Chicago Tribune Blames Everyone But the Spree Killer for Umpqua Slaughter

By Robert Farago

In an article entitled Shooting in Oregon another sign our culture is ill, Chicago Tribune contact reporter John Kass [above] refuses to blame spree killer Chris Mercer for his homicidal rage. This is as close as he gets: “Most news outlets focused on what has become depressingly familiar: the gunman, lonely, a nerd unable to adjust, narcissistic, nihilistic, seeking glory in innocent blood, perhaps a psychosis unknown as yet.” From there, Kass switches to Chicago’s “gun violence” problem, laying blame for that death toll on the Chicago machine . . .

What the president certainly understands, what politicians don’t tell the people, is that Chicago political corruption has a cost. And that leaves less money to pay for longer incarcerations for gun crimes, let alone any space to institutionalize the dangerously mentally ill.

Kass conveniently leaves out the fact that Chicago’s refusal to incarcerate violent criminals isn’t purely a government funding financial issue. The lack of appropriate law enforcement reflects the Machine’s desire to maintain the status quo. And if Kass doesn’t see that the flow of drug money benefits – either directly or indirectly – Windy City’s politicians he’s either ignorant or willfully ignorant.

Anyway, Mercer . . .

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Source:: Truth About Guns