It has never been more dangerous to be a black boy from Chicago than it is today. As of June 2023, 172 young people under 18 have been shot in Chicago just this year, 29 of them fatally. Roughly 80% of those shot have been black, roughly 85% male. Five of those killed were 12 and under.
Seeing no political advantage in addressing today’s crime, President Joe Biden last week chose to exploit the Mississippi murder of a Chicago boy 68 years ago. On Tuesday, Biden signed a bill creating a series of three national monuments in Illinois and Mississippi honoring Emmett Till, the 14-year-old murder victim, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, an outspoken advocate for her son.
Said Biden in a shamefully dishonest effort to secure the black vote, “At a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury history, we’re making it clear – crystal, crystal clear: While darkness and denialism can hide much, they erase nothing.”
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