Chicago's Gangbangers and their Enablers

Chicago Public Schools Student Deaths. Tribune photo essay. The numbers killed are up from last year. Most recently here.

Mom leaves kids outside Evanston bar.

Pizza delivery man beaten and robbed in Evanston condo courtyard. Neighbors are outraged and lend him a hand:

Besides contributing to the fund, neighbors plan to attend the court hearings of the two defendants as a show of support for Walker.

"We can't let the guys doing things the right way be taken advantage of by the guys doing things the wrong way," said Michele Hays, 41, who lives about a block from where the attack took place.

How about the legislature doing their part? The Cook County judges? Tribune editorial:

What the Supreme Court ultimately does in the Chicago case, though, won't matter much if lower courts refuse to be tough with criminals who are caught with guns.

A few years ago, Illinois legislators made a big deal about passing laws that said: If you break the law with a gun, you're a goner.

Why should any gangbanger believe that? Look at the case of Chicago Police Officer Alex Valadez, shot to death last week.

Kass here.

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