Jordan S. Zoot June 19, 2013 at 11:18 am
There is a REAL PROBLEM here...aggravated discharge of a firearm is a Class 1 Felony..which carries…Read More a prison sentence of which has a potential for a sentence of four to fifteen years. If the indictment would have been for attempted murder with a firearm, the sentence would have been twenty to eighty years PLUS a twenty year enhancement which would be a minimum sentence in prison of forty years.....given the situation MR. TAYLOR DESERVES THE MINIMUM OF FORTY YEARS...rather than potentially getting off with four...if he isn't released until he is 57 years old...one might assume he won't be much more of a problem....lets see if justice is served here.
neastonian June 19, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Another example of Evanston gun violence run amok....albeit, this time in neighboring Skokie.…Read More Interesting to see where Mr. Taylor's home address is: 1900 block of Jackson, just off Church and West of the High School. The same general area where recent gun violence as taken place. Do his parents have any clue or concern as to what their a 17 year old(?!)is doing brandishing and shooting a gun in public? This just further justifies stronger police presence in this area and near and around the high school. It's time for Evanston city officials, and residents in that area and around Evanston to take action now against violence. Enough!
Procrustes' Foil June 19, 2013 at 06:17 am
Exactly HOW will funds be spent? Details, please. EPL provides the books for any book club,…Read More including its own. The park district picks up the tab for many activities through its taxing component and private donations.
Jennifer Fisher (Editor) June 19, 2013 at 10:25 am
Tiffany talked to me in more detail about the programs she's planning earlier this year. Beyond the…Read More DaeDae World Weekend, one of those programs is the Dajae Coleman Achievement Award, a monetary award to an exemplary freshman at ETHS. She outlined some of the others in this story: http://evanston.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/foundation-continues-legacy-of-dajae-coleman-14
Katie M Thomas June 19, 2013 at 12:25 pm
My name is KeKe Dajae Aunt, I feel this is GREAT Dae Dae was a great kid and his life was taken to…Read More soon. With the Lord help we as a community can keep his name a life. I'm so proud of him, I know he's looking down on us with that BIG Kool Aid smile. With that smile he has brought us together as a community. Love you Great Nephew.
Jordan S. Zoot June 19, 2013 at 11:25 am
There are plenty of us that will obtain a concealed carry permit....that DO have proper training.and…Read More practice regularly. I make a point of getting to the range to shoot twice a week, sometimes three times....its a hobby and them some. There are many states that permit "open carry" and some os us would have preferred it in Illinois as well. However, open carry can be viewed as a greater temptation to engage with a person. When carry is concealed the person carrying maintains the element of surprise, and more importantly a responsible gun owner doesn't brandish a firearm....and would exercise the range of options to avoid, disengage, and take any possible action to avoid having to draw down the weapon and use lethal force. Contrary to the views expressed by many of the "progressives" here...no responsible gun owner looks forward to having to deploy a deadly weapon...its a last choice..but it is legally permissible...in fact...its A CIVIL RIGHT.....just like the other provisions in the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
Harry Lime June 19, 2013 at 12:20 pm
What gets me is the simple economy of it all - an influx of more guns seems counterproductive to…Read More safety.
In regards to the constitution, clearly the 4th amendment is up for debate so why is the 2nd, the most outdated and irrelevant amendment, not? I'm glad you wrote this post to counter what most readers have been encountering lately.
june shellene June 19, 2013 at 08:51 am
Ten days after 9/11, General Wesley Clark was told we would be going into Iraq, Lybia, and Syria.…Read More You can listen yourself to this chilling testimony. Don't fall for the bullshit, Jordan. Cheney was one of the main architects of 9/11...he's a psychopath, and he says Snowden is a traitor. Snowden is a hero, and Cheney should be jailed, like yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB17j0a-R34
Jordan S. Zoot June 19, 2013 at 11:29 am
Snowden is traitor..along the lines of Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansson, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg....I…Read More am hopeful he will be arrested and brought to justice, charged with treason and legally executed.....if an extraordinary rendition is necessary to bring him back...I can live with that. If he actually shares information with an enemy like China..then I could even live with an extrajudicial execution with a drone fired missile. I don't disagree with the assessment that Cheney was a megalomanic and I am not particularly fond of waterboarding....but....I believe that Cheney did what he thought was proper.....Snowden is truly an enemy of the American people just like Julian Assuage who should also be executed for placing covert American operatives in harms way.
Harry Lime June 19, 2013 at 12:31 pm
Snowden is a true hero. Jordan, you said you were for the entire constitution, including the 2A. Yet…Read More the guy who broke the largest violation of the 4th is to you a traitor who should be killed. Which is it?
I'm not convinced we'll have troops in Syria. Likely it'll only be drones and supplies. The rebels are only having issues because, essentially, they are incredibly underarmed. The confirmation of chemical weapon usage in Syria is an international discovery, not like Iraq. Plus Iraq was almost instant. We've spent ~2 years on Syria.
We are clearly becoming a police state and it is terrifying, but will a populace armed with guns really defeat the government that has, you know, drones, nuclear weapons, and other such things that make guns completely useless? There is a solution to this, but it is very long term and I don't know exactly what it is. The international community must get heavily involved in what the US is doing.
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All Boards » Gretchen Brewster June 19, 2013 at 10:34 am
I believe that you have the names of the winner reversed. Bruce Hirsch is on the front left.…Read More Gretchen Brewster
Festus McMoron June 12, 2013 at 04:09 pm
diane, i'm sick of all you peoples whining and crying that blacks are picked on. there are many…Read More great black families in evanston. you lump every black into one group. we want the gangbanger trouble-making thug out of evanston. do you feel safe living here. i don't step 2 feet outside my home without locking it. after this knifing incident, i'll have my windows rolled up and car doors locked when i see a black male. the thugs have ruined it for all the good ones.
Jordan S. Zoot June 13, 2013 at 02:07 pm
Festus....being a bigot and scared of your shadow doesn't accomplish anything....that's why the…Read More newly passed concealed carry law ought help....dude pulls a knife he gets peekaboo at the barrel of a .45 and lets see how things turn out....I get cut and his pumpkin implodes......better guess he turns tail and runs...reenforcing the rule that you don't win when you bring a knife to a gun fight
Patch reinstates deleted accounts! June 12, 2013 at 02:48 pm
What? Based on your spelling, grammar & punctuation, are you old enough to be posting on Patch?…Read More Just wondering...
Jordan S. Zoot June 13, 2013 at 08:59 am
The writer of the post is illiterate....that is clear. The Evanston Police, in general, do a great…Read More job in this community. There ought be a new category created specifically for membership in a gang that has demonstrated committed acts of violence...it goes back to the first smart thing which Mark Kirk ever said which was locking up each and every one of the 18.5K members of the Gangster Disciples. The second thing that can be done is that each and every law abiding Evanston resident that is legally able to do so should avail themselves of the right to obtain a new Illinois Concealed Carry Permit for a handgun. An armed society is a polite society.
Ellen robinson June 14, 2013 at 06:31 pm
I would like to come but I am confused. It says Wednesday, but the 20th is Thursday. Which day is…Read More it?
Ignatius Williams June 9, 2013 at 11:30 am
This post is borderline-illiterate. You also fail to say where these shows are going to be held.
Phil McGovern June 9, 2013 at 01:24 pm
thanks for the heads up.
I thought most people would simply click on the link.
little did I know....
Phil McGovern June 9, 2013 at 01:29 pm
Thanks for the heads up.
Little did I know.
Thought most people would simply click on the link !
North Shore Man Pleads Not Guilty To WMD Charges
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