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Former Black Panther Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
made quite a fuss when he donned a "hoodie"
during a speech in the U.S. House of Representatives until he was escorted out.
At the time, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) "applauded his courage"
for doing so.
Meanwhile, back home in Rush's district, two men wearing hooded
sweatshirts, or "hoodies," were the
shooters in an incident that left one dead and five injured.
In fact, during a span of six-hours Thursday night, 13 people were
shot, leaving two dead in
13 shot, 2 dead in Chicago in six hours
Thursday night
The worst shooting occurred around 6 p.m. Thursday when two men in
hooded sweatshirts opened fire inside a convenience store in the 1400 block of
One man was killed and five others were wounded. The victims ranged
in age from 16 to 24. The gunmen fled in an SUV and police continued searching
for them this morning.
There's also another report on that particuar
incident here.
Perhaps if Bobby Rush and Nancy Pelosi ever got around to actually
doing something to uplift the people in Rush's district, there would be fewer
stories like the one above out of Chicago, and less need to don a piece of
clothing in Congress in what amounts to an empty and silly gesture.