Chicago Street Journal -- September 30, 2017

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Getting Away With Murder. 

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MURDER. MURDER. MURDER. 

Americans are obsessed with the idea of murder. Our 

thirst for blood is reflected in our entertainment 

choices and our day-to-day reality, where, if you are 

shot, stabbed or bludgeoned to death, you don’t have 

the option of getting up and getting ready for your 

next part. If you get murdered – for real -- there is no 

reset button. It’s pretty much a GAME OVER type of 

deal. And, although our favorite and most chilling, 

weekly crime stories can tie up a case in one hour or 

less, or in the case of How To Get Away With Murder, 

drag it out for four seasons, in the USA approximately 

one third of all murders are cold cases with 

many of those cases going back for decades. 

According to the World Health Organization a murder 

is committed every 60 seconds. 

There are murderers in our midst. Walking, talking, 

working and sleeping with us are approximately 

200,000 killers. Plus, if you really want to get away 

with murder, then, Illinois would be the perfect place 

to commit a homicide. 

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Technology – Developers are continuous 

working on integrating tech and medicine 

to save lives. Around 610,000 people 

die of heart disease in the United 

States each year, making it the leading 

cause of death for both men and women. 

Now there’s a smartwatch that prevents 

heart-related conditions: iBeat features 

tiny micro sensors that monitors a user's 

heart rate for symptoms of a heart attack 

or cardiac arrest. These sensors can notify users and can even call 911, 

then utilizing its GPS for location tracking. Products like iBeat continue 

to change the way we look at cardiovascular disease and prevention. 

Media – Film and television production in Chicago is booming according 

to Robert Moskal, Directory of Chicago Film Office, who indicates 

that the office issued almost 2000 permits in 2016. With nine full seasoned 

series headquartered in the city, opportunities for vendors and 

talent is in high demand. Better get in now because expertise from 

around the world have their eyes focused on Chicago. 

Health – Although the enrollment period was cut by six weeks and the 

current administration cut outreach funding by 90%, ACA is still alive. 

Enrollment for 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obamacare) starts 

November 1 and ends December 15. Don’t miss it. 

Credit – On September 20 th a class-action lawsuit was filed in Atlanta, 

Georgia against Equifax alleging “that Equifax unduly put small business 

operators at risk in terms of the cost of Equifax business reports 

and the availability of credit and exposure to business identity theft, 

which often is directly linked to the personal creditworthiness of small 

business owners.” Consumers are permitted to obtain one free credit 

report annually, but businesses are required to pay $99 for their reports. 

The suit charges that Equifax is profiting off of their information without 

their knowledge of contents or accuracy. 

#EntrepreneursRock – Absolutely Anything Essential Gift Shop will 

be celebrating its1 st Year Anniversary on Saturday, October 21 between 

3 and 6 pm at 3521 S. King Drive in Chicago. No reservations 

needed just stop by and celebration with complimentary appetizers, raffles 

and specials. CSJ congratulates Kenya Reene, Proprietor. 

Chicago – Beginning next year, Chicago police officers will undergo 

four hours of training on its revised use-of-force policy. The department 

plans to expand training to 40 hours a year for every officer beginning 

in 2021. 

Sports – Don’t they say think twice before you speak? After President 

Donald Trump's criticism of NFL players the number of protesters went 

from six players to 200 who sat, knelt or raised their fists. As the support 

on social media continues to grow for former San Francisco 49ers 

quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Nick Cannon is racking up the views 

with his video Stand For What? 


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John Rogers & Matt Feldman 

The Financial Services Pipeline 

(FSP) Initiative is ushering in two 

new co-chairs to help steer the direction 

of the program, carry out the 

organization’s mission and oversee 

overall strategy implementation. 

FSP Initiative was founded in 2013 

to address the lack of diversity in 

the financial services sector. 

John Rogers, Jr. Chairman and 

CEO of Ariel 

Investments, 

and Matt 

Feldman, 

President and 

CEO of the 

Federal 

Home Loan 

Bank of Chicago 

will serve as the cochairs 

and ambassadors 

for the CEO Leadership 

Council. They will join 

current co-chair Terry 

Mazany, formerly of The 

Chicago Community 

Trust, one of the founding 

member institutions of the 

FSP. 

Rogers and Feldman will assume 

the co-chair roles previously 

held by CEO Leadership 

Council co-chairs, 

Frederick Waddell, The Northern 

Trust Company, and Monica 

Walker, Holland Capital Management, 

LLC. In their roles as cochairs, 

Rogers and Feldman will 

provide strategic oversight in connection 

with the initiative’s programming 

and fundraising. They 

will also work alongside industry 

leaders from a collective of approximately 

19 financial institutions 

to manage the initiative and push 

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forward the FSP’s goal of increasing 

the pipeline of African- 

American and Latino talent in Chicagoland’s 

financial services industry. 

