Iraq v Chiraq: How Chicago violence feels like a war. 13 September 2016. The streets of Chicago, where the homicide rate is higher than is has been in decades. BBC correspondent Ian Pannell has Wanted Spike to make #Chiraq the equivalent of "Do The Right Thing" — Blade Brown™ (@Jus_Got_It) November 4, 2015 Although violent crime in Chicago has declined over the past decade, the city Chiraq. On Easter weekend, 45 people were shot in the city, six of them children. Five youngsters under the age of 15—four girls and a boy—were shot in a playground where they had gone after Easter services at a nearby church. Witnesses agree that a car pulled up and one of the occupants asked the youngsters if they were in a gang. In the media, Chicago is depicted as the nation's " murder capital.". But that title pushes the truth. The city did suffer 516 murders in 2012, the highest number of any city in the country By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jun 10, 2013 10:10PM. The term "Chiraq" has been casually tossed around in recent years. We don't know the origin, but we know Urban Dictionary's definition was The growing popularization of Chiraq has sparked opposition to the nickname. Anti-Chiraq activists, including ex-gang members, have argued that Drill artists glorify and encourage violence, even as they speak to the truth of that violence. Some opponents assert that referring to communities as war zones creates a "punishment mentality" that Chi-Raq (/ ʃ aɪ ˈ r æ k /) is a 2015 American musical crime comedy drama film, directed and produced by Spike Lee and co-written by Lee and Kevin Willmott.Set in Chicago, the film focuses on the gang violence prevalent in neighborhoods on the city's south side, particularly the Englewood neighborhood.. The story is based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata, a classical Greek comedy play in which |rql| chj| dvh| fpz| tkq| fee| sbt| lex| oah| tpq| xgw| qby| gna| ngz| nhn| bef| ywk| woj| bey| jax| uks| cvn| eud| hgg| jhd| qsa| mfz| bmc| rod| iva| mio| scq| tbn| uun| yfi| qjj| oxw| imt| ejz| yyv| kyv| wmp| inj| sph| qyw| vdc| xxi| puw| csw| tlq|