Common Thread
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Tuesday bemoaned the fights that forced the United Center to close, canceling the championship game of a basketball league intended to keep teenagers off the streets in the summer.
The pandemonium — some captured on cellphone video — prevented neighborhood teams made up of players from two of Chicago’s top high school basketball teams — Orr Academy and Curie Metropolitan — from squaring off in a title game.
As upsetting to Emanuel and Johnson as the ugly scene outside the United Center was the fact that the league itself was supposed to provide a constructive alternative to the lure of gang activity.
That the showcase game would dissolve into fights and pandemonium that forced the United Center to close on Monday night and cancel the championship game was a cause for sadness for both men.
Rahm was sad? Special Ed was sad? Are these two completely ignorant of recent history? Like back in March:
- A brawl broke out in the concourse of the United Center after the McDonald’s All-American game on Wednesday. About a dozen people can be seeing fighting in a video provided to the Sun-Times.
The game organizers released the following statement:
“Naturally, we are disappointed by this kind of activity, which runs counter to the spirit of the McDonald’s All-American Games. But we are equally grateful to the United Center Security team and the Chicago Police for restoring order. We refer all further questions to the Chicago Police.”
The scientific evidence points to the common thread of basketball bringing out the violent side of the intemperate youth. Chicago must strive to ban basketball in all it's forms.
In fact, detectives are on the verge of connecting the recent mass car-jackings and car thefts to people (or folks) needing rides to basketball games. And the muggings/robberies in Boystown? Money for....basketball. Beach closures? Yep...basketball. Basketball is making Rahm and Special Ed sad.
In fact, detectives are on the verge of connecting the recent mass car-jackings and car thefts to people (or folks) needing rides to basketball games. And the muggings/robberies in Boystown? Money for....basketball. Beach closures? Yep...basketball. Basketball is making Rahm and Special Ed sad.
Labels: crime, sarcasm AND silliness
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
69 Comments:
Violence is all part of the deeply entrenched Amish subculture.
Now I'm sad.
I don't think the common denominator is basketball.
To bad so sad. Just another example of bad upbringing in the home and no father figure around. Definitely no respect for authority. BUT IT'S THE POLICE FAULT.
Can you say Monterey Security
I have no words for this. The lack of parental disciple and personal responsibility is to blame here. Shameful and disgusting.
Keep the kids off the streets in the summer.
Think this is the 50s?
You got kids facing off and testosterone pumping.
Basketball won't stop no shanks.
Rahm and Eddie sad? The author is writing for
morons who believe sports build character and
avoid crime.
Sad? See the Cook County Jail shrink.
Both men are sad? Haha. Yeah they're sad because they constantly push the idea to the public that the police need reforming and then these type of incidents happen and it shows the public who are the ones that need the reforming. It counters their agenda. The funny thing is that this type mob action shit happens all the time on the west side. And not limited to just basketball. School dismissals, dances, BBQs, etc. if the public only knew how much we deal with this behavior from the community.
Apparently basketball and drag racing are all the rage for scumbag gang bangers. Thanks Illinois for,fucking up even a family drag racing day out.
"Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Tuesday bemoaned the fights..."
So those two assholes still can't seem to figure out that conflict resolution absent any type of violence is never on the menu when there isn't an IQ north of 75 in a sea of JD and IR numbers.
You mean "the community" wasn't displaying Rahm's "Chicago values"?
200 or so future rocket surgeons funnin' - don't you dare call it a riot - in & outside a UC basketball game, but whatdya know? no arrests.
See crime IS going down in Chicago.
And they wonder why so many don't want section 8 in their neighborhood.
Good thing we here the NC incident to distract Chicago from our own 'home-grown terrorists.'
Lots of rage within these peoples about the soda tax...See what you caused Toni!
How could security allow Trump supporters to attack these fine members of the community?
A very noble display of Chicago's diversity.
