Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:05 PM

15-year-old girl who performed at Obama inauguration gunned down in Chicago

Source: raw Story

A 15-year-old girl was killed on the South Side of Chicago on Tuesday, just a week after she performed at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Hadiya Pendleton was hanging out at Vivian Gordon Harsh Park near her high school at around 2:30 p.m., “when someone jumped a fence, ran up to them, and opened fire,” according to WBBM-TV.

Pendleton was taken to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital where she died an hour later from a gunshot wound to her back. A 16-year-old boy was also wounded in the attack.

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15-year-old girl who performed at Obama inauguration gunned down in Chicago (Original post)	Ichingcarpenter	Jan 2013	OP
Repeal the second amendment NOW	CBGLuthier	Jan 2013	#1
Yes to this^^^^^^Every person who owns a gun owns this girls death!	Walk away	Jan 2013	#6
Writers who abuse hyperbole deserve to be taken out and shot.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#16
No, put them on the confiscation team.	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#24
Lots of responses from the Gun Lobby. Even one that wants to shoot me!	Walk away	Jan 2013	#32
Honestly	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#46
Please look up the word 'hyperbole' eom	Maeve	Jan 2013	#47
Since I don't own or advocate the use of guns....	Walk away	Jan 2013	#65
And now I'm sorry I voted to let your post stand eom	Maeve	Jan 2013	#85
So, you ADMIT that reply #6 was an abuse of hyperbole.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#116
Not at all. Every gun owner has done his or her part in supporting and contributing to....	Walk away	Jan 2013	#139
The fact is, that every time you spend a dollar, you vote with that dollar.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Jan 2013	#173
while you responded by making a death threat	BainsBane	Feb 2013	#246
Same to those who believe a non-consequential and visceral reaction is part and parcel...	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#75
Tasteless.	caseymoz	Jan 2013	#122
interesting what outages you	BainsBane	Jan 2013	#232
Sad.	Walk away	Feb 2013	#243
No^^^^^^to this.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#19
What you own is irrelevant to a Constitutional argument.	caseymoz	Jan 2013	#141
Huh?	nick of time	Jan 2013	#142
This message was self-deleted by its author	caseymoz	Jan 2013	#151
Every dollar you spend is a vote for the world you want to live in. So, being a gun owner...	dorksied	Jan 2013	#226
I see you have enjoyed your stay;	greiner3	Jan 2013	#170
So far, yes.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#172
Your post is one of the reasons that sensible	whistler162	Jan 2013	#21
That's a bit over the top	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#23
Yeah, but try alerting on it.	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#33
Hate much? Are you a liberal with a free pass to hate?	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#28
Grow up.	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#98
If growing up is to approximate your status, I'll stick with my condition.	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#114
While his post was somewhat juvenile, I support his position. Guns are a disease.	dorksied	Jan 2013	#227
Just another opinion.nt	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#237
I own her death?	Papagoose	Jan 2013	#30
I guess I'm responsible for every person killed by a drunk driver	Bonduel	Jan 2013	#64
coming out of the woodwork now	Skittles	Jan 2013	#230
Or maybe it's your fault for living in a country with a 2nd amendment.	dkf	Jan 2013	#71
One may only imagine then the area surrounding Sandy Hook ES was rampant with gang problems...	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#87
That one was not fixable unless someone who knew him turned him in as a threat.	dkf	Jan 2013	#157
Fact is, if the gangs were operating out in the open, in a upper class white area,	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Jan 2013	#179
I bet that is true.	dkf	Jan 2013	#180
This ^^^^^ strikes me as illogical	Blandocyte	Jan 2013	#76
No. Everyone who smokes pot owns this girl's death	guardian	Jan 2013	#156
For real, but the pot smokers will need to take a break from	Blandocyte	Jan 2013	#159
Sadly, you do have a point.	AverageJoe90	Jan 2013	#161
It ain't Chronic in those chambers	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#181
You are confusing the issue.	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#197
Agree with the last bit, only...	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#200
Whatever helps you sleep at night.	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#202
Not sure I agree with that	dreamnightwind	Jan 2013	#207
What you think, and what is reality differ from each other.	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#220
