WATCH: Chicago Gang Memeber Press Conference
Source: The Huffington Post
According to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell, the leaders gathered at 10 a.m. at the Columbus Park Refectory on the West Side “to denounce Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis’ threats to crack down on gang leaders.”
Members of the Vice Lords, Disciples, Kings, Stones, Hustlers, Souls and Cobras were reportedly on hand to share their concern with the public.
This bizarre press conference is a response to an alleged police department vow to make gang “leaders’ lives miserable” at a secret August meeting. A source told the Sun-Times the police would be using RICO laws to do “everything from towing their cars for parking violations, to ramping up parole visits, to pulling them over repeatedly for traffic stops” if they did not stop the violence.
Sound off: What do you think about gang members holding press conferences and how can we stop the epidemic of violence in our communities?
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Source: CNN
Washington – President Obama went on the offensive Friday on the politically critical issue of job creation, promising to lay out a broad package of ideas next week and slamming Senate Republicans for blocking passage of his administration’s small business aid legislation.
Obama renewed his call for the languishing bill in the wake of Friday’s release of new unemployment figures. The jobless rate, according to the Labor Department, rose from 9.5 percent to 9.6 percent in August.
The economy lost a total of 54,000 jobs last month. Most of the losses, however, came from the public sector as the government cut 114,000 temporary census workers. Private businesses added 67,000 jobs to their payrolls.
August was the eighth straight month that businesses added jobs, following nearly two straight years of job losses. So far this year businesses have added 763,000 workers to payrolls.
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