We have that and finally Chicago police are doing their jobs we must finally have a supervisor that is doing the right thing and arresting these types for unlawful assembly make them all get permits to block the public way it must be handled finally the people that work want to go about their business without being disrupted by idiots like this:
Three arrested at anti-white supremacy protest
Three people were arrested during an anti-white supremacy protest Tuesday outside a North Side criminal court building, according to police.
About two dozen protesters, many wearing bandannas or masks covering their faces, gathered near the doors of a Cook County courthouse at 2452 W. Belmont Ave., where they held banners condemning white supremacy and chanted "Neo-Nazis go away! Racist, sexist, anti-gay!"
Organizer Sam Zakon, 25, of Chicago, said the anti-facist groups had come to protest a criminal hearing for a man they said had ties to far-right, white supremacist organizations. The man's attorney said he knew of no such ties between his client and the groups. Chicago police have also not charged the man, who could not be reached, with any crimes tied to racism.
The man's court hearing was moved up and held before the protest.
"It's shameful to base your identity on hatred," Zakon said at the rally. "We want to make sure these people know they are not wanted here in Chicago."
After about 90 minutes, the protesters took to the streets, briefly blocking the intersection of Clybourn and Western avenues. Police ordered the activists to return to the sidewalk, when an altercation between an officer and a masked protester broke out.
An attempt to arrest the man turned into a struggle between protesters, who hoped to free the man, and officers, who wrestled him away while shouting "Stop resisting!" An older man who was taken to the ground by officers during the tussle and also arrested.
A small group protesting white supremacists gathered at Cook County court building near Belmont and Western avenues on Tuesday.
Tensions bubbled up, again, when a confrontation broke out in front of an apparent TV van, which led to a third man taken to the ground by police.
Police eventually cleared the small group of demonstrators off the courthouse property and maintained a perimeter along its Western Avenue entrance. Some protesters complained that police were unnecessarily aggressive toward them.
As of Tuesday evening, police confirmed three protesters had been arrested and charges were pending.
The protest follows the recent racial demonstrations and violence in Charlottesville, Va., where 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. drove a car into a crowd of people protesting white supremacy, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. Fields is charged with second-degree murder.
wlee@chicagotribune.com
(OT) Definitely would bet if the dishonest media was not out there these morons we're not act out like their children that they are! We have had enough of this display of childish behavior by these groups that do not have permits and do not follow the law. God bless the police!
Real Chicago values on display-Nothing to see here move along.
My response to the original thread- Were you one of the useless 12th District bosses on scene at the United Center? Stay off the blog troll.
A.) Let these mystery "men" who sponsored this championship game come forward. Then we will know who is responsible for this fiasco.
B.) This was just a fight between two girls and some teen boys? Sure...and the E2 nightclub incident was just a dispute between a security guard and a DJ. There were simultaneous brawls in Sections 102 and 110 and by the fire exits. This then spread out onto Madison Ave and Parking Lot F with groups of 20-30 savages fighting. United Center security locked themselves in the security office and began yelling out orders over the radio while 12th Dist Tac were running around like a bunch of goofs.
C.) The biggest problem wasn't that it was recorded for the world to see. The biggest problem was teenage thugs from the Chicago Public Schools were invited as guests onto private property for a sports event and it turned into a prison brawl and ghetto grope-fest. And of course the CPD was unprepared yet again. This may be normal behavior to some but to most its a national embarrassment.
Nobody cars if it's white peoples fighting on the hockey ice at the united center! U all messed up for posting this.
The only thing they are sad about is that it made the news. All kinds of similar shit goes on all the time that never sees the light of day. No real news reporters anymore they only print what they are told to print the rest gets covered up.
NOW if i recall the United Center does not let POLICE into the building off duty with weapons.
BUT they hire police from Chicago to do security?
They do have a set of lock boxes that is watched by a Chicago Police officer you can use because the police just can't be trusted.