Sorry that's just ridiculous	dreamnightwind	Jan 2013	#225
No blood spilled when ya grow your own meds	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#208
I never mentioned "grow your own".	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#221
The last I heard this poor child was shot by a bullet. Every single company that...	Walk away	Feb 2013	#244
+1	patrice	Jan 2013	#166
Laying blame on the innocent is a despicable guilt tactic	davidthegnome	Jan 2013	#239
Thank you	ellie	Jan 2013	#43
REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL! Say it again and again.	SylviaD	Jan 2013	#66
You say repeal,	nick of time	Jan 2013	#81
Repeal the 2nd Amendment?	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#82
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#96
You are most likely correct.	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#101
They'd be an insurgency	Hayabusa	Jan 2013	#129
You mean like Iraq and Afghanistan?	nick of time	Jan 2013	#136
Continually insulting one's opponents typically doesn't get one very far.	Comrade Grumpy	Jan 2013	#155
I'm not a gun owner or a fan of guns in general...	TroglodyteScholar	Jan 2013	#100
Yup	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#105
I thought the purpose of guns were to protect you.	caseymoz	Jan 2013	#146
That is the most likely outcome.	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#153
All I could say is . . .	caseymoz	Feb 2013	#245
Please name 38 states whose legislatures could be persuaded to agree	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#84
Fucking A.	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#95
Gun Humpers	DainBramaged	Jan 2013	#113
Absolutely -Society Should Not Be Held Hostage By Fear	cantbeserious	Jan 2013	#119
Ain't gonna happen and here is why..	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#178
No need to repeal. Just do away with the creative interpretation of it.	PSPS	Jan 2013	#183
That would REALLY show those drug gangs who's boss.	Dreamer Tatum	Jan 2013	#192
The city of Chicago already has super-strict gun-control	Ter	Jan 2013	#206
I'm at a lack of words for this one, sooo totally F'en senseless. n/t	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#2
Incredibly sad. It wouldn't be surprising to learn she was targeted because she	geek tragedy	Jan 2013	#3
It wouldn't surprise me to learn she was targeted by a gun nut	intheflow	Jan 2013	#13
Seriously?	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#25
you're serious?	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#29
Really?	nick of time	Jan 2013	#34
That's just plain wacky n/t	RZM	Jan 2013	#240
Doubtful, though possible	MynameisBlarney	Jan 2013	#14
It's my belief that this poor girl was killed for the very reason you state.	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#31
Nope. She was just one person amongst many in one of those marching bands.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2013	#79
Guns and esteem issues	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#185
Chicago has more than its share of fucked up, violent people for some reason	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#4
It is predominantly due to the resurgence of gangs	frazzled	Jan 2013	#26
lead poisoning leads to lead flying	mopinko	Jan 2013	#54
Leaded gasoline fumes?	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#70
that lead is still everywhere. and that is just about right. gang leaders are in their 30's and 40's	mopinko	Jan 2013	#176
So violent crime should be on the way out soon	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#177
statistics say it is.	mopinko	Jan 2013	#184
Prisons are bursting at the seams	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#189
Many of our large cities, and small ones, have problems with gang violence.	amandabeech	Jan 2013	#27
Change the economic cliamate and...	rsmith6621	Jan 2013	#58
Haven't we had gangs since revolutionary times?	derby378	Jan 2013	#63
Remember "Gangs of New York?"	amandabeech	Jan 2013	#68
Never mind the 19th century, the Romans had street gangs. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#233
Gangs since Neanderthal	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#186
That's a bit of a strecth	derby378	Jan 2013	#187
You mean Banks? Big Pharma? War in Iraq?	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#190
It's a 'sense of belonging'. Most people thrive on being a part of something.	Blanks	Jan 2013	#205
Lots more decent jobs would help so many problems,	amandabeech	Jan 2013	#72
you're right but that also means change the drug laws	wordpix	Jan 2013	#211
How did New York do it? Copy their methods. New York is night and day from 1970s. nt	SylviaD	Jan 2013	#194
and its still not the most	iamthebandfanman	Jan 2013	#41
Chicago has had a long and sordid history of this since the St. Valentine's Day Massacre	derby378	Jan 2013	#53
...	ZombieHorde	Jan 2013	#5
hit me the same way	Ichingcarpenter	Jan 2013	#7
.	one_voice	Jan 2013	#8
