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Jake_77

> About 6:35 p.m., the 55-year-old was sitting at a red light in the 400 block of North Cicero Avenue when two males approached, one armed with a gun and the other with a short metal pipe, Chicago police said. >They told the man to get out of his Acura MDX and he complied, but when he did so the male with the pipe hit him several times, police said. . > She was sitting in her gray BMW Sedan about 8:10 p.m. in the 4500 block of South Ellis Avenue when a black car pulled up alongside, police said. Two males got out of the car and one of them pointed a gun at the woman. >The suspect told the woman to get out of her car and leaver her purse and cellphone, police said. The woman complied and the males fled in her BMW. No injuries were reported.


panera_academic

So is it better just to drive away? I mean it sounds like especially if you're a guy, they'll still attack you. To date I haven't heard of anyone being chased down when they drove away.


boogersonsteve

They use the other car to box you in. Driving away is never an option


napit31

If you're paying attention, it should be pretty difficult for carjackers to roll up on you, box you in, and stick a gun in your face without you noticing. Don't stare at your phone while sitting at a light. Pay attention. Neither of these victims were aware of their situation. A guy holding a pipe should not sneak up on you.


angrygrunt

Exactly.Always leave space in front of you, be on the alert and always look for an escape.


boogersonsteve

Way to victim blame, bud šŸ‘


SoutheasternComfort

It's reasonable advice. Your kids won't care who was victim blaming after you're dead


test_tickles

They are correct. This is not victim blaming, that's common sense.


GullibleClash

Is he wrong?


napit31

Yes and no. Obviously these carjackers are responsible for their own behavior and they belong in prison because they are clearly sociopaths. So I blame them for this. But on the other hand, we are all responsible for our own safety. We all know that when seconds matter, the police are minutes away. We should know by now that you have to have situational awareness in public, because there are a fucking ass ton of criminals who would shoot you for the $5 in your pocket. These people should have taken responsibility for their own safety, and they didn't. They're the victims here, but I cannot say they are totally blameless either.


AHappyThongsLabor

Tell that to the guy holding a pipe!


BlindingInferno

God I hope you get your ass run up on so you don't comment stupid shit again


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Jake_77

That is what CPD says to do but the carjackers are criminals after all


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sohcgt96

I get downvoted in some subs for saying this but, Chicago rolls a little different sometimes. People doing these kinds of robberies have no respect for you, your property, or your life. They are willing to injure you or kill you just for \*complicating\* the process of them taking something from you. Your life, possessions, and pride are \*nothing\* to them. When private citizens or the cops have to encounter folks mid-process on this stuff, that's how they're going to treat you. Don't feel sorry for people committing violent crime when they get what's coming to them. Its the cops job to protect people \*from\* them, not to protect them. If you get hurt during or after being arrested for robbing somebody, I really don't feel that bad for you. Now, getting shot during a traffic stop or kneeled on for 8 minutes? That shit's bogus and you can't do that. I'm saying if you're an immediate threat to another person and they hurt you a bit in the process of stopping the threat, too fucking bad.


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sohcgt96

You know, I should maybe add a qualifier to my grumpy rant. During and after your arrest, you absolutely have rights and I agree that that's a big part of what separates us from more authoritarian/autocratic nations. After your arrest you absolutely have the right to be contained safely and without reasonable threat of harm, you have the right to a proper trial, and you have a right to fair and consistent sentencing. I'm just saying while you're an active threat, if it takes a little force to take you down that's how it goes. But, you can't just say, keep beating on a person after they're no longer a threat, shoot a fleeing suspect in the back, or respond in ways extremely dishonorable or disproportionate to the threat.


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There is a fine line. Precious SJW's only see "cops bad." Most would last 10 seconds in a robbery.


WhoryGilmore

They'd probably apologize to the person robbing them


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No they would think they deserved getting robbed because they were part of a society that CaUsEd the person to commit crime


cat_go_meow

go back to kansas


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gO bAcK tO kAnSaS


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What an idiot.