Anyone recall the lat time a shooting happened at an event and it was a police officer who lit the place up?
NOT one kid locked up great job my part time brother in not making a single arrest take the money and run.
So riots happen in the house that Jordan built and strong armed robberys during a game.
GREAT SECURITY DIRECTOR...
The twerp murder mayor should bring back the midnight basketball leagues, assuring the FEDS focus and media spotlight is off of him and the Daley criminal empire...
can rahm and eddie please pick out the alt left and alt right in that video.....
i'm a little confused
maybe mary mitchell can.....
stop the killing, give them a basketball
stop the drugs, give them basketball
you cant make this shit up
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Replace the words "United Center" with "International Amphitheater" and the same story played out in the 1960s. The demographics remain the same.
Are there more questions than answers regarding this incident?
I remember an episode of Leave It To Beaver where Wally, Lumpy, and Eddie Haskell's basketball team were playing a game against their cross-town rivals. Beaver, Larry Mondello, and their friends showed up at the gym and started squirt gunning the other fans. Pandemonium ensued. The principal got very angry and made Beaver's group mop up all the water.
Good Episode.
Rahm and Eddie are "sad" because the mayhem was widely circulated via social media and they were unable to get the media to bury it
Can you say Monterey Security
8/16/2017 12:52:00 AM
Monterey doesn't work in United Center.
It's a pity a TV couldn't provide live coverage of the 'event'. Would have provided excellent ratings! As 'sad' as Eddy and Rahm were I'd be laughing at least twice as hard at the entertainment. Even animal don't act this way towards each other. Where's j'Mal in all of this?!
Lets tell it like it is, carjackings, robberies, to be at the basketball game to brawl over what, shithead gang cultural bullshit. While we are attempting to tell it like it is, just look at what the police involvement was, just shy of Fetal and that's a good thing considering the political atmosphere. If this was 30yrs ago and I know it's not, there would have been crack heads, mass arrest's, and the political will to put an end to all of this nonsense.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Both men are sad? Haha. Yeah they're sad because they constantly push the idea to the public that the police need reforming and then these type of incidents happen and it shows the public who are the ones that need the reforming. It counters their agenda. The funny thing is that this type mob action shit happens all the time on the west side. And not limited to just basketball. School dismissals, dances, BBQs, etc. if the public only knew how much we deal with this behavior from the community.
8/16/2017 01:22:00 AM
They are "sad" wtf Eddie i can see rahm the ballerina with the "wedding dress" (whose dress was that rahms or amy's all bets are it is rahms. Eddie your before you gave up your "testicular fortitude" were such a real man,a tough guy with a big heart, now rahm has put "eddie in the corner" and Ed really it is pathetic and shameful!
On a more happy note this idiot just keep daring Trump and Sessions:
Rep. Luis Gutierrez arrested at White House DACA protest
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-luis-gutierrez-arrested-at-white-house-daca-protest/
Just hoping that the feds get here soon and show louie who is really in charge and that "law and order" are the only solutions to this criminal illegal invasion! Louie has been getting away with criminal acts for far to long, from the house tax to almost zero on his property, to his affiliation with the faln terrorist group that killed many in the USA!
Please Jeff Sessions send in the "good guys" we could help transport and would be proud to help,but could you also arrest the criminals shielding the invaders,next stop city hall/county building "all aboard!" that would be a great step in "making Chicago safe again!"
only if the heroic detail unit was there. Things would of been different. (Insert eye roll) would of been a great sight to see, a bunch of 60 year old bosses in carbines and helmets running around acting like they know what to do. Maybe the VIP officer for the secret parking would of taken some into custody too. Nah he is to busy smoking cigars
Let's see, had the Police jumped in to breakup the brawl the Media would've portrayed the the said brawl as a Police caused riot.They were kids that were just funnin they would say.
Inaction was the best reaction. Good job Officers. No one got stripped or a Cr#. The only ones that got hurt were the thugs.
