Posted on 03/28/2025 7:00:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Chicago alderman told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that city officials still want to divert funding away from the police department, even though the city was once again the nation’s homicide capital in 2024.
“I said this for the last two mayors, too,” said 41st Ward Alderman Anthony Napolitano. “It’s not even so much so that these last two administrations are turning a blind eye. They’re ignoring the crime rate because their objective … is to demonize the police department, make it seem like there’s not there’s not as much of a crime issue as there is, because their goal is to steal the police budget.”
In 2024, Chicago had 573 homicides, leading the nation in that category for the 13th year in a row.
The homicide rate per 100,000 residents in the city was five times higher than New York City’s 377 and three times higher than Los Angeles’s 280, according to an analysis by Wirepoints.
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And, we haven’t hit Memorial Day, 4th of July or the summer killing season yet.
According to Hey Jackass!:
March to Date:
March to Date
Shot & Killed: 31
Shot & Wounded: 88
Total Shot: 119
Total Homicides: 36
Year to Date:
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 88
Shot & Wounded: 274
Total Shot: 362
Total Homicides: 101
No surprise there’s nothing the Democrats won’t steal.
Born bad and never get better.
Chicago only has the highest number of murders, but not the highest rate of murders, when the size of the population is considered.
Chicago has many more people than St. Louis, New Orleans, Detroit, Memphis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Milwaukee or Cincinatti, but on the basis of number of murders per 100,000 people, they all have higher murder rates than Chicago:
Rank City Rate
1st St. Louis——————88.1/100,000
2nd New Orleans————51.0/100,000
3rd Detroit-——————49.7/100,000
4th Memphis-—————44.4/100,000
5th Cleveland—————42.2/100,000
6th Kansas City————36.3/100,000
7th Milwaukee-————32.4/100,000
8th Cincinatti—————30.2/100,000
9th Chicago-—————28.6/100,000
https://www.thetrace.org/2018/04/highest-murder-rates-us-cities-list/?gad_source=1
2024 data
https://freedomforallamericans.org/highest-murders-in-us-by-city/
I’m trying to be scientific Boo Boo. What do all these cities have in common?
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