Homicide rate surging for black Chicagoans, report finds(BREAKING NEWS ALERT!)

chicagotribune.com ^ | 7/26/2016 | Dan Hinkel

[rktman]

Chicago's per capita homicide rate climbed over the last decade, and the chances of an African-American being killed in the city spiked drastically, according to a new report.

From 2005 to 2015, the city went from 17.3 homicides per 100,000 residents to a rate of about 18.8, according to a report from the Injury Prevention and Research Center at the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

But the report held particularly troubling news for African-Americans. The rate for blacks in Chicago jumped from 36.1 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2005 to 46.5 a decade later. Other studies have shown steep drops in the city's African-American population in recent years, but crime figures remain stubbornly high in many largely black neighborhoods.

[rktman]

WOW! Never heard about this before. Indepth intrepid reporting at it's finest. Guess it's too late to get some of these momma's on the roster for the dnc anti gun push huh? Oh. Silly, most of these deaths can NOT be attributed to cops so, meh.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I know its going to surprise a lot of people (/sarc), but the article's take-away is that guns are horrible and its racist to not want gun control.

"Gun violence remains the leading cause of death for young people in Chicago," Karen Sheehan, an emergency room physician and medical director of the Injury Prevention and Research Center, said in a news release. "If we truly want to prevent firearm injuries and death, we will treat this like the public health crisis it is and invest in understanding and addressing this epidemic."

[Mr Apple]

Has anyone figured out how many murders here are black on black? And how many are white on white? etc.

[I want the USA back]

Did they find a way to blame it on Whitey?

[oh8eleven]

You can see all the stats at jackass.com.

[trisham]

I believe that it’s Dan Hinkel, not Hinkle.

[rktman]

Trump’s fault.

[longfellow]

What difference does it make.

[rktman]

Geez. One transposed letter and I’m condemned. LOL!

[Sooth2222]

Chicago! Chicago!

They know who the victims are (it's hard to hide the bodies). GOK who the killers are.

http://heyjackass.com/

[goldstategop]

Just ban guns - except for Black Thugs.

Black Thugs Lives Matter!

[trisham]

The correct name of the author of this article is important.

[txrefugee]

Never mind. They’ll be voting no matter how dead they are.

[Reno89519]

Killed by ILLEGAL GUNS, sometimes by illegal aliens. A disarmed citizenry is at the mercy of others not respective of our laws. Maybe they should demand their constitutional rights, black law abiding lives do matter, and arm themselves? Reject the Democratic elite that wants to keep law abiding blacks in our urban areas disarmed. End racism one step at a time, starting with the 2nd amendment.

[DoughtyOne]

BLDM

B lack
L ives
D on’t
M atter

to Blacks who kill other Blacks...

[T-Bone Texan]

A haiku:

Af-Am killing spree
Won't be reported upon
'Til they can blame us

Which is the reason it is not reported upon. The minute they can spin it as caused by productive and law-abidng (mostly) white people, they will.

[Puppage]

Breaking news that will......GO NOWHERE

[Carriage Hill]

[El Cid]

Re: 10

Wow, 77.5% of the murders are unsolved? That is much more than I would have expected.
Although I guess, to be fair, a portion of that 77.5% (No Arrest) were really justifiable homicides (e.g., self defense). I wonder what was the 'unknown' percentage?

[VanShuyten]

Well, maybe a little statistical trickery going on here. The black population decreases (the wiser, more law-abiding blacks get out), and the homocide rate increases in this smaller population for those left (the dumber, more thuggish ones).