The Atlantic covers Leak & Sons Funeral Home in Chicago’s South Side. Business is up, and that’s not a good thing, especially when the average age of the deceased is getting younger and younger, and they’re not dying of natural causes.
In related news, here’s a story about the activist priest Rev. Michael Pfleger who started flying the American flag upside down outside of his church to protest the unceasing violence, particularly amongst Chicago’s youth. Since then people have cut down and removed his flags (which he just keeps putting back up), as well as sent him death threats.
His response: “What I don’t understand about this (criticism) , is when people dial 9-1-1, nobody asks why they’re dialing, they ask how they can help. When people on a boat raise a (upside down) flag, nobody asks why they are raising it, they just go help.”
