Chicago police are trying to identify the dozens of students from Simeon Career Academy who they say took part in a vandalism spree while they were supposed to be protesting guns.
Shoppers and store employees were stunned by the destruction Wednesday morning at the Walmart in Chatham Market on the South Side.
Chicago police say it started when students at neighboring Simeon Career Academy were allowed to leave the school for 17 minutes to take part in the nationwide walkout to protest guns.
Police say between 40 and 60 of those students crossed the street and trashed parts of the store, knocking over product displays, yanking items off shelves, breaking packages and stealing small items like chips and candy.
In a statement, a Chicago Public Schools spokesperson says: "We are very concerned by these allegations and we are reviewing the matter."
Some of the students that FOX 32 talked to at Simeon say they're angry that a walkout intended to promote peace instead led to vandalism and violence.
FOX 32 showed the video to 21st Ward Alderman Howard Brookins, who was instrumental in getting the big box retailers to move to the South Side.
"We've worked too hard to try to get these national retailers here in our community. And this doesn't help us. It makes no sense to tear up the community which you call home, he said.
A Chicago police spokesman says they're reviewing what he calls "high quality" video surveillance from Walmart to identify the students at fault, as well as videos posted to social media.
He says those students will likely be charged with misdemeanors and face discipline from the school.
Poster Comment:
"Career Academy", eh?
Community Organizers.
#1: misterwhite To: hondo68 (#0)
Meaning, a slap on the wrist.
How about 3 weekends in jail and a $500 fine for each student identified? Teens in the inner cities don't have jobs because businesses move out due to this kind of feral crap.
misterwhite posted on 2018-03-16 18:11:14 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: misterwhite (#1)
Hondo68 posted on 2018-03-16 18:38:55 Reply Private Reply
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GrandIsland posted on 2018-03-16 20:15:42 Reply Private Reply
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Hank Rearden posted on 2018-03-16 20:26:03 Reply Private Reply
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rlk posted on 2018-03-16 21:55:38 Reply Private Reply
#6: sneakypete To: hondo68 (#0)
Can you say "how to fill out applications for civil services jobs"?
Sooooo. The natives are getting restless. Again. I'm surprised this is even still being reported. It is akin to "the sun rose again yesterday!" headlines.
These people have been taught for generations that the world owes them a living and that anything they do can be justified by screaming "racism". Why is anyone surprised when they believe those things and act on those beliefs? They are just doing what they have been taught to do.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-17 08:39:43 Reply Private Reply
#7: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#1)
If you really want to stop this stuff send legal notices to every "mama" in public housing that if Jamal is caught committing a crime her benefits will be cut. The second time he is caught both he and she are out of public housing,and living in shelters or on the street.
That stuff would come to a SCREAMING halt practically overnight,although a few of those knuckleheads would need some ER treatement from mama tuning up their heads with something heavy.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-17 08:42:59 Reply Private Reply
#8: misterwhite To: hondo68 (#2)
I remember when war prepared medics to work in hospitals during peacetime.
Times have changed.
misterwhite posted on 2018-03-17 09:42:09 Reply Private Reply
#9: Stoner To: sneakypete (#7)
Yeah, that would do the trick alright !!
But the media would be screaming that who ever proposed it was a " Rasis "
Stoner posted on 2018-03-20 11:55:10 Reply Private Reply
#10: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#8)
There is nothing really new about this. ALL Special Forces medics spend time in civilian hospital emergency rooms treating trauma cases before they can be certified to become a SF Medic. Broken bones and trauma is trauma,regardless of it's cause,be it a gunshot wound or a traumatic amputation from an industrial accident.
At one time they had the "dog lab" at Bragg and each SF Medical student was "issued" a pound dog they had to shoot in a specific area,and then save. If the dog dies,so does your career as a medic.
Dog lovers found out and about that and raised so much hell that "dog lab" was cancelled,but the dogs were replaced by goats,and there was no special name for the program. Same deal. Students created various wounds in specific areas,and then had to save and heal the goat of flunk the course.
I seriously doubt even goat training is still allowed.
sneakypete posted on 2018-03-20 15:07:23 Reply Private Reply