Chicago has a very real and very terrible gun violence problem.
Just this year, 176 people have been killed in the city, and the vast majority are shooting deaths. So any gun that police get off the streets there is a good thing.
That said, this gun bust perhaps shouldn’t have made it to the Chicago PD Twitter feed.
Great intel lead to a positive search warrant for the 1063 team in the 10th District. Weapons and drugs recovered. pic.twitter.com/Kq38HxPOap
— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) April 19, 2017
Did the internet have its way with that revolving rifle and little derringer? Yes, the internet had its way with them.
https://twitter.com/SarcasticPoet33/status/854869792976666628
everyone is safe, Aaron Burr is in custody
— elkind, daniel (@DoubleEBooks) April 19, 2017
did you get the damsel he had tied to the tracks before the train got there or nah
— more stew than man (@NoraReed) April 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/cxcope/status/855043226939641857
Can't wait to hear the Joker has been convicted! pic.twitter.com/8gT9n0XDqx
— Michael Stribling (@voltattoo) April 20, 2017
Got him! pic.twitter.com/yYOEK3Vacr
— Roger (@iamtherog) April 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/RickGivens/status/854911467375800320
Good thing the Chicago PD stopped this dastardly outlaw before high noon. https://t.co/ZEwTZ2030I
— Waldo Jaquith (@waldojaquith) April 20, 2017
Free my nigga Django https://t.co/JZpdOhWlJa
— dosxxvirus (@kingcoonta) April 20, 2017
Damn CPD busted a 19th century riverboat gambler who also deals weed https://t.co/AoSVubvPdU
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) April 20, 2017
Must have been a wild stagecoach chase. https://t.co/gtsRMXpNe5
— Gen Xhausted (@Bathysphered) April 20, 2017
Looks like you guys busted the notorious "Ulysses S. Grant and John Dillinger Gang" https://t.co/bpxyEvU5iv
— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) April 19, 2017
Despite their tweets rife with mocking disdain, the good people of Twitter dot com are surely happy police are keeping the streets safe.
From rapscallions like these.