WOW, lots of blood in Chicago-stan..., Mayor Daley, blames the victims [View All]

Warm weather in Chicago equals 15 wounded and 7 killed in 12 hours...

......Chicago police officers are well aware of the shortage of manpower and believe that without more officers, this shooting spree is only going to escalate. ........

Since Thursday night, Chicago police say at least 32 people have been shot. Out of all those gunfire victims, at least eight people have died.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley talked Saturday about the ongoing problem and how it could be solved.
A sunny spring Saturday on one block in the Roseland neighborhood was interrupted by gunfire. A 28-year-old man is in critical condition and a 27-year-old woman is in stable condition. That woman's aunt stared at the crime scene in anger later in day and expressed concern for the rash of deadly violence in the city.

"It's the officials in office. They are not doing anything. They collect our tax money. They do what they want to do, not what we need," said aunt Regina McKinney. "Safety."

The mayor says he is happy with the police response.

"What can they do? If you shoot somebody, they come to it. They ask the victim; they say, 'I don't know who did it.' They ask the community; they say, 'I don't know who did it.' They can't rouse them out of their house and on the street," Daley said.

"It is up to people to take responsibility. We can blame the Chicago police all you want, but look at the mirror and say, 'What are you doing?'" Mayor Daley said.

Some community leaders say they might be heading down to Springfield to lobby for more state gun control, although the city of Chicago already has some of the toughest gun control laws.

As Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis spoke in a press conference on Friday about the 41 people shot and 4 killed within 26 hours