How fitting that President Obama should deliver his farewell address in Chicago ~
 

As President Obama returns to his adopted hometown of Chicago to give his farewell speech Tuesday night, a dark cloud hangs over the city where the record-setting murder rate is so high there are pleas to declare a state of emergency […]

 
In 2016, 762 people were murdered in Chicago. That’s a 63 percent increase from the 468 murders recorded in 2015 and almost double the murders in 2014, according to Chicago Police.
 
Shootings also are way up — 4,331 people were shot in Chicago in 2016, up from 3,550 in 2015, according to police.

Source: Fox News

Despite the fact that the Obamas still own their home on the city’s South Side, the president hasn’t been too awfully concerned about reducing the body count in Chicago. In fact, the tragic statistics completely slipped his mind last night ~

Obama gives farewell speech in Chicago, fails to mention the skyrocketing murder rate due to black on black crime in Chicago#ObamaFarewell

— Makada 🇺🇸 (@_Makada_) January 11, 2017

Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who is credited with a drop in the city’s crime up until 2015 through his community-policing approach, says officers haven’t felt a ton of support from the Obama administration.
 
“I can’t help but just look at criminal justice, and criminal justice in this country has not had a friend in the federal government during this administration,” McCarthy said.

Social justice warrior, leftist priest Father Pfleger is understandably distraught over the carnage – but inevitably appeals to the wrong authority for a solution ~

“When there is a fire in America, a tornado, a hurricane, they call it a state of emergency, federal funds come in, and help rebuild that town or that community,” said prominent anti-crime activist, Father Michael Pfleger. “Well, hell, we have a state of emergency in Chicago.”

Here’s a thought padre, how about giving the faith you profess to believe in a try, as Cal Thomas suggests in this article at the Stream ~

Chicago Carnage: What Can be Done? ~
 
While the federal government cannot prefer one religion, it can encourage and provide resources to churches and religious groups who seek answers to a problem that has defied secular solutions.
 
A changed heart almost always results in changed behavior and clearly the police, the incarceration of violent offenders and stricter gun laws are not reducing the level of violence. As Donald Trump said in appealing to African Americans voters, “What do you have to lose?” They’ve tried the Democrats for more than 40 years. Why not try something new?

 
Maybe like… God?
 

 
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