“The work of the FSP is critical,” 

said Feldman. “The strategic imperative 

for diversity and inclusion 

is clear, particularly when viewed in 

light of the increasing diversity of 

the generation currently entering the 

workforce and those that will follow. 

An organization that does not 

recognize the reality of these changing 

demographics and adjust all of 

their business strategies to that reality 

will be left behind.” 

“My goal for the FSP beyond just 

increasing minority representation 

in the [financial services] industry 

is to help create 

wealthbuilding 

opportunities 

within the Af- 

rican- 

American and 

Latino communities,” 

said Rogers. 

“By focusing on retention 

and attrition, we 

can help to prepare the 

next generation of C- 

suite leaders and entrepreneurs 

who will go on 

to employ more people 

who look like them.” 

Rogers and Feldman’s 

appointments will begin 

immediately as they prepare 

for the FSP’s 4th Annual 

Summit. The summit is an 

opportunity for all the FSP member 

organizations to address solutions to 

increase diversity in the financial 

industry due to recent stagnation in 

minority advancement. The private 

event will be held October 20 at the 

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. 

For more information about the 

FSP, please visit FSPChicago.org. 

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Continued from Page 1 

Getting Away With Murder. 

What is the probability of you becoming a murder victim? Click HERE 

to take the murder test. 

Why is the "clearance rate" for murders so low? 

According to most experts, investigations must be intensive, move fast, 

and be organized. In a crime’s aftermath, the first 48 to 72 hours are the 

most critical. But, in a metropolitan area, like Chicago or New Orleans, 

where the murder rate is high and non-stop, how can a department give 

its full attention to cold cases? And, when the case remains cold that 

means that murderer remains free and a threat. 

And, if only a fifth of the crimes committed are with legally registered 

weapons, then there’s a possible connection. What should be the penalty 

be for carrying an illegal firearm, given that statistics indicate that it is 

very likely that it will be involved in a violent crime? 

Also, police officials continue to insist that the community is the key to 

solving crimes. When we help and harbor murderers and keep hushed on 

crime, it is the same as giving our permission to remain under attack. 

But in that same vein, who can provide protection to those who testify? 

Who will be there to protect them and their families? 

Thomas K. Hargrove of the Murder Accountability Project states that, 

“Illinois trails all other states in catching killers.” Less than 40% of all 

homicide cases in Illinois are cleared. It is also reported that Chicago 

faired far worst, as it only solved about 30 percent of its murder cases in 

2015. In a response to a question from The Scripps Howard News Service, 

Hargrove indicated that, “The astonishing and disturbing pattern in 

the FBI data set is the variation in how often murders get solved. There 

are places in America where it is statistically unlikely for a killer to be 

caught. If you want to get away with murder, go to places like Detroit, 

Phoenix, Chicago or New Orleans. If you want to get caught, kill somebody 

in Denver, San Diego or Philadelphia.” 

Those getting away with murder continue to be a threat to society. 

They’ve taken away the life and liberty of so many. Maybe we are the 

key to halting the alarming rate of unsolved murders. Look to your left. 

Look to your right. Look across the dinner table. Look in the mirror. You 

may just see a murderer. 

Sonja Cassandra Perdue is Associate Publisher for Chicago Street 

Journal and Founder of Chicago’s Black Business Network. 

With the number of cold cases reaching into the six figures, it is certainly 

possible that via our sixth degree that we are all either related to or know 

a murder. 

Just a few murder stats for you murder fans. 

A recent Center for Disease Control report indicates that 93 percent 

of female murder victims were killed by former or current husbands, 

boyfriends or lovers. 

Over 90 percent of Black Americans are murdered by other Black 

Americans. 

Because of the increase in transgender deaths by murder, the community 

is calling upon reporting agencies to enhance their tracking 

methods and to begin keeping an accurate count of the number of 

murders. 

Police killed at least 309 Black people in the U.S. in 2016. 

21 toddlers were shooters. 

The World Health Organization states one person commits suicide about 

every 40 seconds. This may well indicate that for some of us, we are our 

own greatest danger. 

With the call for major changes in the US immigration laws, you would 

certainly think that the stats would weigh in heavily on keeping the terrorist 

away from all of us. But, according to the New America Foundation, 

jihadists killed 94 people inside the United States between 2005 and 

2015. During that same time period, 301,797 people in the US were shot 

dead, Politifact reports. According to data compiled from the Centers for 

Disease Control, more people killed themselves by falling out of bed during 

the same period (737) than were killed by Islamic jihadists. 

