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Chicago’s murder rate is widely considered to be fueled by the drug wars that are fought between the city’s network of gangs.

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It's about Chicago. Emanuel's been mayor there for three years and the crime and murder rates have continued to go up. All cities have their drug gangs, but not all cities have one-party rule and systemic ineptness.

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By Jonathan P. Hicks

5/31/2013 02:28 PM EDT


The high level of violence in the month of May came shortly after the Chicago Police Department announced that crime in the city fell 8 percent in the first quarter of 2013, compared with the same period last year, and 15 percent from the same period of 2011.

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The newspaper piece has, to me, the feel of a biased media piling on the Chicago murder capital story.

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It's about Chicago. Emanuel's been mayor there for three years and the crime and murder rates have continued to go up. All cities have their drug gangs, but not all cities have one-party rule and systemic ineptness.

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Perhaps you could post more information on the one-party rule and systemic ineptness, because the article does not attribute the gun deaths to these factors. If you want to make that link, I think you need to demonstrate more than him being 'a demoncratic mayor.'

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The newspaper piece has, to me, the feel of a biased media piling on the Chicago murder capital story.

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That's pretty funny. BET is Black Education Television, and they have every right to be outraged at the carnage going on in Chicago's South Side.

And Time Magazine is as liberal-friendly as it gets.

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By Jonathan P. Hicks

5/31/2013 02:28 PM EDT


Still, there are great concerns about violent crime in Chicago, where Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student, who performed at President Obama’s inauguration, was killed by a bullet while standing in a South Side playground.

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another update:

http://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/illinois/chicago.html#.Uax7
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nice graph here, shows continuous decline since 1999, increasing decline since 2010 (Hey, Rahm Emmanuel's been in office for 3 years, hasn't he, Jong?)

Chicago is still higher than Illinois overall, and also than the national average.

Here's some numbers:

2010

Aggravated assault. 13,757

Murder/homicide 432

Total 173,951

Violent 28,402



2013 (Projected. The year ain't over yet, is it?)

Aggravated assault. 10,227

Murder/homicide 336

Total 161,665

Violent 24,241

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2019 Crime (Actual Data)* Incidents
Aggravated Assault 15,296
Arson 416
Burglary 9,578
Larceny and Theft 62,083
Motor Vehicle Theft 9,081
Murder and Manslaughter 492
Rape 1,761
Robbery 7,983
Crime Rate (Total Incidents) 134,648
Property Crime 80,742
Violent Crime 25,532
2024 Crime (Projected Data)* Incidents
Aggravated Assault 18,236
Arson 912
Burglary 0
Larceny and Theft 52,315
Motor Vehicle Theft 2,382
Murder and Manslaughter 707
Rape 3,392
Robbery 6,045
Crime Rate (Total Incidents) 107,459
Property Crime 53,553
Violent Crime 29,270

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