The 60-year-old attorney—a former domestic relations judge and former Chicago alderman whom everyone calls "Judge"—is using his corner of the world to reform a neighborhood Raymond Figueroa the owner of La Borinquena believes he has to raise consciousness a handwritten sign in the store window describes a program in which the store's owner will give $125 to any person turning over a gun to Chicago's 14th District police. A second sign warns that the N-word is not to be used inside, even jokingly. A third, reads, "Aqui No" or "Not Here," inviting readers to think of activities—such as gang affiliation or drug use—that will not be tolerated in this neighborhood
Monday, July 21, 2008
Behind The Hate-Aqui No!
The 60-year-old attorney—a former domestic relations judge and former Chicago alderman whom everyone calls "Judge"—is using his corner of the world to reform a neighborhood Raymond Figueroa the owner of La Borinquena believes he has to raise consciousness a handwritten sign in the store window describes a program in which the store's owner will give $125 to any person turning over a gun to Chicago's 14th District police. A second sign warns that the N-word is not to be used inside, even jokingly. A third, reads, "Aqui No" or "Not Here," inviting readers to think of activities—such as gang affiliation or drug use—that will not be tolerated in this neighborhood
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BEHIND THE HATE,
CHICAGO IS FOR HATERS,
CRIME,
HUMBOLDT PARK,
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