Lawmakers want National Guard to handle violence in city :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State

Lawmakers want National Guard to handle violence in city :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State


After careful consideration, I say go for it.

Last night in the Austin neighborhood, a gang of rowdy teens ran amok blocking traffic, yelling, and screaming as if all sanity was taken from them. I'm sure many calls for law enforcement intervention were made. Yet, for nearly a half an hour, not one patrol car came. After the un-disciplined youths shattered someones car window, they quickly dispersed like roaches when lights are turned on. After the knuckleheads dispersed, I noticed about 10 patrol cars heading north on Central Avenue, about another half an hour later.

I thought about the camera police have installed on the corner of Madison and Central and surmised, they must have seen all this anarchy, the participants, and vehicles involved. This made myself reason, that may be why they did not respond to those calls from either 311, the "non-emergency" number, and 911, when those unruly clowns blocked traffic on a "Major Avenue".

Probably the saddest thing that occurred during this event, I saw not one parent, I say again, Not One Parent out there grabbing their idiotic children off the streets. It makes one wonder, have parents, or guardians given up?

So after careful consideration, I say go for it. This must end.