Chicago continues its descent into urban hell with two more victims shot to death on Friday night. But a story about bait trucks made the front page of Saturday’s Chicago Tribune instead.

I know this because I have an online subscription to the paper. And there was the bait truck story, right on the front page. Priorities, you know.

Here’s the scoop: Norfolk Southern Railway apologized for its joint effort with Chicago police to lure potential thieves with “Operation Trailer Trap.” The idea was to leave a bait truck filled with goods in Englewood, a high crime neighborhood, as a lure for potential thieves.

First of all, it’s legal. Secondly, its sounds like a great way to get crooks off the street, right?

Oh, but no! According to activist Jedidiah Brown, this action “obliterated” any progress Chicago police may have made with the folks in the ‘hood. And then the ACLU of Illinois jumped on the bandwagon, too, along with academics from Chicago area universities. I’m pretty sure none of those folks live in Englewood.

So Norfolk Southern apologized for the bait trucks, saying that they “eroded trust between law enforcement and the community.”

Now one big reason why the bait trucks were set up was not only because of frequent thefts from locked containers and trailers in Englewood. It was also because some of those trailers carry guns and ammunition, which end up in the local community. Which has lots of shootings. And you and I both know that criminals don’t really care how they get their guns, do they?

But, here’s the complaints:

“If you’re in a community with nothing to do and no money, what do you expect?” Oh, I dunno, maybe don’t break into the damn trucks??

Now in case you’re wondering about the Englewood neighborhood, let me tell you that it’s the third worst neighborhood in Chicago. Property crime, for example, is more than twice the national average per 100K people. Violent crime is nearly ten times the national average. And so far this year, Englewood has had 27 homicides, making it one of Chicago’s most deadly ‘hoods.

But never mind all that — it offends some Chicago aldermen and activists, who are eager to shout ‘racist!’

Now here’s a black man who finds this kerfuffle to be completely ridiculous. I don’t know who “The Amazing Lucas” is, but he makes more sense than any alderman or ACLU type:

So let’s review here. In Chicago on Friday night someone shot and wounded two teenage boys and a twelve-year-old girl. One of the boy’s mothers said that “even I’m scared to walk to the corner store.” An 18-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were shot and later died. Guess what? No arrests have been made.

And that’s after last weekend’s carnage where 74 people were shot, and 12 died.

But those bait trucks. Man, they’re the most racist things ever.