Posted on 10/01/2014 6:12:12 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Acknowledging “there’s a lot more work to be done,” Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the number of murders so far this year in Chicago is at the lowest level since 1965.
However, the number of shootings and shooting victims was up compared to last year.
McCarthy said the 298 murders in Chicago through the end of September was also the first time since 1965 the city has had fewer than 300 murders in the first nine months of the year.
The superintendent said there were 22 fewer murders in the first three quarters of 2014 than the same time frame last year, and 102 fewer than the first three quarters of 2012, when a spike in murders in the first half of the year made national headlines.
McCarthy said the drop in murders continues a two-year downward trend for Chicago, with a 14 percent reduction in murders over that time frame.
“It’s very significant, and it really shows the progress that the men and women out there are making,” McCarthy said on the CBS 2 Morning News. “Within that, there’s going to be short-term spikes, and peaks and valleys, and that’s what you’re seeing in that shooting number this year.”
McCarthy said there were 78 more shooting incidents in the first nine months of this year than last year, and 114 more shooting victims. He said a large part of that was a spike in shootings in May.
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So why the big push for “gun control”?
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I do believe the US army trains medics in Chicago and Detroit hospitals. With the new technologies and techniques to save gunshot victims what was a murder is now just a shooting.
Shootings up, but murders down... maybe they convinced the gang bangers that it’s cooler to hold their guns upside down, so they are missing more often?
In line to replace Julia Pierson as Secret Service Director.
Improved medical care resulting in fewer deaths among those who are shot masquerading as a reduction in crime.
reduce the charge to manslaughter to give a plea deal.
perp goes to prison, DA gets a conviction and you get to crow about reduced murder rates.
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