Why don't Chicago's mass shootings count?
Other American cities get headline treatment when tragedy stikes, but in predominantly Black neighborhoods it's treated as routine.
By Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
April 7, 2021 — 6:00pm
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When a gunman killed four people and wounded a fifth at a Southern California office building last week, news outlets, over and over, called it the third in a string of mass shootings.
"The violence in the city of Orange was the third major mass shooting in just over two weeks," an Associated Press story read. "Last week a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and killed 10. A week before that, six Asian women were among eight people killed at three Atlanta-area spas."