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Posted in uncategorized with tags angela bassett, blacks, chi-raq, city of chicago, gang violence, gun control, gun free zones, gun violence, murder capitol, rahm emanuel, spike lee, tyshawn lee on December 2, 2015 by andelino

In an interview actress Angela Bassett suggested some Chicago “leaders” are having trouble with Spike Lee’s film “Chi-Raq” because they are embarrassed by the “gun” violence in their city.

“Chi-Raq” is a nickname given to Chicago because the “violence” in parts of the city is reminiscent of a “war zone” like Iraq.

According to The Wrap, Bassett said the “bloodshed” in Chicago’s black communities is “completely and utterly wasteful, shameful, hurtful to the core.”

She said that Lee is “trying” to use his movie “to just bring some awareness….it’s a good picture, it’s very positive.”

Bassett said she had not heard “Chi-Raq” used as a nickname for Chicago prior to being involved in the film, but says she now understands it serves a “nickname for Chicago based on what’s been going on in the community with young black men, children…innocent bystanders dying because of gang violence, and…more black folks dying than in the Iraq war.”

She indicated that many Chicago leaders are not “happy” with the fact that Lee’s film shines a “light” on Chicago gun violence.

But she said the “truth” must be told.

“Sometimes you don’t want those outside the family to know that’s what’s going on, but it’s something that needs to be known,” she said.

“When you get down to it, Spike loves his community. He loves film making, so it’s going to be a positive thing. It’s for the good.”

Lee said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made the filming of “Chi-Raq” as difficult as possible.

Emanuel was “a bully” who did not want Lee to “portray” things as they really are in Chicago.

He said Emanuel “summoned” him to City Hall for a meeting, but it did not “dissuade” him.

Instead, Lee said, “He’s not gonna bully me. My tactic with the mayor–any bully–is to come out swinging.”

As of November 23, there had been 2703 “shootings” which resulted in 440 “deaths” year-to date in heavily “gun-controlled” Chicago.

That is an “increase” of approximately 400 shootings over the same “time” last year.

The Chicago Tribune reported these numbers as part of their “broader” coverage of the 11 people shot, five “killed,” over the course of last weekend alone.

Half of those “wounded”were shot on November 22 “between about 12:25 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.” Three of those “killed”were shot on that same day, between those same “hours” as well.

It is worth noting that while this violence proves the “impotency” of gun control in general, it is especially “damning” when juxtaposed with some of the most recent “gun control” endeavors in particular.

For example, Chicago implemented a “violence tax” at suburban Cook County gun stores in April 2013. The tax is gathered on “each gun and bullet” sold within the county.

Then, in 2014, the first full calendar year after the “implementation” of the tax, the Chicago Tribune reported 434 deaths, a 19 death “increase” over 2013.

As the “carnage” among black young men in Chicago “escalates” no leftists or race “agitators” seem to care.

The ongoing large scale “slaughter” in Chicago goes largely “unremarked” among the “demonstrators” or “national” media.

At least 56 people were shot over Memorial Day weekend between “Friday afternoon and early Tuesday morning,” according to authorities.

Twelve people, including three shot Monday afternoon, “died” from their wounds. Twelve others shot between late Monday morning and early Tuesday morning “survived” their gunshot wounds, bringing the total of “non-fatal” gunshot victims for the weekend to 44.

No “race” is mentioned for any of the “victims,” but based on past data, nearly all are “black,” for it is black neighborhoods that most “shootings” have been occurring.

And unlike any police-involved shootings: “No one was in custody for any of the attacks, and police were investigating.”

Make no mistake. Something very “evil” is taking place in Chicago, a city completely “run” by Democrats for two generations.

The evil is on a “larger” scale, but it is similar to what is taking place “across” America among young “black” men raised in mostly “fatherless” homes.

The “rage” that consumes these young males “deprived” of fathers is understandable, and it can be “remedied” only by a society and culture “unafraid” to condemn drive-by “fatherhood” and the women who make it so “easy and attractive” for males to behave this way.

US Government Statistics

While only 13.2 % of the American population is black:

67% of black households are single parent
72% of all black babies born out of wedlock
50% of all black kids don’t finish high school
52% of all violent juvenile crimes are committed by blacks
45% of all drug offenses are committed by blacks
85% of all violent interracial crimes are committed by blacks
79% of all robberies are committed by blacks
80% of all shootings are committed by blacks
59% of all murders are committed by blacks
49% of all murder victims are black
93% of all black murder victims are murdered by another black
33% of all crimes are committed by 3% of the population; blacks between the ages of 16 and 36.

But that is not “happening,” because the people “within” the back community who have the “standing and resources” to mobilize demonstrations and outrage prefer a “stance of victim-hood” at the hands of whites, and make a handsome “living” from it.

Now, as of November 23, the Tribune shows “440 deaths” with over a month “left to go” in calendar year 2015.

That means the death toll from “gun violence” in Chicago through November 2015 has already “exceeded” the death toll for all of 2014.

Spike Lee‘s film “Chi-Raq” is set to arrive in theaters just as Chicago makes “headlines” for continuous “horrifying” shootings.

“Chi-Raq,” a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, is set against the backdrop of “soaring” gang violence in Chicago.

The Amazon Studios “release” debuts on December 4th in “select” theaters, and will then be available on Amazon Instant Video shortly thereafter.