Colin Flaherty reviews and gives commentary on news with headlines "Memorial Day weekend in Chicago: 7 killed, 32 wounded by gunfire" and "Police try to keep peace downtown, along lake by 'directing' large groups of troublesome teens to express trains"
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-memorial-day-crime-chicago-20180528-story.html
Jeremy Gorner and Paige Fry
May 29, 2018 8:20 am
At least seven people were killed and 32 others were wounded by gunfire in Chicago over the sweltering Memorial Day weekend as more than 1,000 extra police officers patrolled the streets, beaches and parks.
This year’s Memorial Day weekend was less violent than last year, when 45 people were shot, 7 of them killed, according to data kept by the Tribune. Seventy-one people were shot, six fatally, over the same weekend in 2016 — one of the most violent Memorial Day weekends in years.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-downtown-teens-20180529-story.html
Peter Nickeas Chicago Tribune May 30, 2018 8:30am
The teens, numbering more than 100 and some deemed "borderline criminal" by police, were first steered onto Red Line trains that ran express from the Gold Coast to the South Side. Then they were chased from 31st Street Beach and began running through traffic on King Drive.
