CHICAGO HORROR – AT 11:46 A.M. ET:  Maybe the president of the United States should spend some time helping to save his native city, which is spiraling downward.  Don't hold your breath.  From the Chicago Tribune: 

At least 18 people have been shot, two fatally, in shootings across the city's Northwest, West and South sides since Friday morning.

One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Humboldt Park late Friday, one of three separate shootings in the neighborhood in less than 24 hours, police said.

The shooting happened about 10:50 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Springfield Avenue, said Officer Amina Greer, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.

The two men, ages 35 and 36, were inside a car on the block when a gunman approached on foot and fired shots, Greer said.

The two men drove themselves to Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center and were both later transported to John H. Stroger Hospital. The 36-year-old man was shot in the chest and later died from his wounds. Officials had not identified the man as of early Saturday.

The 35-year-old man was shot in the neck. His condition stabilized, police said.

In the most recent nonfatal shooting, a 25-year-old man was shot early Saturday in the 3200 block of West LeMoyne Street in Humboldt Park. The man walked into Norwegian American Hospital about 6:35 a.m., police said. He had been shot in his left calf and was expected to be treated and released, police said. The man is a documented gang member, police said.

COMMENT:  Hey, where's the "hands up, don't shoot" crowd?  Where's the "black lives matter" crowd?  I guess black lives don't matter unless they're useful to Al Sharpton's career. 

You may be sure that many of the victims reported above are innocent, minority people.  But who cares?  If a white cop looked at one of them the wrong way, that would be the story.

April 18, 2015