CeaseFire Whines Some More
They were the only thing keeping the streets safe don't you know?
- An outside review of the Chicago-based anti-violence group CeaseFire found that the program—which lost its state funding—has led to "distinct and statistically significant declines" in violence in neighborhoods across the city.
Shootings dropped between 17 percent and 24 percent in the areas studied, the report found.
No word on any other influences on the rate of violence falling - like massive redeployments and such that shortchange one neighborhood at the expense of others. And let's not lose sight of why CeaseFire was de-funded last year:
- CeaseFire was criticized last year in a report by the Illinois auditor's office for not effectively keeping track of millions of dollars.
$6 million in cash pretty much just turned over to "ex" gang bangers who claimed to be able to keep shootings down and retaliatory killings to a minimum. No accounting whatsoever. A typical government program in other words.
posted by SCC at 12:16 AM
46 Comments:
Who are the officers of "CeaseFire"
The Gds pretty much control Ceasefire
just for information scc and the many others listening... I worked in gangs south during the late 80s and 90s and one of our targets that was in the penn from 88 to 99 was suddenly a member of cease fire while on parole. word from a c.i and bank records showed that the "reformed" member of the gangster disciples was pulling in an exorbitant amount of usc from project cease fire. the "project" has direct links to the gangster disciples such as its founding members. the entire thing was a front from the beginning. the above gangster disciple who was part of and led many marches on the south side for cease fire was put back in the pennetentary because he was caught with a .25 cal handgun and 37grams of crack at 76th and emerald.... just goes to show you the quality of people leading the program
Most of the people marching have their kids getting arrested for violence. It stats at home.
Thanks for mentioning this. I hope with millions in tax payers money missing or not accounted for, somebody goes to jail. I bet a lot of this money went to gangs, gang members and maybe even weapons and firearms.
Time to bring this to the grand jury.
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"outside review of the Chicago-based anti-violence group"
Get a clue here SCC, the accountability or lack thereof is by design. Of the 6million funding you can GUARANTEE 5,500,000 is kicked back to Daley & his Chicagorillas.
Yawn, Business as usual...
How much of that got kicked back to the Little Dick so he could apply some of it to the feds salary and rest of it in his pocket.
Since regular folks can't own assault style weapons in Chicago, why should the police have them? Rules are rules. No one, not even the police should be above them.
All I saw was bumper stickers.
Shavedlongcock, I was just about to punch in the letters to your blog site, when I stopped and said to myself, what if my girlfriend checked my latest searches on this computer and saw that. She might begin to wonder. In fact I'm wondering about you.
I had to post this over on the Trib. too since they have an article about Ceasefire today. The night before the double homicide at 3346 Potomac, m/4 was on there talking about the peace they bring to the neighborhood and showed him in the gym in Humboldt Park. The day of the double, he is out there with the rest of the Kings erecting a memorial. Don't know what's up with the memorial since 1400 was trying to get some PO's to go out there and take it down.
Money is put the "general fund", Daley's personal bank account. Typical, no accountabilty.
Check last Sunday's (May 4, 2008) cover story in the New York Times magazine. Ten pages on "CEASEFIRE" in Chicago.
(vomit)
Since these fuckers aren't getting the free cash they want to continue their criminal enterprise, they hit the media with the bullshit angle that it was THEM who stopped the violence. In a not so subtle way, these fucks are already putting themselves up to be gangsters right in front of the press, but apparently no one sees it. These fuckers are telling the press POINT BLANK "PAY US OR THE VIOLENCE IS GOING TO CONTINUE". So what the fuck is that the definition of, yah, a fucking shakedown by proven GANGSTERS with the pathetic cover of being "LEGIT".
Anonymous said...
"outside review of the Chicago-based anti-violence group"
Get a clue here SCC, the accountability or lack thereof is by design. Of the 6million funding you can GUARANTEE 5,500,000 is kicked back to Daley & his Chicagorillas.
Yawn, Business as usual...
5/10/2008 07:07:00 AM
You are a true Chicagoan. I commend you.
I will only fund "Open fire".
Anonymous said...
Since regular folks can't own assault style weapons in Chicago, why should the police have them? Rules are rules. No one, not even the police should be above them.
5/10/2008 07:24:00 AM
He who makes the law...breaks the law.
Did they forget how Ceasefire cannot account for millions of dollars in missing funds? I wonder where they went. Gee ya think some shithead GD or "ex-offender" pocketed some govt cash. Wouldn't be the first time..
Since regular folks can't own assault style weapons in Chicago, why should the police have them? Rules are rules. No one, not even the police should be above them
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Good idea, lets also get rid of our pistols, tasers, and vests!!! After all, regular folks can't have those either!!! No more speeding or running red lights to go to calls. Hey, tell the military to get rid of all their weaponry!!! Regular folk can't have all that stuff either!!! Rules are rules!!!
Dumbass.
Has anyone actually read the original report or are we just accepting CeaseFire's interpretation of it? I'm going to guess that CF is reading it a bit more favorably that it actually is.
I still like the idea someone posted a couple weeks ago. Why not use these CeaseFire people to create the nucleus of the new VMA - Violence Management Authority. Give 'em red vests and flashlights
This would free up valuable police resources and manhours from being tied down on routine homicides. Cheaper too!
"CeaseFire" is another liberal crock of shit conceived under the auspices of one Gary Slutkin.
Slutkin contends that violent crime is a virus much like AIDS which must be snuffed out by the intervention of ex-cons and gang bangers whom he refers to as "violence interrupters".
Just another way for the Dems to toss our tax dollars down into the abyss--another bottomless rathole.
7:24 AM
You are such a dumbfuck. Whether we like it or not, there are evil criminals running around with assault rifles who couldn't care less about mass murder or any lesser laws.
Using your convoluted logic, who should we call if a madman starts opening fire with an AK-47 at Pearson and Michigan on a Saturday afternoon?
Not the police according to your dementia. Remember. The police should not have assault weapons.
A full lobotomy may prove helpful in your case.
A government program that WE pay for. CeaseFire is nothing but a gang. Most of them are still active bangers and offenders. Just because they allegedly keep the shorties in line doesn't warrant giving them millions. That money is going in someone's pocket.
just for information scc and the many others listening... I worked in gangs south during the late 80s and 90s and one of our targets that was in the penn from 88 to 99 was suddenly a member of cease fire while on parole. word from a c.i and bank records showed that the "reformed" member of the gangster disciples was pulling in an exorbitant amount of usc from project cease fire. the "project" has direct links to the gangster disciples such as its founding members. the entire thing was a front from the beginning. the above gangster disciple who was part of and led many marches on the south side for cease fire was put back in the pennetentary because he was caught with a .25 cal handgun and 37grams of crack at 76th and emerald.... just goes to show you the quality of people leading the program
5/10/2008 03:27:00 AM
We isn't the media exploring that? I can tell you for sure that I work
with active gangbangers whose only source of real income is from CeaseFire. It's all I can do from not smashing them in the face. That's my tax dollars at work while I struggle to pay Catholic high school and college tuition. What the fuuuuuu?
Isn't it just amazing that CeaseFire receives all the credit for keeping the violence down and what do we get.......Law Suits, No Contract and nothing but Grief!
This has become a thankless job!
For 3 million I'll get shootings down 17.5%
Since regular folks can't own assault style weapons in Chicago, why should the police have them? Rules are rules. No one, not even the police should be above them.
5/10/2008 07:24:00 AM
You are a fucking imbecile. Because the police are law enforcement officers you moron. And I'm not a cop, either. People like you are what's wrong with everything today.
You're not even smart enough to know how stupid you are.
SEN. ricky" the pork" hendon wants to waste more of Illinois tax dollars that don't exist.. 150 $$$ Million for jobs and Blago's CeaseFire ..wonder how will get "lost " in the transaction ??
CEASE FIRE is a typical democrat answer to problems. Throw tax money at it and it will go away (And we'll clean up in the process)
Hundreds upon hundreds of thousand of dollars dumped down another Daley Crime Family sewer.
