Pfleger rips Comcast for ducking South Side

The Rev. Michael Pfleger charged that Comcast canceled six service calls around St. Sabina Church on Chicago's South to keep its technicians safe during a "heightened potential for violence" in the area.

One of those calls was to the church that held the funeral of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, shot to death in an apparent gang shooting.

Pfleger said Comcast suddenly canceled an appointment Wednesday morning to fix Internet service at a parish center, citing violence in the area.

"We know Chicago is violent, we know about the Tyshawn thing, but a business is a business," Pfleger said. "We're not going to allow redlining and racial profiling by a business. They have no problem getting bills paid by this address."

Comcast spokesman Jack Segal said police advised the company to avoid the area to keep its employees safe.

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