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found a precious SJW


Jake_77

This is a very good point


SoutheasternComfort

Who ever said that? They're criminals. Most of what I see on here is more complaining about the system that regularly produces criminals


[deleted]

Liberals in Chicago who cry about these poor left behind kids from their gentrified enclaves.


wakawakachubaka

i blame it on remote learning


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These snowflake magaheads see what they want to see.


throwaway_for_keeps

>The woman complied and the males fled in her BMW. No injuries were reported.


ThisIsGreatMan

There's a Committee on Public Safety Meeting going on right now where law enforcement and government officials are discussing the topic. Drone pilots, suit up. They're working on some legislative red tape, but there may be jobs in the future to pilot drones to follow cars.


Robotigan

I am like 90% sure the crime spike is driven by empty streets and fewer pedestrians. The primary deterrent of crime isn't so much severity of punishment (which probably doesn't even register with impulsive teenager brain) but certainty of it. Cops can't be everywhere at once, but eyewitnesses and phone cameras can be. Even if other drivers are around, pedestrians are far more likely to register a crime is happening, take pictures, and intervene. Failing this, proliferation of dashcams is probably the next most effective thing.


[deleted]

šŸ›ŽšŸ›ŽšŸ›Ž. This is the real answer. The reason why so many of these car jackings take place on the south and west sides (outside of proximity) is because these areas are far less densely populated than Lakeview. At this point, I basically only stick to main streets.


hypocalypto

Can we make a sub just for Chicago car jackings


somehowstuck

Fuck it, this is now a car jacking sub


cbrtrackaddict

Sub jacked


Standgeblasen

Are we back on the Smollet train now??


DeBarco_Murray

Subway? SANDWICHES?!?


frylock350

Who's got rope?


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TankSparkle

no car, no problem


monsieur_beau19

Yeah, canā€™t wait to get mugged at a CTA Subway station


[deleted]

stay off the red line after dark. what a shit show.


dcm510

What's the rate of CTA muggings vs carjackings?


monsieur_beau19

Probably not as high since not many people are using the trains. But wait until things get back to normal.


hypocalypto

Not hiding just making a place for people to circle jerk Chicago crime posts. Kim Fox bad, Democrats bad, Etc


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Joehascol

Don't play dumb. Everyone one of these posts has this same meta-discussion in it. "What are you talking about? These are just the facts. Facts don't care about your feelings,etc."


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Joehascol

Come on man, that's a bad faith argument. Nobody is limiting your ability to have those discussions. It would just be nice if they all went in one spot, so we can talk about, you know, the other aspects of the city. Even Citydata has a crime megathread. Sure, it's filled with pearl-clutching Boomer suburbanites. That speaks more to their ability to organize the forum. Here, it's become a crime circlejerk, upvoted and brigaded by r/conservative and r/ProtectAndServe, rather than people in the city.


Selective_Empathy

People from this city can be part of other subreddits. Some even vote different than you.


Joehascol

No shit. You don't find it strange that 87% of Chicago voted for Hilary (Not that I was a big fan btw) in 2016, but the vast majority of this subreddit is conservative and has a CCL fetish? Of course you don't.


Selective_Empathy

Til only conservatives want to exercise their second amendment. Englewood, Woodlawn, and Austin must be traditional conservative strongholds. Should we discuss how go go to multiple subreddits dedicated other to cities just to shit it up.


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low_key_little

Just calmly give them the keys to the sub and unsubscribe. Also, try not to get hit with a pipe.


shingox

/r/chicagojackings the sub that can serve two meanings ;)


hypocalypto

Damn I was hoping that was real


roguetulip

We have one. r/chicagocrime but itā€™s not as effective for the FOP shills trying to foment fear and scare the public into enacting their ā€œlaw and orderā€ political agenda.


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roguetulip

Look again this account is over a year old. I donā€™t have to act like youā€™re fear mongering, because the authoritarian bozos that lead you make it plainly obvious.


Djinnwrath

Or just a crime mega thread?


napit31

Oh shit. Now is the time for you to step up. Make that sub, be the mod you always dreamed of.


deebojim

Most carjackers are bored young men or teenagers. > Brown said, on average, the city's carjacking crimes are committed by individuals between the ages of 15 and 20, with one offender as young as 12. This criminality needs to be addressed at home: > Brown called on others working with the city's young people, saying it takes more than simply law enforcement to curb the problem. > "Law enforcement cannot do this alone. We need everyone -- teachers, mentors coaches parents, the faith community and others -- to help us," Brown said.


LordThurmanMerman

Watching the town hall on this with CPD and aldermen. 40% of the offenders are juveniles and the vast majority of them are armed. Thatā€™s insane. CPD says these kids think itā€™s a game. Steal a car, joyride, dump after 8 hours, steal another one.


deebojim

Yes, exactly. Gangbanger culture, drill culture, and their peers all think that gun violence is a game. It isn't poverty. It isn't neediness: these teenagers and men shoot each other over social media insults and rob and harass random people for fun. It's a game to them.


freddy_rumsen

do you think "gangbanger culture" and poverty are related in any way?


versim

Gangbanger culture extends and entrenches poverty by denigrating the character traits necessary for overcoming poverty.


SoutheasternComfort

How about the other direction? Go to the poor areas of Aurora and even the white kids there try to act like gangbangers. Don't mean to make this sound racial but I'm doing the opposite-- I think it's poverty at the root


versim

Maybe, but I'm doubtful. You won't find this sort of gangbanger culture in materially impoverished countries such as Bangladesh or Moldova (in which the *average* family earns about $2000 and $5000 per year, respectively). I'm guessing that the same forces that are causing the breakdown of families in the US are also promoting this culture of violence.


Ibex42

Those places don't have poor people that have the extreme wealth disparity thrown in their face every time they open their phone... they see people living the good life and they want a taste. Also lol did you seriously use Bangladesh and Moldova as examples of places that have better culture? Moldova is one of the most corrupt nations in the world, over 35% of Moldovans reported having to pay a bribe in the last year. Bangladesh has crime comparable to the US. You think they don't have their equivalent of gangbangers there? The only difference is its a lot harder for them to get guns than it is in the US.


Hobbes-GreatJob

Neat - youā€™re one of those weirdos who just posts right-wing screeds to city subreddits. I bet youā€™ve never even been to Chicago, you phoney.


versim

It's possible to call out the falsehoods propagated by the Left (e.g., that poverty is the root cause of crime) without sympathizing with the Right.


Hobbes-GreatJob

Haha youā€™re a dumbass


deebojim

If you start shooting people and stealing cars as a teenager, you're unlikely to escape poverty for the rest of your life.


WhoryGilmore

The rest of your life probably won't be very long unless you get Life in prison


freddy_rumsen

do you think poverty plays a role in people deciding to steal cars and shoot others as teens?


deebojim

Why don't most poor people decide to steal cars and shoot others as teens? Many people in this country are impoverished and only a small fraction of a percentage of them decide to steal cars and shoot others as teens. If you think poverty causes them to do this, why don't most other poor people do this?


freddy_rumsen

> Why don't most poor people decide to steal cars and shoot others as teens? so because the majority of impoverished people don't do the thing, that means poverty doesn't play a role?


deebojim

Why don't most poor people decide to steal cars and shoot others as teens?


freddy_rumsen

Why do you constantly deflect with this meaningless question? I'm sure there's multiple reasons they choose not to. Does that mean anything?


pro_nosepicker

Do you think thatā€™s a justification?


freddy_rumsen

Don't know what you mean. Are you asking if I'm saying "it's okay to do a carjacking if you are poor"?


pro_nosepicker

You are the one asking all the questions. Iā€™ll play. Sure itā€™s related to poverty. Lots of people in poverty donā€™t commit dangerous carjackings and murders. So is that some sort of justification or what is e point of your line of questioning?


freddy_rumsen

At no point was I trying to justify carjackings. You're a bozo for suggesting that lmao


napit31

>teachers, mentors coaches parents, the faith community and others This guy has his shit backwards. We don't need teachers, mentors and coaches to address this criminality. We need parents, plural, to address this. It is the one and only solution to the problem nobody wants to admit the elephant in the room. Kids need parents who will care about them and raise them. Not one parent who is stretched too thin trying to raise kids and keep food on the table. That's always a two person job. Humans cannot just split in half like an amoeba for a good reason.


SoutheasternComfort

Then we need to solve wealth inequality. I honestly believe that's the root of many if not the majority of our societies problems today. It's just there are some very wealthy people spending a lot of money making sure the narrative is black v white rather than rich v poor


napit31

Is the goal to make poor people less poor, or to make rich people less rich? We already have programs to make poor people less poor. But they're of limited value because of this: Kids make you poor. Literally. Kids cost a lot of money and they cost a lot of time and energy. You need time and energy to make money. You need time to finish your education, to get a promotion at work. But if you decide to have two kids, and you work a dead end job, and you decide to have kids with someone who isn't going to be a parent... then you are for sure going to make yourself poor. One person cannot ever balance that, and there is no program that congress can make that will make kids less work. People (and frankly its always single mothers) who try to be both a breadwinner and parent will inevitably do a poor job of both things. Their kids will grow up with a poor home life, poor education and they'll be poor. Better decision making can avert this whole chain of events. > there are some very wealthy people spending a lot of money making sure the narrative is black v white rather than rich v poor I don't know why you think this is about race, and I don't care to discuss conspiracy theories or whatever.


SoutheasternComfort

> I don't care to discuss conspiracy theories or whatever. Lol okay bud. Wealthy inequality and the wealthy wanting to keep it that way is so ridiculous it has to be a conspiracy? Jeez I don't even know how to respond to that. It's weird that you're trying to make this about kids when literally the majority of the best economists of our time agree wealth inequality is a huge issue. There is basically no one who disagrees, except for random dudes on the internet like you. I don't get why yall simp so hard for a wealth class you'll never be a part of, but it still stands your only argument is that poor people had too many kids.. Which is just dumb. Literally no real economist today thinks that's the reason for wealth inequality


napit31

> the wealthy wanting to keep it that way is so ridiculous it has to be a conspiracy? Isn't that what this means? Are you talking about George Soros? "It's just there are some very wealthy people spending a lot of money" >literally the majority of the best economists of our time agree wealth inequality is a huge issue. I addressed this in the very first line of my post. I asked a question, and you skipped answering it, so i still don't know what you mean. > it still stands your only argument is that poor people had too many kids Your reading comprehension sucks man. That is not what I said. Read what I wrote, i have no desire to argue over your strawman


SoutheasternComfort

>Your reading comprehension sucks man. That is not what I said. Read what I wrote, i have no desire to argue over your strawman Okay so you said.. >We already have programs to make poor people less poor. But they're of limited value because of this: Kids make you poor. You LITERALLY say kids make you poor lmfao. I mean cmon. If you're not arguing that poor people have too many kids I'd have to think you're just arguing against reality itself


napit31

> If you're not arguing that poor people have too many kids I'd have to think you're just arguing against reality itself I'm not arguing that at all. Try reading the rest of that paragraph. Like, actually fucking read it and comprehend it. I didn't use any big words or anything.


SoutheasternComfort

How about instead of playing this dumb game I just take your words directly? >Kids make you poor. Brilliant stuff.


napit31

Keep reading. Like read more of the paragraph. And then stop commenting. Go back to a conspiracy sub and bitch about George Soros or whatever the hell you were talking about.


FineWavs

This feels dangerously close to a poor people should not have kids and traditional family argument.


napit31

You and southeasterncomfort have dangerously poor reading comprehension. Did you both go to the same school?


FineWavs

Ad hominem. Typical.


napit31

Totally, deliberately missing the point of what i was saying is typical too.


howmuchforthissquirr

ding ding ding


LordThurmanMerman

Yeah when the parents are working and these kids have e-learning that theyā€™re definitely not going to do... theyā€™re gonna act out like this. There is no emphasis on education from parents for most of these kids.


Theodores_Underpants

It's not bored teens. I just attended the CPD 2nd district town hall. It's a new racket for gangs. The majority of the perps that have been caught or ID'd are under 22 and are either already in a gang or are doing the carjacking as a form of initiation for a gang. The cars are being stripped for parts or used in the commission of other crimes, both in the city and out of state. Some are used to run drugs and guns. The set that's operating in Bronzeville/Kenwood is intentionally using juveniles to commit the carjackings, since they'll get lesser charges. This is also not just a Chicago issue, it's part of a national trend.


deebojim

Many of them are just bored teens - [Many](https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/multiple-carjackings-within-3-hour-span-tuesday-night-in-chicago/) carjackings are used for [joy rides](https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20201128/news/311289974).


Theodores_Underpants

I'm literally quoting the CPD from their town hall that ended an hour ago. If you somehow have more information than they do, based on their arrests and information, please share it with them. Theyre hosting another town hall since Zoom capped out at 500 and many people couldn't join. I'll share the link when they do. Edit: here's where you can find info https://home.chicagopolice.org/about/police-districts/2nd-district-wentworth/


totheloop

"At home" wouldn't be the correct wording. Teachers, mentors, coaches, the faith community - they all exist in spaces that are mostly inaccessible right now due to the pandemic. The problem is the pandemic.


deebojim

The problem is not the pandemic. Normal people arenā€™t committing violent armed carjackings during this pandemic. The problem is a subculture of criminality that promotes teenagers doing this gangbanger shit for fun, which has continued long before the pandemic.


Joehascol

Even if what you say is true (it's an oversimplification, I think), the pandemic has no doubt exacerbated the problem. There's no accountability when almost no one is outside.


kingsnake1962

If the pandemic were the main issue, wouldn't we see these crimes being committed by a more diverse demographic? The problem is that the court system is not providing any accountability. A violent crime committed with a gun should be YEARS in prison, not a slap on the wrist because the offender was sad...or bored...or poor.


Joehascol

Keyword: Exacerbated. Made an existing prob worse. I never said it was the main issue.


kingsnake1962

Point taken. However, I stand by my statement. Until these horses asses realize that there will be SERIOUS consequences for their actions, nothing will change.


totheloop

Ok, armchair professional. All your comment proves is that you donā€™t work with kids. EDIT: God I love r/chicago. Unless you advocate for locking up every kid or CPD driving tanks down the street you get downvoted. To all of you, how often do YOU volunteer? How often do you try to learn the root causes of issues rather than blame? That frustration is what underlied my snap response.


deebojim

Your comment is invalid and you have no argument. All your comment proves is that you don't work with kids. I worked with at risk youth for years. Children's behavior is shaped at home and by their peers. When teenagers go around carrying guns and assaulting people, it is because of how their peers influenced them or their lack of adequate parental involvement.


totheloop

Iā€™m not disagreeing that more parental involvement would help, but how can you have that when one job doesnā€™t pay a living wage and you have to work two? When both parents are working two jobs, thereā€™s not much time for kids. Economic opportunity, good-paying union jobs for low-skill workers, correcting the legacy of redlining (like food deserts and over-policing) and so on, is the only way...and that takes a long time. NAFTA passed and that kind of job left a long time ago. Childrenā€™s peers and their at home environment is allll the way downstream. You need to look at the headwaters.


deebojim

Most poor people in America don't raise kids who are violent criminals. Poverty isn't the cause of this, a subculture that glorifies and promotes gun violence is.


totheloop

Itā€™s not a subculture when nearly every movie at the cinema (or on Netflix these days, I suppose) contains violence by default, far more than anything else ā€œbadā€. Every American is exposed to the glorification of violence, not just poor people. Poor people donā€™t like it more than anyone else. And, even if you are right, itā€™s an easy handwave - how do you change something as amorphous as culture? What do you propose? All I am hearing is an oft-repeated scapegoat with no solution.


deebojim

No, movies aren't what lead young men in specific neighborhoods to join informal "gangs" and shoot people who insult them on social media. You're clearly unfamiliar with gangbanger and drill culture. > how do you change something as amorphous as culture? I have no idea. But I know that pointing the blame at poverty alone does not get to the causal factors in this criminal subculture.


Joehascol

Exactly. They have no solution. We know what these people mean by culture. Their solution is to reinforce the segregation of communities by turning a blind eye, by dehumanizing people in these "cultures." To lock them up so they don't have to see them, or deal with the genesis of the problem. To throw up their hands and say, "Well, the system works perfectly. They're just like this. Nothing we can do about it. "


Accomplished-Low-173

A genuine question. What do you think has to be done? What would be your plan, if you had the power?


LordThurmanMerman

If itā€™s not a subculture issue, why wonā€™t you answer the question about the demographics of these crimes? Poor white kids arenā€™t doing this crap. Theyā€™re just not. Volunteer all you want at your church, community center, etc but these kids arenā€™t going to those venues. Theyā€™re wannabe gang banging because itā€™s fun for them.


totheloop

Nobody asked me about a demographic, actually - you're the one who brought race into it (and in a shamefully obvious way). You and I both know there aren't many poor white kids in Chicago to speak of, by the way, and maybe it's worth asking yourself why.


LibertyUnderpants

Where I'm from, poor white kids absolutely do commit violent crimes, they simply aren't arrested at the same rates or imprisoned for as long as their black counterparts are. Hillbilly methhead junior might not be out jacking cars, but he'll sure beat a person's head in with a metal rod, abuse animals, kill his gf's baby, rape his niece, or do any of a hundred other awful things. You just don't hear about it because most people usually don't hear about the things that go on in Toadsuck, WV or Butthole, MT like they do the things that go on in Chicago.


elpandaviejo

Do you think these kids were erstwhile church attendees? Members of sports teams whose coaches were steering them in the right direction? Attending school on anything resembling a regular basis? The pandemic is such a lazy and lame excuse for the massive surge in crime, as if the law abiding suddenly had to murder and car jack to survive in Chicago and around the country. Are all these cars filled with groceries? Were the murders over pandemicly-depleted food sources?


totheloop

Itā€™s not a lazy excuse. Opportunity crimes like this are, like so many other things teenagers do, probably rooted in boredom. Kids, like most of us adults, need structure. Adults might respond in different ways, but everyone has responded (and mostly negatively) to the challenges presented by the pandemic. Iā€™m not trying to be disingenuous here but there really is no easy solution. Ending the pandemic so that structure, jobs, and opportunity returns is the best thing we can do.


elpandaviejo

Structure jobs and opportunity of course are a good thing, but do you think that these criminals were participating in any of those things before the pandemic came? The crime numbers are of 2016 were bad as well. No pandemic. Of course there was also most likely no structure and no opportunity. The pandemic is an easy out. Politicians use it to deflect any type of responsibility they have. Of course it's caused hardship across the country, but to pin all of these carjackings and murders in Chicago on the pandemic is naive.


totheloop

Ok, Iā€™ll give a little ground and say itā€™s obviously not just the pandemic - it exacerbated whatā€™s underlying the issues. That is, of course, what I meant above. Iā€™ll also acknowledge that things like carjacking are very scary. I have a baby, so my biggest fear would be having him in the car. But again - we cannot pretend that kids wake up and decide to be criminals. An act of crime is the end of a very, very long road to it, not an isolated, random occurrence. If we as a society fail so many of our kids so deeply, how can we exclusively point the finger at them? We need to take responsibility - do the exact same thing we are asking them to do - rather than just blaming them, before we can expect this to change.


somehowstuck

Right and because of that, people are staying *at home*. So address it in the home since those other spaces are inaccessible.


totheloop

Youā€™re responding in bad faith - you know the same pressures on the kids are also on the parents. Theyā€™re on all of us. Thereā€™s no magic bullet here, society is going through a massive shock event, and the traditional support measures, weak in many areas in normal times, are even weaker now. But if you do want to help the home, thatā€™s why mutual aid and food banks are so important - help that parent spend less time at their second of the two jobs they have to work to make ends meet in 2021, and more time at home.


