Murders in Obama's Backyard Double the Deaths in Iraq

cbs2chicago.com ^ | Sep 5, 2008 | cbs

[Brown Deer]

125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer

Total Is About Double The U.S. Troop Death Toll In Iraq

CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 125 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 125 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 247 people were shot and wounded in the city.

Police department spokeswoman Monique Bond disputed the numbers, saying in an e-mail that sometimes shootings are re-classified as accidental. She said the CBS 2 analysis did not match official department statistics, but she did not provide details. CBS 2 has asked for that information.

Violent crime reports available on the department's website do not break down shootings by month. However, the latest report shows that the murder in the city is up 18 percent from last year. From January-July, the department reports 291 people were murdered, compared with 246 for the same period in 2007.

Bond said gang-related violence presents the most serious danger to Chicago residents.

[Brown Deer]

so much for Obama's community organizing...

[ronnie raygun]

So this is the progress he has made in his part of town. Impressive, what a track record, Sounds like the community organizational monies were put to good use, IN THIER POCKETS!. The so called media should do a story on “the before and after the Obama legacy of community organizing” in his area. Yeah! fat chance!

[Pharmboy]

Must be that they loosened the gun laws for this number of murders.

Excuse me? What did you say? Chicago has, among all cities, just about the strictest gun laws in the country?

Never mind...

[doc1019]

Mayhap Obama should go back into his old neighborhood and renew his efforts as a “community organizer” and correct this problem. ;-)

[enough_idiocy]

This is what Obama “accomplished” in his district

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6Z807cRFI&eurl=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/the-real-obama.html

[enough_idiocy]

Here’s what Obama accomplished in his district

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6Z807cRFI&eurl=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/the-real-obama.html

[MtnClimber]

No guns for the law abiding! They may shoot those who vote for me! B H O’bomber.

[TASMANIANRED]

What was the death toll in Chicago while Barry was Senator?