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Chicago off to deadliest start in nearly two decades
Chicago Tribune ^ | 31 mar 2016 | Jeremy Gorner

Posted on 03/31/2016 6:17:08 AM PDT by rellimpank

As the first quarter of 2016 nears an end, violence in Chicago has reached levels unseen in years, putting the city on course to top 500 homicides for only the second time since 2008.

As of 6 a.m. Wednesday, homicides totaled 135, a 71 percent jump over the 79 killings in the same year-earlier period, official Police Department statistics show. That represented the worst first quarter of a year since 136 homicides in 1999, according to the data.

Shootings have jumped by comparable numbers as well. As of Wednesday, at least 727 people had been shot in Chicago so far this year, a 73 percent rise from 422 a year earlier, according to a Tribune analysis of department data.

Worse yet, that jump follows two consecutive years in which shootings rose by double digits, the analysis found. Homicides also rose by about 12.5 percent last year over 2014.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago
--fta--"As the first quarter of 2016 nears an end, violence in Chicago has reached levels unseen in years, putting the city on course to top 500 homicides for only the second time since 2008.

As of 6 a.m. Wednesday, homicides totaled 135, a 71 percent jump over the 79 killings in the same year-earlier period, official Police Department statistics show. That represented the worst first quarter of a year since 136 homicides in 1999, according to the data.

Shootings have jumped by comparable numbers as well. As of Wednesday, at least 727 people had been shot in Chicago so far this year, a 73 percent rise from 422 a year earlier, according to a Tribune analysis of department data.

Worse yet, that jump follows two consecutive years in which shootings rose by double digits, the analysis found. Homicides also rose by about 12.5 percent last year over 2014.

1 posted on 03/31/2016 6:17:08 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

The murder rate is not high enough. It’s going to take too long to clear out that vipers nest at that rate.


2 posted on 03/31/2016 6:21:52 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: rellimpank

They should have really strict gun control laws to stop that. /s


3 posted on 03/31/2016 6:25:52 AM PDT by matt04
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To: VTenigma

Chicago is the gladiatorial practice arena for mass public mayhem ... only the strong and most evil will survive.


4 posted on 03/31/2016 6:25:57 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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They need some gun laws. Like, give everyone a gun. Have at it..... And ask the police to stand back.


5 posted on 03/31/2016 6:26:42 AM PDT by rovenstinez (Har)
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To: rellimpank

It would probably be best to break Chicago up into different cities. The South side could merge with...Gary, IN.

Same prescription for CA.


6 posted on 03/31/2016 6:32:16 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: rellimpank

All the high crime cities have one common factor; Democrat administrations, some for generations.


7 posted on 03/31/2016 7:02:45 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: rellimpank

Dead silence from the race hustlers all over the country right to the White House. Black lives matter? Not to them unless they can extort money from someone.


8 posted on 03/31/2016 7:08:06 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: rellimpank

Chicago, the epicenter of Democratic party politics. Chicago, the city that works?


9 posted on 03/31/2016 7:16:50 AM PDT by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took Congress in 2006.)
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To: rellimpank
Yep, Chicago needs more Reasonable & Common Sense Gun Laws.

They are just reaping what they have sowed in a trashy city.

10 posted on 03/31/2016 7:42:54 AM PDT by TYVets
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To: rellimpank

#blacklivesmatter


11 posted on 03/31/2016 7:43:34 AM PDT by Gritty (Freedom begins with speaking truth. A muzzle is a muzzle even if it is made of silk.-Viktor Orban)
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To: VTenigma

A year ago I emailed Mayor Rhambo and asked him to deputize the Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense (conveniently located in nearby Indiana), team them with the ATF, and clean the illegal guns out of the Chicago ‘hood.

So far, no reply....


12 posted on 03/31/2016 7:45:54 AM PDT by nascarnation
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They should give out BLM Awards every month to the shooter with the highest score.


13 posted on 03/31/2016 8:34:09 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: JimRed
All the high crime cities have one common factor; Democrat administrations, some for generations.

There is a second factor: Demographics.

14 posted on 03/31/2016 9:01:26 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: VTenigma

I suspect that obama is sending weapons to the drug dealers in Chicago so there are more murders and then the democrats can campaign against the 2nd amendment......... Do they speak Spanish in Chicago?


15 posted on 03/31/2016 11:45:52 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: rellimpank

As of 6 a.m. Wednesday, homicides totaled 135,

Aren’t these really just Post Term Abortions?


16 posted on 03/31/2016 12:05:52 PM PDT by eyeamok
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