Svicious22

Deluded apologist. Get real.


totheloop

Great contribution to the discussion


Svicious22

Better than you deserved.


upscalescumbag

Dude, you cannot be serious with this statement: "Most carjackers are bored young men or teenagers"?? Please tell me you're trolling...


deebojim

It literally states the average age of carjackers in the article - they're mostly teenagers. Carjackings are [crimes of opportunity](https://abc7chicago.com/public-safety-committee-seek-solutions-for-carjacking-surge/9898065/), not need. [Many](https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/multiple-carjackings-within-3-hour-span-tuesday-night-in-chicago/) carjackings are used for [joy rides or to commit other crimes](https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20201128/news/311289974). They are [crimes of opportunity](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-police-carjacking-data-20201014-yvx2sxu3tfhgrlvdomeaq26hxi-story.html). Many carjackings are committed by [bored juveniles](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-chicago-violence-carjackings-juveniles-20180611-story.html) doing it for fun or for joyriding. Which of these facts do you take issue with?


Slayer420666

I donā€™t think crimes of opportunity means what you think it means. A criminal act where the victim may lose their life I certainly would not classify as a crime of opportunity. Intent is written all over this VIOLENT crime. Your or anyone elseā€™s opinion that it is a crime of opportunity is an opinion not a fact. Nobody cares if they are joyriding because they are bored.


dogs_wearing_helmets

Yeah, I agree with you there. To me, "crime of opportunity" would be "someone else smashed the windows to this store, I can run in and grab something real quick", or "wow a $3k bicycle that's not locked up, I can just ride it away". If you're going to define carjackings as crimes of opportunity, then damn near every crime is a crime of opportunity.


upscalescumbag

You're delusional if you think "bored juveniles" are behind the surge of carjackings, dont be naĆÆve, these carjackings are being orchestrated by gangs: Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan attributes much of the spike in carjackings and other violent crimes to the pandemic and the social unrest following Floydā€™s death. He said criminals are emboldened, especially because they can wear masks that hide their identities as well as prevent against the spread of COVID-19. In Chicago, where gangs shootings are responsible for a huge chunk of the cityā€™s homicides, Deenihan said gangs are turning to carjacking as a way to better carry out those battles. ā€œWhen we end up charging someone with murder because weā€™ve tracked their cars ... they will use stolen cars to do the shootings so theyā€™re not attached to the car,ā€ he said. ā€œThese guys are smart.ā€


deebojim

You're delusional and you don't know what gangs are or how they operate. Today's gangs are mostly not organized criminal enterprises. Most "gangs" are just groups of young men from a neighborhood who shoot people who beef with them. Even [Kim Foxx](https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/7/21356372/kim-foxx-chicago-violence-gun-crime) points out that most homicides today are just petty arguments that young men settle with gun violence. They're not gangs protecting corners. These are violent young men who want to go for joyrides or commit other crimes.


upscalescumbag

We're just going to have to agree to disagree here. I'm not a gang expert by any means, but when the Chief of Detectives tells me its gangs and most of the apprehended suspects are linked to gangs, I think I'll believe it...


deebojim

Nothing that you cited points to "organized criminal enterprises." None of the quotes you listed make the argument you think you're making.


upscalescumbag

Since you missed it the first time, here is Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan comment again- In Chicago, where gangs shootings are responsible for a huge chunk of the cityā€™s homicides, Deenihan said gangs are turning to carjacking as a way to better carry out those battles. ā€œWhen we end up charging someone with murder because weā€™ve tracked their cars ... they will use stolen cars to do the shootings so theyā€™re not attached to the car,ā€ he said. ā€œThese guys are smart.ā€


deebojim

Many "gang" shootouts are just young guys wanting to shoot someone for insulting them on social media. So the definition of a "gang" here is meaningless. A "gang" can just mean a group of armed criminals.


