Moderators, please leave this up even if it gets politically incorrect. Everyone running here needs to know.
The hot weather has brought out the trash to the lakefront and a 19 year old kid was lucky to get away after simply trying to pass.
There have been gangbangers all over the place when the sun goes down and you need to watch it until our shithead mayor lets the cops get a handle on it.
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/8-arrests-in-incidents-on-north-side-lakeshore.html
8 arrests in incidents on North Side lakeshore
May 25, 2010 1:36 PM | No Comments
Chicago police say they responded to a fight, the assault of a jogger, and a gang-related shooting all within about three hours Monday night along the lakefront between Fullerton and North Avenues.
Six teens and two adults were arrested.
In the first attack just before 8 p.m., police arrested the six Chicago teens after responding to a fight on the beach at North Avenue. Charges included battery to police, resisting arrest and battery. A Barrington woman, 18, was listed as a victim in that attack, according to police.
About 10:30 p.m., a 19-year-old Chicago man was punched in the head several times while jogging through the tunnel at North Avenue, police said. He had called out to a group of teens that he was trying to pass by yelling, "On your left,'' police said.
Laverrick Crewes, 19, of Chicago, punched him several times and was charged with battery, police said. The jogger's friend also was assaulted by a second man, Julian Mitchell, 18, also of Chicago, who was charged with assault.
In a separate attack about 11 p.m. about a mile north in the 100 block of West Fullerton Avenue - just a block west of the lakefront -- a 19-year-old man was shot after he allegedly exchanged gang signs with a group of teens. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
The bicycle path along the lakefront was flooded with squad cars -- their lights flashing -- during the evening. Witnesses said groups of teens and young adults were blocking the path, forcing bicyclists to walk through certain areas.
-- Annie Sweeney