I think this should result in a couple of payback shootings. Let the Herd thinning begin.
Ever see School dismissal on the west side? Like a battle scene from braveheart.well....you get my drift. The mayor and sup are sad? Why? No pressure on them to resign
Saw all the underserved, underprivileged, needy poor youths with their nice clothes, expensive shoes, jewelry and cellphones having a good time throwing punches, pulling hair and kicking each other at the game! Those are wonder examples of Chicago values, especially the m/1 that punched out the f/1 than someone else kicked her. They should have played the games at sabina's...... they had a sound bite of a female yout, who didn't seem happy when she said that, "they were doing it all on MY time!"
You can bet Reinsdorf didn't open the doors for free.
Chicago trying to develop old North Branch Finkl
Steel property. A commenter said why would new
developments move in to be a part of the tax quagmire.
(And failed City officials who are sad.)
Rahm, basketball will not save your ship.
(But you already know that, don't you?)
"Programs", "Activities", et. al things designed to keep kids away from the lure of gang activity will NEVER work.
The simple reason is:
LACK OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT in the child's life.
Unless and until the Dumbocrats figure out how to stop paying schmucks, scheisters, and bangers to have kids on the Taxpayer's dime, and instill GOOD FAMILY VALUES in their children, you're going to have a Lord of The Flies mentality in "The Community", and all these programs are a waste of fucking money.
Don't want to be in a gang? DON'T JOIN ASSHOLE. Go do something else. Go to the library and READ - anything and everything. Stay in school. Behave in class. Learn something. Graduate and go to college. Get the fuck out of the 'hood and never look back. Then raise your kids to do even better than you did - you know, like normal people do...
I've been listening to this bullshit about activities and programs for more than 40 years, it hasn't worked for that long - didn't work for long before that. How anyone thinks it'll work now, if we give it just "one more chance", I have no idea.
Hmmm,
Went to 15 Hawks home games musta missed all that at those
12:52am....they don't use Monterey Security. The have off duty cops and supplement them with other civilians they call "crowd managers." They've been running coppers out of there the past few years however to see how many of the civilians they can get away paying less and still have proper coverage for when something happens and basically don't want anyone putting hands the "guests." I saw the writing on the wall 4yrs ago and left, it used to be a great gig, think theres too much b.s. there now.
You would have to be a moron not to have figured out that that this would happen.
Another reference to the never ending cavalcade of robbery and mayhem aka the 019 shitshow ! Witness a shithead on Southport actually exit his vehicle and attempt to run after the intended prey. In this case the gazelle outran the cheeta... Unf@cking believeable !
I feel sorry for those would have to stand up and talk to the media and community groups saying how these events are good for the community and these events will help cut crime
They must be choking on their words and in the back of their minds saying "how can i be actually saying this. I must be looking and sounding like a fool
I've got $100 sayin someone will get shot at a basketball game this upcoming season.
And all of this while in Virginia people are fighting for equality
Acting up and resisting is a valued Democrat trait and tolerable rite of passage.
The flunky blue shirt responding patrolman is the problem not Sic n'tard Special Ed.
Did CAPS hand out vouchers for those who were kicked out of the UC?
There have been a few concerts that have been held where the audience has either erupted in violence or has facilitated the out break of many fights. What they have all had in common is that the performers and audiences are not just majority African American, but almost totally African American. Has NEVER happened with a white audience. Why? This is not racist. It is a fact. I just want to know why. Why, at least in Chicago, when certain events are held (not all events featuring black entertainers or athletes or with black audiences)with predominantly younger black audiences, is there a propensity for violence? Can't we look at this rationally and reasonably, without racism, and try to determine a cause so we can try and fix it and stop it from happening again? Can't we have a conversation based on the facts without it degenerating into racist hate speech.
And thank god Monteray does not do security at the UC or some peopel would have been badly hurt or killed.
