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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fewer living people left to shoot.
This clown is certifiable.
More likely the weather. Thugs don’t like snow and rain.
Globull Warming is Real
Obama is Competent
Unicorns Can Fly
Safer bullets?
Corrupt Democrat Hellhole. Milwaukeestan in WI is becoming just as bad, and Madistan, WI murders and general mayhem are up for the year.
Can anyone guess what the common denominator is in this equation?
*SMIRK*
Didn’t they pass concealed weapon ordinance this year?
And those who are left can't aim straight.
There aren’t enough Conservatives living in Milwaukeestan and Madistan for it to make a dent. Criminals are still basically free to prey upon each other.
“Not that there’s anything WRONG with that...”
And those who are left can't aim straight.
Positive proof that holding a pistol sideways and yelling a stream of MF’s from your moving car as you shoot adversely affects one’s accuracy.
there are more shootings but fewer murders.
hmm.
So people have become worse shots over time?
I’ll bet they have a new classification scheme where a lot of people shot are suicides.
Better emergency care. Fewer vics dying.
Let the VA take over and this problem will be solved.
it’s called cooking the books.
Guess EVERYONE from Chicago is a liar.
“there are more shootings but fewer murders.
hmm.
So people have become worse shots over time?”
People are surviving assaults, motor vehicle accidents and trauma inducing incidents due to the advances in emergency medicine.
I don’t see where the number of armed assaults (in one category) or cars crashes (in another category) have declined. But the number of cases where the assault or crash becomes fatal, has declined.
Murders down, assaults up. Emergency medicine and emergency response are the game changers.
hmmm. Something important is being hidden in this "murders are down" claim.
I don’t believe a word McCarty says after the incident of mob violence occurred and North Ave Beach on Memorial Day 2011. The beach had to be shutdown and later McCarthy claimed the reason for the shutdown was a case of heat exhaustion. He denied any violence took place. Never mind what the scores of witnesses claimed and victims claimed.
You beat me to it. Most of the thugs have shot each other. Don't worry; the next wave is in the pipeline, gobbling up the food stamps as we write.
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