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To: FJB who wrote (430727)	6/8/2011 12:06:13 PM
From: Alan Smithee	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 794004

Well surprise, surprise. The "mob of young men" is composed of blacks and the victims are white. So much for Obama's post-racial America. No one was seriously hurt in the flurry of five random attacks by a mob of young men on Chicago's lakefront over the weekend. But the feeling among many visitors and residents that the popular Near North Side stretch where the attacks occurred is safe for strolling on a summer night may have taken a hit. "I think it reflects badly on Chicago," said Dr. Jack Singer, 68, a Seattle oncologist who was one of two victims in town for a convention of cancer specialists at McCormick Place. "I've been coming to the convention every year, and this is the first time I've felt threatened downtown." The outbreak of random violence along a busy stretch of Chicago Avenue and the lakefront creates a sensitive issue for city officials eager to boost tourism and convention business. "Random attacks cause concern in Chicago Mob attacks create a sensitive issue for city officials eager to boost tourism and convention business"

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