Possible protests at D1 Track Regionals

the guns come from states with lax gun laws. But you already know that

so publishing his own words and the laws HE signs is a media campaign? What the f is wrong with you people

Are you seriously so clueless that you think gun laws are city laws? They're state laws.

And that people with a car (do you know what one is?) can drive across a state border and buy a gun and bring it back.

Interesting fact if your intelligence level actually accepts them:

over 80% of guns deaths in NYC are with a gun bought legally in another state.

62% of gun deaths in Chicago are with a gun bought at a gun store about 15 minutes away across the Indiana border.

No, no you really should sell your property and stick to Chicago, its very dangerous in Florida and you shouldn't want to risk getting caught up in the political cesspool and the neighborhood being over run with racists and guns, its just not worth the risk, please reconsider for your own health and safety.

Someone may not even ask for your pronouns and Desantis wont even make your neighbors mask up, what a clown.

DeSantis just now (paraphrasing): you're more likely to get shot in Baltimore or Chicago than to get a first-class education. Florida has no city in the top 25 in crime in the country.

Continuing: we're #3 in reading and #2 in math among our black student population; the head of the NAACP lives in Florida and a lot of board members visit here as well.

We're also the #1 state for black owned businesses and my cabinet is relatively black but these are due to merit not identity politics

You got played.

Education. The top high schools in the state of Illinois are all in the city of Chicago and the University of Chicago is one of the most prestigious universities in America.

SMH....The NAACP did not issue a travel ban. Stop F'ing lying. They issued a travel advisory, which African-Americans have been doing for centuries.

The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis' aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.

The formal travel notice states, "Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals. Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color."

"Let me be clear - failing to teach an accurate representation of the horrors and inequalities that Black Americans have faced and continue to face is a disservice to students and a dereliction of duty to all," said NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson. "Under the leadership of Governor Desantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the democratic ideals that our union was founded upon. He should know that democracy will prevail because its defenders are prepared to stand up and fight. We're not backing down, and we encourage our allies to join us in the battle for the soul of our nation."

The travel advisory was initially proposed to the Board of Directors by NAACP's Florida State Conference. NAACP's collective consideration of this advisory is a result from unrelenting attacks on fundamental freedoms from the Governor and his legislative body.

"Once again, hate-inspired state leaders have chosen to put politics over people. Governor Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida have engaged in a blatant war against principles of diversity and inclusion and rejected our shared identities to appeal to a dangerous, extremist minority," said Chair of the NAACP Board of Directors, Leon Russell. "We will not allow our rights and history to be held hostage for political grandstanding. The NAACP proudly fights against the malicious attacks in Florida, against Black Americans. I encourage my fellow Floridians to join in this fight to protect ourselves and our democracy."

Following Gov. DeSantis' so-called leadership in driving the state to reject students' access to AP African American studies course in March, the NAACP distributed 10,000 books to 25 predominantly Black communities across the state in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers's Reading Opens the World program. The majority of the books donated were titles banned under the state's increasingly restrictive laws. The NAACP continues to encourage local branches and youth councils to start community libraries to ensure access to representative literature.

The NAACP encourages Florida residents to join this effort to defeat the regressive policies of this Governor and this state legislature. Interested residents and supporters can visit

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From the NYT:

F.B.I. statistics show that African-Americans, who constitute about 13 percent of the population, make up about half of both gun homicide victims and their known or suspected attackers.
“Every time we look at the numbers, we are pretty discouraged, I have to tell you,” said Gary LaFree, a professor of criminology at the University of Maryland.
Some researchers say the single strongest predictor of gun homicide rates is the proportion of an area’s population that is black

He was talking about the primary school level. Obviously UChicago is different than inner city public schools, just like Hopkins is different than Sandtown Achievement Academy

States with the most gun violence definitely share one trait all right.

Someone who is capable of thinking beyond the most immediate circumstances of course might question why the rate of gun violence in Indiana is not as high or higher than Chicago if availability is the determining factor, but that might start to get them in trouble if they think it all the way through

Please. Just look at cities and the trend - that’s forbidden to notice - is obvious.

"While Chicago recorded about 28 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2020, Gary (Indiana's) per capita homicide rate was more than 2 1/2 times higher, or about 78 per 100,000 residents. East Chicago's homicide rate in 2020 was 45.5 per 100,000 residents. Gary could end 2022 with an even higher rate because homicides have surged.Oct 2, 20"

2022 population estimates from the census website:

Gary, IN: 78.0% black

Praise DeSantis !!! Stay in Baltimore , Atlanta and Chicago please!

So why doesn't the NCAA host it in a far more black place then? Everybody knows that South Chicago and West Baltimore are the safest places for black people

I've been to a track meet in the South side. Track is great but we were told that if we warmed up outside, don't go anywhere other than around the complex; most of us just warmed up indoors. Pullman isn't the most violent neighborhood in Chicago but that's not exactly a great bar