Brian Thomas reports that a weekend of violence has left 27 people shot, 6 fatally, in Chicago.

Four teenage boys were among those shot from August 25 through the 27th.

ABC 7 Chicago reports:

One of the teenage boys was shot to death early Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Theotis Luckett was shot in the back about 3:45 a.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of West Ohio, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Luckett was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died less than two hours later. The circumstances of the shooting were unknown. TRENDING: Chicago-Area Police Chief Fired After Posting Anti-Looting Meme on Facebook The three other teenage boys were wounded in separate shootings on the Far South, West and Northwest sides. A 16-year-old boy’s condition stabilized after he was shot in the upper left thigh in the South Deering neighborhood; a 17-year-old boy was in good condition after he was shot in in the leg in the Humboldt Park neighborhood; and a 15-year-old boy’s condition stabilized after he was shot in the right hip in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.

Other shootings occurring throughout the weekend, included several drive-by shootings.

ABC 7 Chicago continues: The latest killing happened early Sunday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. Gerard Mayo was shot in the torso at 1:38 a.m. in the 6400 block of South Champlain, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He died at Stroger Hospital at 5:25 a.m. A 24-year-old man was shot to death Saturday evening in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Brandon Cathey was unresponsive on the ground when officers arrived just after 11 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Laflin, police and the medical examiner’s office said. He had been shot in the head. Cathey was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 9:12 a.m. Sunday. About three hours earlier, an 18-year-old man was fatally shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Someone approached the man in the 3300 block of West Potomac and shot him in the head, police said. He died at Mount Sinai Hospital at 2:06 p.m. Sunday, the medical examiner’s office said. His identity was not released Sunday night. Another fatal shooting happened about 2:15 a.m. Saturday near the Parkway Gardens public housing complex on the South Side. Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 6200 block of South King Drive found a 31-year-old man on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene, police said. His identity had not been released Sunday night. The weekend’s first killing happened about 11:20 p.m. Friday when a south suburban man was fatally shot in the head at an Englewood gas station on the South Side. A Chrysler 300 pulled up to Matthais Bowen, 35, at the station in the 5900 lock of South Morgan, and at least two people got out with guns and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Democrats, such as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, are less vocal about the outrageous Chicago crime statistics than they are about other issues they deem offensive, like Confederate memorials or immigration policies.

Mayor Emanuel recently bragged about reaching a 100 mile mark with street paving, saying “These are the improvements that matter to residents and the investments we’ll continue to make in our neighborhoods.”

What improvements does Mayor Emanuel intend to make to put Chicago’s homicide rate on the decline?

The Mayor seems to have little to say about his city’s rampant crime rates, besides blaming President Trump.

A release from the mayor’s press office last week read:

“Yesterday Los Angeles became the latest city to follow Chicago’s lead and challenge the unlawful restrictions the Trump Justice Department is placing on critical public safety funding. As Chicago, San Francisco, and the US Conference of Mayors have made clear, American cities will not accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional attempt to force a false choice between our public safety and our values. Chicago will always uphold the constitution, defend our residents, and remain a beacon of hope for immigrants, refugees and dreamers from around the world.”

The mentioned “unlawful restrictions” refers to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to withhold certain funding from so-called “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

In spite of Mayor Emanuel’s excuse making, we all know that things were bad under Democratic leadership in Chicago long before Sessions’ decision.

If Chicago wants more federal funding, perhaps it should both enforce and obey the law, while giving up on liberal policies that have clearly failed the city.

There have been 451 murders in Chicago so far this year.