A Chicago alderwoman has slammed the ‘wrong place’ rhetoric for the student’s murder
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An elderly Chicago woman is garnering a lot of attention on social media for her response to a local college student who was allegedly shot and killed by a suspected illegal immigrant over the weekend.
Shortly after Sheridan Gorman, 18, of Westchester County, New York, was shot while walking with friends shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday near a Chicago lake, Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden posted a video suggesting Gorman was in the wrong place at the wrong time and may have “scared” the shooter.
The comments quickly sparked outrage on social media from critics who said Hadden’s video was not only insensitive, but showed a lack of concern among local Democrats when it comes to crime.
“Unbelievable,” Rafael Mangual of the Manhattan Institute posted on X. “Perhaps these politicians can write a comprehensive list of places to avoid and times to avoid so they don’t get shot and killed by strangers.”
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Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden has been slammed by the internet for her response to Sheridan Gorman’s murder. (End Rise with X/ Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)
“Imagine you’re a senior, a college freshman is murdered on your ward, and, before the suspect is identified, you post a video in which you make the excuse that the victim might have ‘scared’ the boy who killed him,” student-funded public safety news agency CWB Chicago said. posted on X. “Almighty God.”
“This is disgusting,” comedian Tim Young said posted on X.
“This is how most Democrats think about crime, to put it bluntly,” said New York City Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino. posted on X. “They don’t care about taking any kind of action, because they don’t think it’s a big deal. Criminals have the right to be criminals, not get in their own way, and who are we to judge.”
“That’s what we’re dealing with here,” Paladino added.
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“The only person who was in the ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ was an illegal immigrant who should not have been allowed into our country,” former Trump campaign communications director Caroline Sunshine told X.
“‘Wrong place’ = anywhere in Chicago, ‘Wrong time’ = 24 hours, 7 days a week,” accounts conservative influencer End Wokeness posted on X.
“This is who runs your city,” the account of conservative influencer LibsofTikTok posted on X.
Hadden’s comments also drew backlash from Gorman’s family, which issued a statement addressing Hadden’s comments that the slain college student “deserved the future that was stolen from him.”
“What happened to Sheridan cannot be summed up in the idea that someone was in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is not an imaginary thing. This is the loss of a daughter. The loss of a sister. The loss of a future full of important events now that will never come. Our family is changed forever.”
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Sheridan Gorman stands outside Soldier Field before a Chicago Bears game in Chicago. (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram)
The family added: “We cannot accept a world where moments like this become something people have grown accustomed to. We cannot allow ourselves to be callous to violence. When we begin to accept these tragedies as inevitable, we are all vulnerable to them. Ignorance is not dangerous—allowing these moments to happen again.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Hadden’s office for comment.
I illegal immigrant He is accused of killing a Loyola University Chicago student who entered the US during the Biden administration before he was caught and released into the country, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Sunday.
DHS also confirmed that Jose Medina-Medina, 25, who is originally from Venezuela, was arrested for shoplifting in Chicago, marking a previous criminal incident before the alleged murder.