Am I the only one who's tired of our impotence	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2013	#9
What's your "simple, common sense" fix for Chicago's long-standing problem with violent crime?	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#11
Attack teachers unions under the fake pretext that there's a budget gap, then	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2013	#50
We don't use the Brady scorecard - try DOJ/FBI statistics instead	derby378	Jan 2013	#55
The "gun death" rate is not an accurate measure of how safe a place is. The overall murder rate is.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#61
Washington State has far more lax laws than California.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#77
Really?	eaglesfanintn	Jan 2013	#80
You've indulged in a bit of cherry-picking, which is reasonable considering that I did as well.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#83
Sure	eaglesfanintn	Jan 2013	#86
I think that state is Maryland, not Delaware.	geardaddy	Jan 2013	#130
Excuse me. California is one of the low per-capita gun death rates states.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#104
The map in my previous post shows that Califonria is not one of the lowest per-capita murder states	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#107
Gun deaths are the topic at issue.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#204
Overall murder rates peaked in California in 1993 and have generally been on a downward trend...	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#228
Besides failed economic policies...	Bay Boy	Jan 2013	#62
Agreed. Nt	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2013	#69
Agree!	patrice	Jan 2013	#106
Here is how I'd handle it.	Shadowflash	Jan 2013	#67
Terribly sad....and Wayne LaPierre is now testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing....	George II	Jan 2013	#10
He would say.	iandhr	Jan 2013	#49
MORE GUNS!!!	Iggo	Jan 2013	#12
Sounds like a gang hit,	nick of time	Jan 2013	#15
Sounds like somebody shot her.	Iggo	Jan 2013	#37
That's what I meant.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#38
If you can't be somebody, get notoreity by killing someone of stature.	geek tragedy	Jan 2013	#39
Now that makes sense,	nick of time	Jan 2013	#40
This was not a person of stature	RZM	Jan 2013	#242
Likely political, considering the state of the gun debate.	grahamhgreen	Jan 2013	#74
Don't think so.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#78
Possibly. But there's lots of crazies out there surrounding the gun issue.	grahamhgreen	Jan 2013	#90
No doubt about that,	nick of time	Jan 2013	#92
You don't really know the reason why, and the reason is probably stupid, like jealousy	wordpix	Jan 2013	#212
You're right.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#214
This insanity has to stop	SCantiGOP	Jan 2013	#17
Everyone has the right to live	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#18
Yep. She should've been carrying to protect her rights, right?	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#35
No, it probably wouldn't have made any difference	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#42
Right.	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#89
You lost me at "Yet according to you..."	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#102
Unreasonable, isn't it?	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#110
I'd gladly enter into a wager about the nature of the person who murdered the girl	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#112
In your feverish pursuit of chasing down whatever distraction you can find	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#134
Yes, a gun. One of those things that are BANNED in Chicago.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#149
When does this all end?	Botany	Jan 2013	#20
How sad. What a waste of young talent.	athena	Jan 2013	#22
...	Melinda	Jan 2013	#36
When will this senseless violence end?	iandhr	Jan 2013	#44
.	patrice	Jan 2013	#45
Tears also. I can hardly believe this.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#158
You can SEE that she's an angel, trying to do good for her community. Breaks our hearts!!!	patrice	Jan 2013	#162
Goddamn this world is depressing.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#48
I literally CANNOT stand hearing about these babies being killed. Not a criticism of you, OP.	Happyhippychick	Jan 2013	#51
All of the guns...	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#52
That would be the optimal solution, if it could be done IMHO ...	brett_jv	Jan 2013	#217
Monstrous	Ian Iam	Jan 2013	#56
Who knows who did this	sakabatou	Jan 2013	#57
My gut reaction is that the South Side should be razed by bulldozers	derby378	Jan 2013	#59
The West side has the same problems.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#109
Yeah...	derby378	Jan 2013	#120
I can hear the Right Wing now claiming Obama had her shot....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2013	#60
