The level of crime in Chicago has reached such epic proportions that a local news crew had their fancy camera hijacked at gunpoint. Ironically, it happened while they were doing a story about the rampant armed robbery.
Chicago reporter makes news
Univision Chicago doesn’t just bring you the latest headlines, they’re in them. A pair of their reporters were “held up at gunpoint by three men wearing ski masks.”
The news crew went to the “upscale Wicker Park section” of the windy city in the false belief they’d escape the violence. Rich people make the best targets and their camera was just too sweet of a prize to be passed by.
The reporter and his cameraman were all set for the live shot to go with a story about the “spate of robberies and carjackings” which blew through the Windy City the previous weekend. That’s when they almost got shot themselves.
Univision crew robbed at gunpoint in Chicago while reporting on armed-robbery surgehttps://t.co/d2uIyJufBA
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 29, 2023
Their biggest mistake was being on the streets of Chicago at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, August 28. That’s when “a black SUV and a gray sedan pulled up alongside them.” Both journalists were male, “one 28 and the other 42.”
As they prepared to go live, in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, “three unknown male offenders exited the vehicles, wearing ski masks and displaying firearms.”
They’re unknown to Chicago police because there aren’t enough cops to go out and find them. The ones they do have aren’t going to risk their lives for what they’re being paid.
No injuries reported
Police are simply glad to report that no injuries were reported as the armed thugs carted away the station’s expensive equipment. No suspects are in custody as of Tuesday and none are expected to be arrested unless a disgruntled associate turns them in for reward cash.
Until their camera was so rudely snatched away from them, they were there to report on “at least 30 others who were either robbed or carjacked” in Chicago during the previous three days.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson lays blame for all the car thefts on the manufacturer. He’s suing Kia and Hyundai for making their models too easy to steal.
A Univision news crew in Chicago was robbed while covering another armed robbery, police said. https://t.co/eFPCpfGlcP
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) August 28, 2023
Residents of the city actually voted him in to office on purpose so they deserve the result of his policy decisions. The station was quick to respond in a reassuring way to their staff.
In wake of the incident, Luis Godinez, the vice president of Univision Chicago, “circulated an email to employees confirming that their colleagues were the ones who were robbed.” The irony didn’t escape Univision.
One of their reporters, who didn’t want to give a name, quipped that “as a journalist, you never want to be the story, right? You’re reporting on the story but you never think that you can become the story. That’s not why we do this.” That, he notes, is “another reminder of how important it is to keep doing these stories and to keep pressure on our local authorities to try to prevent more events like that.“