5 dead at 4th of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois

I think we go off course by hurriedly making assumptions of motive, other than the obvious that this is a very troubled and evil young man. He was caught in Lake Forest, a few blocks from where my mother was raised, right across the street from the Bears headquarters. He is no expert criminal. I can't think of a worse place to hide if you are wanted than Lake Forest, Illinois. My family goes back four generations in Lake Forest. The first forebears were servants for the McCormick estate in Lake Forest.

The kid is from Highwood. It is in the Highland Park high school district, and it is largely a hard working Italian and Hispanic community with roots in supporting business connected with Fort Sheridan when it was operating. Highland Park is both liberal and very Jewish (indeed, the first place my wife and I lived after getting married - she is Jewish and felt very comfortable in Highland Park). Highland Park has wealth along the lake, lots of it. Highwood likely votes blue, but is a far different culture than Highland Park. My brother's first wife is from Highwood, and I know the people well. While in general I observed no problems there when I was growing up, and the kids were more fun than many of the academic drones, I could see where an erstwhile rapper with social interaction problems like this kid (his photos speak to being odd) could feel alienated in a high performance academic culture. But Highland Park is very tolerant as things go, so no excuse there. It is just too early to speculate on politics and motive.

His parents are toast - they are going to have to move and their life will not be pleasant. Small potatoes compared to the victims.

mostly true but it's increasing. Baltimore has had multiple shootings of non-black people in the inner harbor. Chicago has had multiple shootings of non-black people in the loop, even the gold coast. In DC non-black people have been shot by black criminals in nice areas

his face tats make him look like Antifa

I’m very concerned about it. I’m one of the “lots of people” I mentioned in my post.

why are you concerned? do you live there? if not, why do you care if a gang member spins the block on another gang?

Show me an alleged liberal who owns a gun, and I will show you a FAKE liberal.

None of those are Antifa tatts. You can find standard Antifa tatts online. Stop spreading disinformation.

Mass killing in Copenhagen. No 2nd amendment there. Interestingly the gunman is a) still alive and b) no being held in a psych ward.

reuters.com

Copenhagen shooting suspect held in psych ward | Reuters Video

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07/04 The man accused of killing three people in a shooting in a Danish shopping mall was ordered on Monday to be held in a closed psychiatric ward, and authorities said they did not suspect the crime to be an act of terroris...

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Because violence is bad and harms the whole community? Why wouldn’t you care about it?

The Supreme Court cannot repeal ANY amendment. To repeal an amendment both (1) or one (2) of the following things must happen.

1) 2/3 of the House AND 2/3 of the Senate vote for (adding an amendment to repeal the ammendment)

OR

2) 2/3 of the State Legislatures convene a constitutional convention

THEN

3) 3/4 of the State Legislatures must ratify the Amendment before it becomes law.

The Supreme Court has no say in it.

Crimo’s social media is coming to light. Lots of pro-Trump stuff. Attended Trump rallies. Being a Trump supporter doesn’t made you a homicidal maniac but quite a few do seem radicalized.

Sadly, when this story first broke, my first thought was that a mass shooting at a 4th of July parade is about the most American thing ever.

The US has the clear problem of a gun-obsessed culture and the easy availability of high-powered weapons - courtesy of the 2nd Amendment - in the hands of alienated angry young men - who are mostly white. They are the greatest terrorist threat to America today, according to Homeland Security. But the Trumpsters here try to turn it into an "owning the libs" thread. So the mass shooting deaths will continue.

They turned it into a thread about race for some reason (wonder why?). We didn’t even know anything about the shooter and they were already deflecting.