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A Chicago prosecutor says two-year-old Julien Gonzalez was shot and killed when gang leader Alexander Varela ordered gunfire during a birthday party.
The shooting occurred October 6 and a variety of charges against Varela were announced October 22.
The Chicago Tribune reports that there was a birthday party on Varela’s block and a fight broke out during the party. Some of the party goers “came out into the alley and began fighting with Varela and other members of his Maniac Latin Disciples gang.” Two-year-old Gonzalez was unwittingly in the alley when Varela allegedly ordered once of his gang members to open fire.
Assistant State’s Attorney Jamie Santini said, “Varela yelled out to his fellow gang members, ‘Bust, bust, bust,’ which is an order for the armed gang member to fire his gun. Witnesses began to run and take cover. Seconds after making the command to shoot … gunshots were fired from a single gun that had an attached laser sight that was shining a red laser light.”
Gonzalez was shot and died about an hour later.
Deputy Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said, “[Varela] is a gang member and he thinks he owns the block. So he’s going to come down there and insert himself into the argument. Like, ‘I don’t want you arguing on my block. This is my territory.’ ”
Deenihan added, “This is a reprehensible example of the culture that we need to change. We have civil disputes that are constantly being settled by pulling the trigger.”
On October 15, the Tribune reported that Chicago gun crime had resulted in the deaths 448 people, year to date. There was an overall total of 2,467 shooting victims in Chicago between January 1, 2018, and October 15, 2018 (that figure includes fatal and non-fatal shootings).
On September 4, amid Chicago’s rising body count, Breitbart News reported that Rahm Emanuel ended his plans to seek a third term as the city’s mayor.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News, the host of the Breitbart podcast Bullets with AWR Hawkins, 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 directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. Sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.
STARING IN THE FACE of AMERICA’S UNRAVELING and the ROAD TO REVOLUTION
“It will more likely come on the heels of economic dislocation and dwindling wealth to redistribute.”
“Our entire crony capitalist system, Democrat and Republican alike, has become a kleptocracy approaching par with third-world hell-holes. This is the way a great country is raided by its elite.” -- Karen McQuillan THEAMERICAN THINKER.com
"The kind of people needed for violent change these days are living in off-the-grid rural compounds, or the “gangster paradise” where the businesses of drugs, guns, and prostitution are much more lucrative than “transforming” America along Cuban lines." BRUCE THORNTON
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There can be no resolution to any social problem confronting the population in the United States and internationally outside of a frontal assault on the wealth of the financial elite.
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The political system is controlled by this social layer, which uses a portion of its economic plunder to bribe politicians and government officials, whether Democratic or Republican.
White House Condemns Suspected Bombing Attempts at Obama, Clinton Homes
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The White House condemned suspected bomb placements Wednesday at the homes of former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton.
“We condemn the attempted violent attacks recently made against President Obama, President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and other public figures,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
The Secret Service confirmed Wednesday that suspicious packages addressed to Former First Lady Hillary Clinton to her home in New York and the residence of Former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.
“Both packages were intercepted prior to being delivered to their intended location,” the Secret Service said in a statement. “The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them.”
Vice President Mike Pence also condemned the attacks on Twitter.
“These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in this Country,” he wrote.
We condemn the attempted attacks against fmr Pres Obama, the Clintons, @CNN & others. These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in this Country. Grateful for swift response of @SecretService, @FBI & local law enforcement. Those responsible will be brought to justice.
CNN reported that a suspicious package with a device addressed to the White House was intercepted on Wednesday at Joint Base Bolling in Washington, DC.
UPDATE 11:05 a.m.: A person familiar with the reported suspicious package addressed to the White House told Reuters that there was no such package. “Reports of a third intercepted package addressed to the WH are incorrect,” the Secret Service noted on Twitter.
CLARIFICATION: At this time the Secret Service has intercepted TWO suspicious packages - one in NY and one in D.C. Reports of a third intercepted package addressed to the WH are incorrect. We refer media to our statement: bit.ly/2R8jYYn
CNN’s Jake Tapper also deleted a tweet about CNN’s report of a suspicious package sent to the White House.
I’ve deleted the tweet about a suspicious package sent to the WH — @evanperez says law enforcement confusion led to that inaccurate report. Packages for WH and the Obamas are screened at the same place. So to clarify: law enforcement says no suspicious package sent to WH.
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