Conway went on to claim that Trump was just trying to point out an “increase in random crimes and senseless murders”, as well as “poverty, the joblessness, the homelessness”, in various cities around the country.
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“It’s noteworthy because these two offenders are the primary example of the challenge we face in Chicago”, he said, “with repeat gun offenders who don’t care who they shoot, don’t care whose lives they take and clearly, clearly, don’t fear the consequences of their actions”.
The police superintendent said the judicial system needs to demand more accountability for people convicted of gun offenses. They added that the altercation did not involve Aldridge. She had just left the Dulles School of Excellence around 3:30 p.m.in the 6300-block of South Calumet The Sorells brothers’ intended target was a 25-year-old man, who works as an Uber driver and was visiting friends at Parkway Gardens, according to prosecutors.
The Chicago Police Department has charged two men in the fatal shooting of Nykea Aldridge, the department announced Sunday.
Ignoring the fact that the candidate misspelled the National Basketball Association star’s name, a child just lost her mother on the hard streets of Chicago and Trump could hardly wait to politicize the death spinning it into his not so eloquent position that “black people can’t walk down the street without getting SHOT!”
Wade, who was born in Chicago, signed with the Chicago Bulls this July in a move that was celebrated by the city as a homecoming.
Johnson described the Sorrells brothers as known “gang members”, and suggested that Chicago’s problem with gun violence is out of proportion to its population. “4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON”.
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“The city of Chicago is hurting”, he wrote.
“We’re still going to try and help these people to transform their minds and give them a different direction, so this thing won’t keep happening”, Jolinda Wade said outside of the hospital, according to ESPN. Not for me and my family but for the future of the world. Wade ended both days of tweets with the hashtag “EnoughIsEnough”.
The Chicago native and 12-time All Star also confirmed her tragic death on Twitter.
“My cousin was killed today in Chicago”, Wade tweeted Friday night. “This has got to stop”.
Trump, who faced scorn on social media over his tweet, later posted a second message offering condolences to Aldridge’s family. “They are in my thoughts and prayers”, though Twitter users weren’t buying his belated sentiments.
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Johnson seemed clearly bothered about the tweet when asked about it at the Sunday conference.