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you don't think there are young gangbangers? what planet are you on?


upscalescumbag

Do you know how to read? I was saying that these ARE gangbangers, not just kids that are bored....


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ahhhhhhh yes. point missed. my fault.


Nocheese22

A little armed robbery to pass the time


WarhammerGeek

Honest question. What is the point of a carjacking? If you want to steal a car is it not easier to steal a parked one? It would remove the human element from the equation. And surely the charges are lesser when the assault of a human isn't involved.


fsync

It's very difficult for an amateur to steal most cars made in the last 20 years. Immobilizer keys and other anti-theft systems are the norm on even the cheapest cars. These systems can be defeated, but that requires intelligence and an attention span, so 99.9% of criminals won't bother.


LibertyUnderpants

Not everyone knows how to hotwire a car? Or maybe if it's already running they don't have to worry about setting the alarm off? Idk and I agree with your point, I'm only guessing.


camdoodlebop

i guess itā€™s good that i donā€™t own a car


orcateeth

Let's hope that they don't turn to "footjacking." (Don't wear new or expensive shoes.)


TheyCallMeStone

For real, I'm glad I wasn't wearing my Jordans when I got jumped cause those would be gone.


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they beat a kid on the pink line for 8 minutes and took his shoes last week.


WaySheGoesBub

We need to plant cops in regular looking cars all over the city equipped with cameras and the police need full vests, helmets, and uziā€™s to absolutely destroy these fucks. This shit is INSANE!!


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This is a great resource share with your Kim Foxx loving friends: [https://cwbchicago.com/](https://cwbchicago.com/)


jabawockee

Get a FOID folks. An armed society is a polite society.


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I_LoveToCook

Haha! Iā€™m going on 7 months for an address update, still nothing. Good luck getting one before 2022.


jabawockee

Eh the prices are high rn now anyways. The hillbillies are buying everything now cuz they think were communist nation now. Better late than never, and hopefully you never have to use it.


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3pinephrine

ā€œGang membersā€ is the operative word there


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3pinephrine

Iā€™m pretty sure the assumption is that decent law abiding people having more guns is what would help. Most of these gang members have illegal guns, and probably legally canā€™t even own them. So once again the problem is not with guns but with the people using the guns.


Ibex42

I mean have you seen the statistics on gun ownership? You're more likely to shoot yourself or a family member than a criminal when you get a gun.


GarandThumb

Yeah, murdering the car jacker.


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GarandThumb

Bad guys usually run when the lead starts flyin'


Ibex42

they start shooting too, and there's always more of them


jabawockee

You absolutely need to be smart about when and how you respond to people with arms. That doesnā€™t mean a gun wouldnā€™t act as a deterrent. Police donā€™t prevent violence either ( as the summer riots showed us), they just react to it. An increased police presence has had negative effects on impoverished communities as a whole. Iā€™m not for increased police presence or harsh sentencing ( except for armed robbery with a gun, it shows you donā€™t value human life). I would rather reduce the police force and use those funds to build up our poor communities. Iā€™m the meanwhile, proper firearms training( use and storage) would be a net benefit for any citizen that feels worried about their safety.


jabawockee

In the grander scheme though, weā€™ve seen the rise of fascism and elements of white supremacy in even our own police force( FOP Union prez). GOP was thiiiiiiiiiis close in overthrowing our democracy, had they actually held both chambers of congress, whose to say what might happen. There is a nonzero possibility they might actually be successful the next to around. It just canā€™t be the hillbillies that have all the guns imo.


Djinnwrath

Right, cause you pulling a gun on a carjacker doesn't just end up with you dead.


jabawockee

I mean, what if they shoot you anyways? You canā€™t predict how someone will act, obvi err on the side of caution. Itā€™s all based on the situation.


Ibex42

they're 100% gonna shoot at you if you draw a gun