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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.