. Seen a bunch of things go on but everyone knows the one rule......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti