No Free Check for 2016 Olympics

We will soon learn if Chicago receives the honor of hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Winning the Games will be a testament to our city's vitality and global leadership, and will offer an unparalleled opportunity for economic stimulus and community development. But these benefits will only be realized if we host a Games that respects community needs, is fully transparent in its contracting and hiring and is accountable to the citizens who will live with the Games' infrastructure and financial legacy for coming decades.

RedEye
Tracking murders in Chicago (with map)

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Data is based on preliminary police reports. Information subject to change.

July 30:

Chicago’s homicide toll for the year surpassed 250 last weekend, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.

Chicago has logged 258 homicides through Wednesday afternoon. Chicago police recorded 295 murders from January through July last year.

RedEye’s count, which is based on Cook County Medical Examiner findings, includes five cases in which automobile drivers have been charged with reckless homicide. It does not include police-involved fatal shootings.

Austin logged two homicides in the past seven days, bringing its 2009 homicide toll to 27. Austin, the largest community area in the city, has recorded the most murders of any community area.

Overall, 53 homicides have been logged this month. Chicago police recorded 64 murders last July, the deadliest month of 2008.

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July 23:

Last week was a deadly week in West Town, which includes Bucktown, Wicker Park and the Ukrainian Village.

A 50-year-old Texas man was found beaten to death in West Town on Monday, his birthday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office records. The man was discovered in the 700 block of North Throop Street.

On Thursday, a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in West Town while a 20-year-old man died hours after he was shot in the 1100 block of North Wood Street.

The deaths brought West Town’s 2009 murder toll to six, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.

Overall, there have been 41 murders so far this month. Chicago police recorded 64 murders last July, the deadliest month of 2008.

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July 16:

Fatal beatings are on the rise this month.

Three men and one woman died from wounds sustained after they were assaulted this past week, according to RedEye’s analysis of preliminary police data.

The beatings occurred in the Near West Side, South Lawndale, West Garfield Park and West Town. The victims ranged in age from 17 to 82.

There have been five fatal beatings so far in July, RedEye has found. There were a total of five deadly assaults in the six months prior.

Thirty-six of the 511 homicide victims last year were beaten to death, according to a Chicago Police Department report. Assault was the third most common cause of death behind fatal shootings (412) and stabbings (45).

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July 9:

Sunday was the deadliest day of the year, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.

Six men, ranging in age from 21 to 35, were shot to death Sunday. A 29-year-old woman was found strangled in an alley Sunday morning.

They were killed in Chatham, East Garfield Park, Grand Boulevard, New City, West Pullman and Woodlawn.

Overall, 18 homicides have been recorded this month, most of them on the South Side.

To compare, 18 homicides were recorded for all of March 2009.

East Garfield Park, Grand Boulevard, West Englewood and Woodlawn each have logged two homicides this month.

Two men also died this week after they were shot in June. June ended with 45 homicides, down from 52 murders in June 2008.

Chicago police recorded 64 murders last July, the deadliest month of 2008.

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July 2:

Chicago’s homicide toll for the year surpassed 200 this week, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.

Chicago logged 202 homicides for the first six months of the year, down from 231 murders during the same period last year.

RedEye’s count, which is based on Cook County Medical Examiner findings, includes four cases in which automobile drivers have been charged with reckless homicide. It does not include police-involved fatal shootings.

RedEye’s analysis found for January through June:

>> 88 percent of victims were male.

>> 78 percent of victims were black.

>> 44 percent of victims were between the ages of 20 and 30.

>> 84 percent of victims were shot to death.

>> Austin, the city’s largest community area, has logged 22 homicides, the most of any community area. Humboldt Park, West Englewood and Greater Grand Crossing each have logged 10 homicides.

>> May was the deadliest month, with 49 homicides.

Last year, Chicago police recorded 64 murders in July, the deadliest month of 2008.

http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/red-chicagomurders-map,0,2276.story

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What a GREAT place for the Olympics ............!!! /SSSS

But watch the Chicago Crime Club-WH Division and his comrades (Valerie Jarrett, who’s been given a WH waiver to promote Chicago for the Olympics) and Rahm .. strongarm, buy, wheel, deal, threaten and PUSH this insane choice.

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