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These arguments are always per capita vs overall numbers. 800 murders a year is gonna jump out at people.

Chicago violence is par for the course at this point. I don’t think people would even bat an eye about it. “Not surprising, it’s Chicago.”

It is definitely going up, but I’d say it’s still in that transition phase. It will become safer as gentrification sets in more, but that will be an issue in itself.

I’d say congrats to JR. He just found a location more dangerous than our current spot.

Even just telling them it’s cancelled without there being an obvious reason for cancellation would scare the s%*# out of people. And you’re right back into the crush risk.

If it came from outside, there are only two ways to avoid it ever happening again. You need a dome or a new location. Even a retractable roof would’ve been open for that game.

Crowd rushes are crazy. All it takes is one person panicking and it can become a full-on stampede. People don’t just get hurt in those, they die. Sometimes many of them. I’m not defending the actions of the team because we still don’t know the whole story. I’m just giving you context. Even if they announce for people to calmly make their way to the exit immediately, people will freak the f*** out and start pushing. And you can’t predict where it will go from there.

I guarantee nobody was purposely shooting into the park from the outside. If it came from outside, the park is where it landed randomly.

Would it be closer to Hard Knocks or Scared Straight (or Locked Up Abroad for our foreign players)?

The vast majority of those victims are prior and/or future shooters themselves. But yes, there are innocents in there too, so it may be worth the cost just for them.

It’s good for pinpointing pretty exact times/scenes of shootings and locating casings. Helpful in that it speeds that process up, but worth the cost? I dunno. It’s reactionary, not really preventative.

He’s talking about an old incident which I never even heard of. I believe the Robert Taylor homes were there when OLD Comiskey was around. But thanks for the smartass response. Greg said “Remember the old story true or not about a bullet from Cabrini Green hitting a seat at old Comiskey?”

Robert Taylor homes? I don’t think a bullet is making it from Cabrini.

Definitely possible, but I was only speculating from what I know. A falling bullet could cause the kind of damage listed, but the only thing is that it’s unlikely to have injured more than one person. But again, the descriptions are still so vague that it’s hard to draw conclusions. Maybe one person was hit and the other two injured themselves reacting to the first person being hit? A lot of possibilities.

Lol oh man, this city is a national embarrassment.

Technically someone got shot.

I did not watch the game, but I just saw in the game thread that Eloy homered. Did anyone else on the Sox? Which innings and to which parts of the outfield?

I don’t intend to give a lesson on how to circumvent a metal detector haha. But I will say that they are not foolproof and a lot depends on the quality of the person doing the job. Many people, some with good intentions and some with bad, will carry their gun everywhere they go.

Again, not all gunshots look the same depending on a lot of variables including the caliber and location of gunshot. I’m guessing this one was probably smaller caliber. Could easily be that this person more or less grazed themselves (and possibly through and through). Maybe on the foot or hand. That could be covered up or even appear to a person they walk by to be a more minor injury like a cut from glass or a fist fight. The other injured people could be from a shard of the ricochet bullet or concrete. Look, I’m gonna tell you something you probably don’t want to hear. But that likely wasn’t even close to the only gun in that stadium.

Guys, not all gunshots sound exactly like you would think. If something loud was happening at the time, it could go mostly undetected. You might hear it and think it was any number of things and not bat an eye. As mentioned above by Boone, my bet is a negligent discharge and someone got themselves and someone near them.

I’m still taking Unitas over Namath.

And likely wouldn’t have become the guy he is now if he stayed.

Too long have we sat in the shadows. Please release us.

You have an example for every random statement. Seriously, I’m impressed.

Exactly. He sucked at his job. No thank you. I heard that interview on the Score as well. The hosts didn’t seem to believe it and neither do I.