Remember Midnight basketball in the eighties? I believe there were a few shootings that ended that gig
Any bets that the game organizers pack up and hold the tournament elsewhere next year?
--No Cop Here
George Washington Carver of course invented basketball. He would be saddened to see what has become of his once great game.
8/16/2017 06:22:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Lots of rage within these peoples about the soda tax...See what you caused Toni!
8/16/2017 06:25:00 AM
Wrong. No thrown bottles. They couldn't afford the bottles of pop because of the soda tax
Saw the tape, what security company has the red shirts?
Off topic ABC news just stated there is no evidence that crime is caused by illegal immigrants. Can anyone tell me if any of gangbangers in chicago are here illegally.
(OT) makes perfect sense:
Black people who were never slaves are fighting white people who were never Nazis over a confederate statue erected by democrats, because democrats can't stand their own history anymore and somehow it's Trumps fault? 🤔
They need a boxing program not bouncy ball.
You can bet Reinsdorf didn't open the doors for free.
No Rocky Wertz did.
It is a shame the "old crew" from the Chicago Stadium were not there to take charge.
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My response to the original thread- Were you one of the useless 12th District bosses on scene at the United Center? Stay off the blog troll.
A.) Let these mystery "men" who sponsored this championship game come forward. Then we will know who is responsible for this fiasco.
B.) This was just a fight between two girls and some teen boys? Sure...and the E2 nightclub incident was just a dispute between a security guard and a DJ. There were simultaneous brawls in Sections 102 and 110 and by the fire exits. This then spread out onto Madison Ave and Parking Lot F with groups of 20-30 savages fighting. United Center security locked themselves in the security office and began yelling out orders over the radio while 12th Dist Tac were running around like a bunch of goofs.
C.) The biggest problem wasn't that it was recorded for the world to see. The biggest problem was teenage thugs from the Chicago Public Schools were invited as guests onto private property for a sports event and it turned into a prison brawl and ghetto grope-fest. And of course the CPD was unprepared yet again. This may be normal behavior to some but to most its a national embarrassment.
Then who were all the red and gray shirts I saw in the lots and alongside the police breaking up fights. Then lined up along Madison as 12th district PO's and Tact stood in a bunch with their hands in their vest like a bunch of sitting ducks. The voice you heard was from your third watch Sgt. who was inside. No one took charge. All I got to say is Bubblehead where are you!!!
PS. The mystery men where from Crane.
That's a normal dismissal st Orr Manley Marshall Crane Westinghse Collins Farragut H.S.,at 2>3pm,West Side the side,10/1 send me some Cars Squad and a Wagon gang fights all over the schools.
Once all the Confederate monuments have been destroyed, these little dust-ups will be a distant memory. Or something like that.
Hmmm,
Went to 15 Hawks home games musta missed all that at those
8/16/2017 09:59:00 AM
Wondered why there are never reports of fights outside at a hockey game. On the ice, for sure. What is it about the crowd at a hockey game that does not fight or descend into mayhem but the crowd at a basketball game does?
It must be something obvious that I am overlooking.......
See it was basketball All the time! Fox 32 just reported it...
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/274255528-story
Saw the tape, what security company has the red shirt
Red, crowd managers Gray, off duty. AYS is security company.
This is exactly why I like hockey.
.......er...I mean....uhhh.
Is that racist?
I'll hang up and listen for my answer.
Ballerina can shed another tear for the children , another child gunned down playing basketball , at least it wasn't another 5 year old executed by drug enforcers . Hears an idea , a march to stop violence . Where are the disrupters against confederate statues , maybe they could come to Chicago , locate drug safe houses , drug dealers homes , drug corners and armed with boards ,gas ,wearing helmets take down the gangs , now that would be a good cause and police could stand by and watch .
Disrupters do not care about this , goal is to destroy America .
Bannon risigns : http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-white-house-chief-strategist/story?id=49295772
Last one to leave please turn off the lights.
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