50 People Shot, 5 Killed, over Weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago
Fifty people were shot, five fatally, over another violent weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
Yesterday, Breitbart News reported nearly 40 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning alone in Lightfoot’s Chicago. The nearly 40 victims included four people were fatally shot during that time-frame.
On Monday morning, ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times reported the numbers had increased to 50 people shot, five fatally.
The first firearm-related fatality of the weekend occurred Friday around 5:15 p.m., the second about 8:30 p.m. the same night, and the third at 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
The fourth fatality occurred about 7 p.m. Saturday and the fifth around 10:15 p.m. Saturday.
The Chicago Tribune reports 673 people were killed in Chicago between January 1, 2020, and November 9, 2020. The Tribune notes that a total of 3,619 people were shot–fatal and non-fatal combined–between January 1, 2020, and November 9, 2020.
Breitbart News reported 23 people were shot in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago on Monday, November 16, 2020, alone.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.
Nearly 40 Shot Friday into Sunday Morning in Lightfoot’s Chicago
Nearly 40 people were shot, four fatally, Friday into Sunday morning alone this weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reports that 38 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning. The shooting victims included six people who were shot in Auburn Gresham Neighborhood Saturday morning and four people who were shot around 12:40 a.m. Sunday morning in Pullman.
The Sun-Times reports the first fatality of the weekend was discovered around 5:15 p.m. Friday, when 28-year-old Alexander Fletcher was found in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the chest. He died at the scene.
The second fatality of the weekend occurred at 8:30 p.m. Friday, when a 35-year-old woman was shot in the head while sitting in a vehicle “in the 8300 block of South Yates Boulevard.” She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The third fatality of the weekend occurred when a 32-year-old man was shot and killed in West Pullman around 7 p.m. Saturday. The man was sitting in a vehicle when the shooting occurred. He was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The fourth fatality of the weekend involved a 30-year-old in a vehicle “in the 7900 block of South Brandon Avenue” who was shot and fatally wounded about 10:15 p.m. Saturday. The man shot multiple times and “taken by friends to Jackson Park Hospital,” where he died.
Breitbart News reported 23 people were shot in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago on Monday, November 16, 2020, alone. Over 2o people were shot, one fatally, in Chicago over the weekend of November 13-15, 2020.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.
Ally of Top Illinois Dem Charged in Bribery Scheme
A close ally of Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D.) was charged Wednesday for coordinating a bribery scheme with an electric utility company.
A federal grand jury charged Michael McClain and three others with bribery after they allegedly coordinated a scheme that provided kickbacks to Madigan's associates in exchange for the speaker’s backing of legislation benefiting Commonwealth Edison, an Illinois utility giant.
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, lobbyist John Hooker, and consultant Jay Doherty were charged along with McClain on Wednesday.
ComEd, Illinois’s largest utility provider, allegedly bribed Madigan by giving his friends and loyalists $1.32 million in financial benefits, as well as contracts and jobs. The defendants also allegedly persuaded ComEd to hire Reyes Kurson, a Madigan-favored law firm, and have a Madigan-selected individual added to the company’s board of directors.
McClain worked with Madigan in the Illinois House of Representatives during the 1970s and '80s before leaving public service to lobby for ComEd, among other companies, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Madigan has so far avoided much media scrutiny since the FBI revealed its investigation of the ComEd bribery scheme this summer and has not yet faced criminal charges.
Madigan is the chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party and is the longest-serving state house speaker in the United States. Democrats in the state house will vote in January to decide whether to reelect Madigan as speaker.
Illinois Dem Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
Terry Link is third Dem state senator accused of federal crimes in last year
Illinois Democratic lawmaker Terry Link pleaded guilty to tax fraud on Wednesday, marking the third Democratic state senator to be accused of federal crimes in just over a year, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Link intentionally underreported his income on his 2016 tax returns, the former state senator admitted during a court hearing Wednesday morning. He said that his actual 2016 income "substantially exceeded" the $264,450 amount he recorded.
Link resigned from his roles on the state's Legislative Ethics Commission and the Lake County Democratic Party last month after federal authorities filed the charges. On Saturday, he officially resigned from the Illinois Senate.
A slew of Illinois Democratic lawmakers have recently faced federal charges.
A federal bribery case in July revealed that the state's largest utility provider, Commonwealth Edison, bribed state house speaker Michael Madigan with an estimated $1.32 million. Federal prosecutors charged Democratic state senator Thomas Cullerton for an embezzlement scheme with a labor union in August 2019. Earlier this year, former state senator Martin Sandoval pleaded guilty to taking bribes from a red-light camera company.
Last year, Link denied allegations that he cooperated with the FBI and wore a wire to investigate his former colleague, Democratic state representative Luis Arroyo, for a bribery charge. Link did in fact cooperate with federal investigators, and Arroyo was charged with bribery last October.
Link was first elected to the state senate in 1996 and served alongside former president Barack Obama in the late '90s and early 2000s. He also chaired the Lake County Democratic Party since 1992.
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