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Black Girls Code Organization Receives 

$255K in Funding from General Motors 

Detroit, MI — Black Girls Code, a non-profit organization that 

aims to increase the number of women of color in the digital 

space, has announced a partnership with General Motors, which 

includes a generous donation of $255,000. The funding will be 

used to launch and maintain a local chapter of the organization 

in the Detroit metro area. 


This partnership aims to increase interest in STEM career fields 

for girls of color. Women of color are traditionally underrepresented 

in STEM fields, especially in technology. Only 3 percent 

of African-American women and less than 1 percent of Latinas 

receive degrees in computer science. 

Kimberly Bryant, CEO of Black Girls Code, comments, 

“Although we’ve hosted workshops in the area off and on since 

2012, we are thrilled to officially launch a Black Girls CODE 

chapter in Detroit with the support of GM and other corporate 

and community partners like Comcast and Wayne State University. 

“Our regular programming, launching this fall, will lay a foundation 

to fully engage girls of color in Detroit and is designed to 

inspire them to continue their paths as future STEM professionals,” 

she adds. 

Since their launch in April 2011, Black Girls Code has had the 

ultimate goal to provide African-American youth with the skills 

to occupy some of the 1.4 million computing job openings expected 

to be available in the U.S. by 2020, and to train 1 million 

girls by 2040. 

The organization was recently offered a $125,000 donation from 

Uber, but Bryant politely turned it down because she says she 

felt that it was just a PR stunt meant to distract people from 

Uber’s dismal track record on diversity issues. She then went 

and raised $150,000 for the organization through crowdfunding. 

For more details about the organization, visit 

www.BlackGirlsCode.org 

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Amazon Opens Search for 

Amazon HQ2 – A Second 

Headquarters City in North 

America 

New headquarters will be a full equal to Amazon’s headquarters 

in Seattle, and is expected to grow to 50,000 employees 

as part of the company’s ongoing job creation 

Amazon plans to invest over $5 million in construction and 

operation of Amazon HQ2 

In addition to Amazon’s direct hiring and investment, construction 

and operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create 

tens of thousands of jobs in construction and related 

industries, and generate tens of billions of dollars in additional 

investment in the city where HQ2 is located 

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 7, 2017-- (NASDAQ: AMZN) 

—Amazon today announced plans to open Amazon HQ2, a 

second company headquarters in . expects to invest over in 

construction and grow this second headquarters to include 

as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs. In addition to Amazon’s 

direct hiring and investment, construction and ongoing 

operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create tens of 

thousands of additional jobs and tens of billions of dollars 

in additional investment in the surrounding community. is 

opening the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposal (“RFP”) 

now, and local and state government leaders interested in 

learning more about how they can bring to their community 

can visit www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2. 

Amazon estimates its investments in from 2010 through 

2016 resulted in an additional to the city’s economy – 

every dollar invested by in generated an additional for the 

city’s economy overall. 

Communities that think big and creatively when considering 

locations and real estate options 

HQ2 could be, but does not have to be: 

An urban or downtown campus 

operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer 

reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, 

Prime, Fulfillment by , AWS, , Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire 

TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and 

services pioneered by . For more information, visit 

www.amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews. 

With more than 380,000 employees worldwide, Amazon 

ranks #1 on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, 

#2 on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, #1 on 

The Harris Poll’s Corporate Reputation survey, and #2 on 

LinkedIn’s U.S. most desirable companies list. Amazon 

was also recently included in the Military Times’ Best for 

Vets list of companies committed to providing opportunities 

for military veterans. 

“We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our headquarters,” 

said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “Amazon HQ2 

will bring billions of dollars in up-front and ongoing investments, 

and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs. We’re 

excited to find a second home.” 

In choosing the location for HQ2, Amazon has a preference 

for: 

Metropolitan areas with more than one million people 

A similar layout to Amazon’s campus 

A development-prepped site. We want to encourage 

states and communities to think creatively for viable 

real estate options, while not negatively affecting 

our preferred timeline. 

Amazon HQ2 will be a complete headquarters for – not a 

satellite office. expects to hire new teams and executives in 

HQ2, and will also let existing senior leaders across the 

company decide whether to locate their teams in HQ1, 

HQ2 or both. The company expects that employees who 

are currently working in HQ1 can choose to continue working 

there, or they could have an opportunity to move if they 

would prefer to be located in HQ2. 

To learn more about Amazon’s current headquarters, plans 

for Amazon HQ2, and to submit a proposal, visit 

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