Of course they will. It's perfect for them.	grahamhgreen	Jan 2013	#93
Oh, of COURSE ...	brett_jv	Jan 2013	#218
Right - every gun crime from now on will be part of the conspiracy!	grahamhgreen	Jan 2013	#241
That sounds targeted. Who done it?	grahamhgreen	Jan 2013	#73
The 2nd amendment	angrychair	Jan 2013	#88
It says 'keep and bear' ... which are terms associated with military usage ...	brett_jv	Jan 2013	#222
I agree with you	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#229
A bullet through the heart of the nation.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#91
We need to treat guns like a new panademic. And the vaccine is putting a ring around it	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#94
Check points at the state???	former9thward	Jan 2013	#152
.	Paulie	Jan 2013	#97
How sad!!!	Beacool	Jan 2013	#99
... Police said 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was taking shelter from the rain under a canopy	struggle4progress	Jan 2013	#103
Yep.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#108
Such a vibrant, pretty girl	AgingAmerican	Jan 2013	#111
I weep for Chicago, and more importantly	Lifelong Protester	Jan 2013	#115
Another "message" sent by the disgusting right wing	harrose	Jan 2013	#117
Not true at all.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#118
It can't be, because they we can't blame our political enemies for it.	hughee99	Jan 2013	#121
No, no, no.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#123
No, I don't think it was anyone public like Hannity or Limbaugh...	harrose	Jan 2013	#125
I'd actually be somewhat surprised to find that out.	hughee99	Jan 2013	#154
Just a week or so after the inauguration?	harrose	Jan 2013	#126
WGN and police have already said that it was a case of her	nick of time	Jan 2013	#127
I wouldn't put it above the reich wing	harrose	Jan 2013	#131
Maybe, but not in this case.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#133
You might be right...	harrose	Jan 2013	#135
Fair enough.	nick of time	Jan 2013	#138
Things that "seem random"...	harrose	Jan 2013	#143
True,	nick of time	Jan 2013	#145
What are you talking about?	Beacool	Jan 2013	#215
this is terrible!!	hue	Jan 2013	#124
i feel like crying	samsingh	Jan 2013	#128
Jesus Christ	damnedifIknow	Jan 2013	#132
sigh....	Marrah_G	Jan 2013	#137
I am sick of this.	Not Me	Jan 2013	#140
When the extremists on both sides are silenced	nick of time	Jan 2013	#144
lol - your slip is showing.	TBF	Jan 2013	#164
My slip is showing? What does that even mean?	nick of time	Jan 2013	#167
That is your framing -	TBF	Jan 2013	#196
Indeed so.....n/t	AverageJoe90	Jan 2013	#175
Yeah, we should shoot them	BudHardener	Jan 2013	#188
Huh?	nick of time	Jan 2013	#209
omg how sad! please, about all the BICKERING...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jan 2013	#147
Why have we let it get so out of hand?	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Jan 2013	#148
This was going on before Chicago's gun laws were declared unconstitutional	askeptic	Jan 2013	#150
So terribly sad.	AverageJoe90	Jan 2013	#160
lapierre is puking it up RIGHT NOW on tv. what a despicable scumbag	farminator3000	Jan 2013	#163
AWESOME!!! Leahy just handed WAYNEY his sorry scummy ass on a plate	farminator3000	Jan 2013	#165
You'll find that most of the gun humpers.....	llmart	Jan 2013	#199
i liked the hawaiian lady @ the end too	farminator3000	Jan 2013	#236
the Chief from MD is pretty damn cool too	farminator3000	Jan 2013	#168
also AWESOME, i think feinstein made wayney BLUSH!!!	farminator3000	Jan 2013	#169
THE BEST WAY OF STOPPING A BAD GUY IN THE FIRST PLACE IS A GOOD BACKGROUND CHECK!!!	farminator3000	Jan 2013	#171
Only cowards use guns on unarmed persons	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Jan 2013	#174
This is DU? A girl gets shot and people worry if the gun is okay?	Scootaloo	Jan 2013	#182
I don't recall seeing this hue and cry after 7 people were murdered on Saturday	Dreamer Tatum	Jan 2013	#191
Another way to look at it, 87 gun accidents a day.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Jan 2013	#193
So sad	shenmue	Jan 2013	#195
This is just so heartbreaking	Danmel	Jan 2013	#198
R.I.P.	southern_belle	Jan 2013	#201
Goddamit to fucking HELL! How long are we going to tolerate this?	eridani	Jan 2013	#203
I've been asking that	mimi85	Jan 2013	#210
As long as we let lobbyists buy our congress people	wordpix	Jan 2013	#213
Very sad and it continues to drive home the need for gun control	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#216
For sure ... see my post above ...	brett_jv	Jan 2013	#219
Rest in Peace, Hadiya.	mia	Jan 2013	#223
Let's not kid ourselves, Chicago is out of fucking control. Send in the troops.	bubbayugga	Jan 2013	#224
Send them in to do what, precisely? (nt)	Posteritatis	Jan 2013	#234
Another victory for La Pierre and his friends	BainsBane	Jan 2013	#231
What a beautiful child	BeyondGeography	Jan 2013	#235
There is a straight line between our state's budget woes and the surge in murders	AngryAmish	Jan 2013	#238

Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:08 PM

CBGLuthier (12,723 posts)

1. Repeal the second amendment NOW

Useless shit from a bye gone age. Get the fuck rid of it.

15-year-old girl who performed at Obama inauguration gunned down in Chicago

1. Repeal the second amendment NOW

6. Yes to this^^^^^^Every person who owns a gun owns this girls death!

16. Writers who abuse hyperbole deserve to be taken out and shot.

24. No, put them on the confiscation team.

32. Lots of responses from the Gun Lobby. Even one that wants to shoot me!

46. Honestly

47. Please look up the word 'hyperbole' eom

65. Since I don't own or advocate the use of guns....

85. And now I'm sorry I voted to let your post stand eom

116. So, you ADMIT that reply #6 was an abuse of hyperbole.

139. Not at all. Every gun owner has done his or her part in supporting and contributing to....

173. The fact is, that every time you spend a dollar, you vote with that dollar.

246. while you responded by making a death threat

75. Same to those who believe a non-consequential and visceral reaction is part and parcel...

122. Tasteless.

232. interesting what outages you

243. Sad.

19. No^^^^^^to this.

141. What you own is irrelevant to a Constitutional argument.

142. Huh?

226. Every dollar you spend is a vote for the world you want to live in. So, being a gun owner...

170. I see you have enjoyed your stay;

172. So far, yes.

21. Your post is one of the reasons that sensible

23. That's a bit over the top

33. Yeah, but try alerting on it.

28. Hate much? Are you a liberal with a free pass to hate?

98. Grow up.

114. If growing up is to approximate your status, I'll stick with my condition.

227. While his post was somewhat juvenile, I support his position. Guns are a disease.

237. Just another opinion.nt

30. I own her death?

64. I guess I'm responsible for every person killed by a drunk driver

230. coming out of the woodwork now

71. Or maybe it's your fault for living in a country with a 2nd amendment.

87. One may only imagine then the area surrounding Sandy Hook ES was rampant with gang problems...

157. That one was not fixable unless someone who knew him turned him in as a threat.

179. Fact is, if the gangs were operating out in the open, in a upper class white area,

180. I bet that is true.

76. This ^^^^^ strikes me as illogical

156. No. Everyone who smokes pot owns this girl's death

159. For real, but the pot smokers will need to take a break from

161. Sadly, you do have a point.

181. It ain't Chronic in those chambers

197. You are confusing the issue.

200. Agree with the last bit, only...

202. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

207. Not sure I agree with that

220. What you think, and what is reality differ from each other.

225. Sorry that's just ridiculous

208. No blood spilled when ya grow your own meds

221. I never mentioned "grow your own".

244. The last I heard this poor child was shot by a bullet. Every single company that...

166. +1

239. Laying blame on the innocent is a despicable guilt tactic

43. Thank you

66. REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL! Say it again and again.

81. You say repeal,

82. Repeal the 2nd Amendment?

96. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

101. You are most likely correct.

129. They'd be an insurgency

136. You mean like Iraq and Afghanistan?

155. Continually insulting one's opponents typically doesn't get one very far.

100. I'm not a gun owner or a fan of guns in general...

105. Yup

146. I thought the purpose of guns were to protect you.

153. That is the most likely outcome.

245. All I could say is . . .

84. Please name 38 states whose legislatures could be persuaded to agree

95. Fucking A.

113. Gun Humpers

119. Absolutely -Society Should Not Be Held Hostage By Fear

178. Ain't gonna happen and here is why..

183. No need to repeal. Just do away with the creative interpretation of it.

192. That would REALLY show those drug gangs who's boss.

206. The city of Chicago already has super-strict gun-control

2. I'm at a lack of words for this one, sooo totally F'en senseless. n/t

3. Incredibly sad. It wouldn't be surprising to learn she was targeted because she