Thugs pocketing the scraps left after the Daley Crime family stuffs their own pockets.
Keep voting democRAT
"Is Urban Violence a Virus?"
The cover story about CeaseFire in last Sunday's NY Times.
SEN. ricky" the pork" hendon wants to waste more of Illinois tax dollars that don't exist.. 150 $$$ Million for jobs and Blago's CeaseFire ..wonder how will get "lost " in the transaction ??
5/10/2008 07:07:00 PM
You mean Ricky "they pimpin'" Hendon don't you? OMG, this is the level of mentality of our government now.
Oh, and don't forget Mr. William "Don't You Own A Suit" Beavers...uh, no, not all of us want to look like Super Fly Mr. Beavers.
You mean "Hog Balls" Beavers?
And there is a senate bill requesting 12 million for shit fire for next year. Wanna bet they get it?
cease fire is a crooked corrupt organization that lines the pockets of "civic leaders". No wonder they were pissed when their pay checks got dumped. Cease fire did not prevent a single death. Cease fire needs to rot. Why do these "reverends" need money to reach out to thier own community? Why should my taxes go up when there are none of these problems in my community? Fuck cease fire!
Gary Slutkin
Is that his real name or his mother's maiden name?
I'd laugh my ass off if guns were being purchased for gangs through the ceasefire progscam.
you know what kills me about ceasefire? i work in 007 and i have only seen them once in the district and that was years ago. aare you kidding me?
This reaks like the CVLs of the 60's. The CVLs apply for grant money by the help of a dumbass liberal through the federal government and get a million dollars. Lo and behold money is unaccounted for and the CVL become the best armed gang in Chicago to maintain their hold on the drug trade. So fast forward and now the GDs have taken a page out of the CVLs playbook. The GD's are the best armed and trying to maintain their criminal enterprise through cease fire. I guess they don't want to mess wiht the federal government and just stay local less heat and more corruption. I also have ran into some of these cease fire sh@t bags i locked up two so far.one for DOPW in the killah ward while he was holding court with the shorties. He told me that he worked for cease fire and that if he went to jail he wouldn't be able to stop the killing. Let's just say no one was shot that day. So whats up cease fire. I wish I could drink on the job and get paid.
Anonymous said...
And there is a senate bill requesting 12 million for shit fire for next year. Wanna bet they get it?
5/10/2008 11:53:00 PM
Would that not be the dumocrat voting block? and osmaa obamas peoples?
Since regular folks can't own assault style weapons in Chicago, why should the police have them? Rules are rules. No one, not even the police should be above them.
5/10/2008 07:24:00 AM
Police are not above the law. They perform a function which demands they be allowed certain extraordinary powers over and above rules for "regular folks." But in our narcissistic society, liberals cannot stand that ANYONE has POWER over anyone else so they are busy dismantling the law enforcement function.
It is illegal for an improperly licensed person to call themselves a surgeon and perform brain surgeries on people. "Regular folks" cannot pass themselves off as medical doctors. According to your argument, doctors should not be able to wield a scalpel either because rules are rules, and no one should be above them.
I'm sure you can now see the weakness in your argument.
the post at 5/10/2008 07:24:00 AM is bait------ignore it
14 years in Rogers Park. Saw Cease Fire once, four years ago
Ask Risley, he used to privately brief Cease Fire once a week at 35th & Michigan and give them the weekly packages from the DOC.
The money that was given to Ceasefire was given to other non-profits. That's right, anyone who had an organization that wanted to participate in stopping the violence could submit a proposal and get monies to help their organization join the fight to combat violence. State Sen Ricky Hendon has meetings every Monday and any group or organization can attend the meetings and find out how to appply for state grants and funding. I do not know why Mayor Daley came on TV pretending to be stupid, he knows where the money taken from Ceasefire went and Ceasefire was not doing anything but lining their own pockets. That's why the money was taken from them and given to someone else. Again, stop complaining and get busy and see what you can do to stop the violence.
"the post at 5/10/2008 07:24:00 AM is bait------ignore it
5/11/2008 07:38:00 PM"
What post?
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