If you didn’t already ask yourself the following question as you read the headline, ask it now: How bad does violent crime have to get in your city or neighborhood before you’re reduced to appealing directly to those committing the crime to please stop — during daylight hours?
If you live in Rogers Park on the north side of Chicago, you’ve reached that point.
A Rogers Park community group called the Native Sons recently emailed a newsletter featuring a desperate plea — dubbed “The People’s Ordinance” — asking gang members not to fire guns or commit shootings between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., as first reported by CWB Chicago.
A North Side group is calling on Chicagoans to refrain from firing guns between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to reduce the danger for people “not involved in high-risk activities.”
“Stop glorifying ‘switches,’ and stop wearing those ski masks everywhere.”https://t.co/rQtYMGigPL
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) August 14, 2023
Peak insanity, of course — not the group; the out-of-control violent crime.
Tatiana Atkins, co-founder of the Native Sons, told the outlet:
We have to start somewhere. Our goal is to approach our city’s gun violence problem strategically and not all at once. Things didn’t become this way overnight, and change won’t happen overnight.
Under this ordinance, we ask that…
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