63 people were shot in the city of chicago. 10 of those victims at this point have died. One of them a 17yearold boy who was just riding his bike. 34 of the 63 were shot between saturday and Sunday Morning alone. And 25 people were wounded within a two and a half hour period over the weekend. We are the ones who can stop the violence in our own neighborhood. Whatever the police does, you know, what they do good. God bless them. Thats their job. At the same time we cannot keep tying these police hands. Will be rob Chicago Police say most of the shootings were targeted and related to Gang Violence with gunmen opening fire large crowds. Most of it happening in the south side of the city. President trump predicted chicago violence would get worse more than two years ago. Tweeting in july of 2016 crime is out of control and rapidly getting worse. Look at what is happening in chicago and our inner cities
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ainsley: 34 of the 63 were shot between saturday and sunday alone. 25 people wounded within a two and a half hour period. most of the shootings were gang-related and targeted large crowds. steve: let s bring in dan bongino former new york city cop, former secret service agent, host of the dan bongino show. dan, we were talking in the last hour to a fellow lashuan ford. is he a democrat. state lawmaker out in chicago. and he said, look. chicago is not a trump-free zone. we are desperate to have the president help us because the mayor is not doing the job. yeah, you know, steve, i remember being in new york city police officer in one the tougher areas of new york crime wise at the time the 7 75 precinct in new york. one of the things that touched me. a young man trying to figure out the world for myself all the good folks that came outside. an area that was really high crime at the time and said please, help us, this guy on the corner is slinging drugs. i can t be seen talking to
too? one of those legislators can with us tonight. illinois state rep lashuan ford. representative ford, the stories out of chicago, i mean, i m one of these people who likes to read the local crime blotters and whether it s the sun times or the tribune, reading some of the stories out of chicago just over the past few weeks devastating, a drive by shooting last week kills a 20 month old toddler. historic horrible stuff. the national guard that request is a pretty extreme measure. is it actually going to happen? i hope that it happens. i hope we can work with the governor so the governor can work with the mayor of the city of chicago so that there could be a collaboration and the national guard could work with the superintendent of the city of chicago so we can curb the
too? one of those legislators can with us tonight. illinois state rep lashuan ford. representative ford, the stories out of chicago, i mean, i m one of these people who likes to read the local crime blotters and whether it s the sun times or the tribune, reading some of the stories out of chicago just over the past few weeks devastating, a drive by shooting last week kills a 20 month old toddler. historic horrible stuff. the national guard that request is a pretty extreme measure. is it actually going to happen? i hope that it happens. i hope we can work with the governor so the governor can work with the mayor of the city of chicago so that there could be a collaboration and the national guard could work with the superintendent of the city of chicago so we can curb the
could this happen in your city, too? one of those legislators can with us tonight. illinois state rep lashuan ford. representative ford, the stories out of chicago, i mean, i m one of these people who likes to read the local crime blotters and whether it s the sun times or the tribune, reading some of the stories out of chicago just over the past few weeks devastating, a drive by shooting last week kills a 20 month old toddler. historic horrible stuff. the national guard that request is a pretty extreme measure. is it actually going to happen? i hope that it happens. i hope we can work with the governor so the governor can work with the mayor of the city of chicago so that there could be a collaboration and the national guard could work with the superintendent of the city of chicago so we can curb the