Thursday, May 28, 2009

Street Fight on Birchwood

3:11 PM: Battery in progress. Anonymous 911 caller says 20 kids are fighting in the street and blocking traffic at Wolcott and Birchwood.

23 comments:

Craig Gernhardt said...

Oh, and there was a mysterious death at 1437 West Lunt yesterday. A man in his 30's was found dead with a plastic bag over his head.

Rogers Park Vigilance said...

Plastic? Should have used paper! RIMSHOT!

Seriously though, just laying in front of the address? In the address? What?

Craig Gernhardt said...

Inside the address listed.

AvondaleLoganSquareCrimeBlotter said...

I think I may know who the fighting kids are. They're probably the ones from Sullivan.

Anonymous said...

sounds like some good kids.

ck said...

60626's little sweethearts!

Resident said...

I'm sure they're just "mixed up with the wrong crowd" and really "trying to turn their lives around."

billyjoe said...

Yeah, I remember the days when teens used to hang out in groups, goof off, and not get into trouble. Not.

If they were caucasian kids hanging out on dirt bikes, the perception of their "behavior" would be totally different.

Unknown said...

there are some crazy kids up here - I guess that's part of the "diversity" this neighborhood offers. I love when they are four across the sidewalk being tough guys and don't move over. Funny, they don't do the same thing when I have my dogs. I usually let the dogs go on a longer lead just to freak them out a little bit.

Craig Gernhardt said...

Color has nothing to do with this. If they were on dirt-bikes, they'd be racing each other. Not fighting.

Once again, the bigot BJ, playing the race-baiter. Hey, BJ, you related to Bigot boy, Westgard?

Craig Gernhardt said...

===If they were caucasian kids hanging out on dirt bikes, the perception of their "behavior" would be totally different.===

Here's what a dirt-bike champion looks like.

Man On The Street said...

Here's what a dirt-bike champion looks like.Excellent comeback. I interviewed a black motocross racer when I worked at the newspaper. And a black rodeo bull rider and a black Indy racer, in case any of those scenarios come up.

billyjoe said...

Craig: You calling me and Westgard "bigots" is a wonderful example of what psychologists call "projection."

And the fact that you react so hysterically to my perceived bigotry (apparently against caucasion youth) only emphasizes my point.

Face the truth: Your blog is mostly all about bigotry, albeit the "read between the lines" variety.

billyjoe said...

"I interviewed a black motocross racer when I worked at the newspaper. And a black rodeo bull rider and a black Indy racer, in case any of those scenarios come up."

Man On The Street: Im glad someone's keeping score on your personal "I'm no bigot" credentials. Too bad your tally-bragging makes you look like a self-serving idiot.

BillyJoe'sBrain said...

billyjoe complaining about "projection" and "self-serving" is rich irony. You'll notice that billyjoe starts getting extra-douchy towards the end of month. Waiting for that SSI check must be a bitch...

Man On The Street said...

Man On The Street: Im glad someone's keeping score on your personal "I'm no bigot" credentials. yeah, well them's the things you have to do when you're a black reporter and you start off your career working at a black newspaper....

Man On The Street said...

BJ, do you ever get tired of being an ignorant, gun-jumping, assumption-making moron?

Wait, let me answer that one myself...

AvondaleLoganSquareCrimeBlotter said...

Craig (OT - sorry), do you know when the prom tonight at Sullivan is supposed to end?

jeff in chicago said...

The death at 1437 Lunt was my downstairs neighbor and friend. It appears he committed suicide, though there has been no ruling yet that I'm aware of. I wish I had been a closer friend so I might have noticed what was going on.

And RP Vigilence, you are a vile cretin. Look up compassion and then try to develop some.

Craig Gernhardt said...

I'm racing in Minnesota today.

Unknown said...

Craig - just wondering why you bother to post from people like Billyjoe, newgarder and okey - they really are pathetic and a waste of our time

Craig Gernhardt said...

Okay, I'll stop.

Lianna said...

I live in Edgewater and have been looking at a co-op in RP and after reading these messages I'm a little put off by the action in RP. This blog is making me change my mind.

And yes some of the messages on this blog are pathetic. Nobody wants to know about erections and poop. The messages should be deleted by the moderator.

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