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No, I don\u2019t mean that we need more celebrities to come to Chicago and, well, do whatever it is that celebrities do: \u00a0sing, act, you-tube, etc., or even attend anti-crime rallies.<\/p>\n
I mean this: \u00a0in the recent article in the Chicago Tribune on the quick arrest of two men for the murder of the cousin of basketball star Dwayne Wade, these are the paragraphs that caught my eye:<\/p>\n
When asked about the difference in solving Aldridge\u2019s killing within days compared with the overwhelming majority of homicides that don\u2019t end in arrests, Johnson pointed to the community as being more cooperative because of to the high-profile nature of the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know why we captured them right away? Because the community helped us with it,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cPolice officers very rarely witness crime, especially murder or aggravated battery with a firearm. \u2026 We take every death in Chicago seriously, but we need the community\u2019s help to bring these cases to a successful resolution.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I\u2019ve read, and surely you have too, that the murders do not go unsolved because the killers are truly exceptionally skilled at going undetected. \u00a0Their families, their neighbors know what happened, but don\u2019t cooperate with the police, don\u2019t turn in the criminals, don\u2019t testify, etc.<\/p>\n
But if what it takes to inspire cooperation is for the victim to be related to someone famous \u2014 well, then I suppose we need Andy Warhol\u2019s 15 minutes of fame. \u00a0How? \u00a0Well, yeah, I haven\u2019t figured that part out yet.<\/p>\n
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No, I don\u2019t mean that we need more celebrities to come to Chicago and, well, do whatever it is that celebrities do: \u00a0sing, act, you-tube, etc., or even attend anti-crime rallies. I mean this: \u00a0in the recent article in the Chicago Tribune on the quick arrest of two men for the murder of the cousin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":5270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33,462],"class_list":["post-5269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago","tag-murder"],"yoast_head":"\n
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