Yesterday marked the most violent day of 2017 for folks living in Chicago as the city recorded at least 13 shootings and 7 homicides. According to the Chicago Tribune, five of the victims were killed over just a two hour period, including a woman who was eight months pregnant. Meanwhile, the violent Wednesday night brought total shootings for the year to 495 with 99 homicides.
Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,
Over the past year we've frequently written about the alarming homicide rates in Chicago (see "Chicago Violence Worst In 20 Years: 'Not Seen This Level Of Disrespect For Police Ever'"). But, the Wall Street Journal recently conducted an analysis of homicide data since 1985, for the 35 largest cities in the United States, and found that Chicago isn't the only place where violent crime is surging. As it turns out, murder rates are also spiking in Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis, all of which have in the past two years approached or exceeded the records set a quarter-century ago, wh
The idea of playing by the rules is a tough concept to grasp for some politicians, particularly those with ties to the ever-corrupt city of Chicago. So when David Plouffe, Obama's former campaign manager and then Chief Policy Advisor for Uber, sent an email to Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emmanuel seeking assistance in fighting rules that would block Uber from picking up passengers at Chicago's airports, he probably thought his illegal lobbying efforts would go unnoticed.
Submitted by Joseph Jankowski via Planet Free Will
Chicago is starting the year 2017 much like it did 2016: plagued with violence.
The number of shootings in the month of January nearly duplicated the tally from the start of last year, which was the bloodiest year in Chicago in more than two decades.
According to Chicago police, January ended with 51 murders, one more than last year. Per HeyJackAss!, here is how the daily murder totals trended over the past month:
From ABC 7 Chicago: