“We say black lives matter, but we’re here to say black baby lives matter more.”

Neighbors outraged as toddler, 3 teens killed in weekend violence: ‘This is a horrific Father’s Day. This 3-year-old baby lost his life.’

By Rosemary Sobol, Paige Fry, Jeremy Gorner, Jessica Villagomez and Morgan Greene

Chicago Tribune |

Religious leaders, supporters and members of the community gather on the 600 block of North Central Avenue to denounce the weekend's overnight violence, including the death of 3-year-old Mekhi James who was shot and killed the previous day on the same block 

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Say his name?  Mekhi James. I don't think he's going to get a golden casket or televised funeral...

At a Sunday news conference on the weekend violence, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown said at least 61 people had been shot in the city through Sunday, and as of Sunday morning, eight young people had been shot, four fatally. Brown, along with Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan, urged anyone with information on any of the cases to come forward.

“Good men throughout this city should be celebrating with their families on a beautiful day, but instead, a number of Chicagoans will be spending Father’s Day grieving the loss of their children,” Brown said.

Brown repeatedly called for keeping violent offenders in jail longer and revamping the home monitoring program.

“I put myself in that house, holding that little girl as she struggles to breathe,” Brown said. “I put myself in that hospital, clutching a baby with a bullet hole. Tears are a natural reaction to these tragic stories of violence. But we need to do more than just cry. Let’s keep violent offenders in jail longer. And let’s revamp the home monitoring program. It’s not working.”

Brown said he was thinking of residents in the affected communities.

“Bullets don’t just tear apart the things they strike,” Brown said. “Bullets also tear apart families. Bullets destroy neighborhoods, and they ruin any sense of safety in a community.”

Mekhi was riding in the back seat of a vehicle with his father, 27, who police say was the intended target, when they were shot about 6:30 p.m. in the 600 block of North Central Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood.

Two hours later, three teens were shot, including a 13-year-old girl who died, about five blocks from where Mekhi’s shooting happened. Two teenage boys were also killed Saturday inW the South Chicago neighborhood.

White Man can't fix that.
Been tried. (and tried and tried and tried and tried...)

Nevermind blaming 1619, the Black community needs to step up, end the street protests, and exercise the powers they already have, over their own. No one else can do it for you, or take your power away.  Don't let them sell newspapers and win prizes on the backs of these people's children...