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Chicago’s homicide count for 2016 soars past 500 after violent Labor Day weekend
New York Daily News ^ | Tuesday, September 6, 2016, 2:00 PM | Reuven Blau

Posted on 09/06/2016 10:13:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The homicide count in Chicago has soared past 500 so far this year, exceeding the total number of murders for all of last year.

The bloody death toll of 512 was reached after a violent holiday weekend where 65 people in the city were shot, 13 fatally, authorities said. The figure is a 20-year high.

By contrast, there have been 409 homicides combined in New York and Los Angeles through late August. …

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; homicide; liberalagenda; rahmemanuel
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1 posted on 09/06/2016 10:13:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Trump is proven correct. Again.


2 posted on 09/06/2016 10:16:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

Problem is too much policing. That’s causing the low body count.


3 posted on 09/06/2016 10:30:02 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: Olog-hai

Just watched CHICAGO CODE series on Netflix. Too bad it was only one season. Likely too much political truth in it.


4 posted on 09/06/2016 10:37:03 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (Envy is just passive, lazy greed.)
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To: Olog-hai

Murder rate higher in the later 60s and 70s, and the same neighborhoods have all the murders. Nothing has changed in 40 years. Ghetto.


5 posted on 09/06/2016 10:39:07 PM PDT by jobim
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To: Olog-hai
Demographics of Chicago =>

White - 32.0%
Black - 31.4%
Hisp. - 28.8%
Asian - 6.0%

What are the demographics of the killers?

6 posted on 09/06/2016 10:42:05 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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7 posted on 09/06/2016 10:45:00 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (Globalism = Terrorism)
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I read last week someplace that there are over 1mm gang members in the US.


8 posted on 09/06/2016 10:55:24 PM PDT by combat_boots (MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
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To: Ken H

nearly 80% of the crime is black on black in specific areas. Parts of Chicago are very safe and parts are a war-zone. This is not a black-only thing as you’ll find the same in poor white areas in Britain. The common causal effect is welfare state and accepting bad behavior - that creates a negative reinforcement loop


9 posted on 09/06/2016 11:00:05 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Olog-hai

Obamaville


10 posted on 09/06/2016 11:42:22 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Olog-hai
Just imagine how bad things would be if Chicago didn’t have tough gun laws

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11 posted on 09/07/2016 12:10:32 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Cronos
This is not a black-only thing as you’ll find the same in poor white areas in Britain.

Not buying that.

The following is from wiki =>

In June 2010 The Sunday Telegraph, through a Freedom of Information Act request, obtained statistics on accusations of crime broken down by race from the Metropolitan Police Service. The figures showed that the majority of males who were accused of violent crimes in 2009–10 were black.

Of the recorded 18,091 such accusations against males, 54 percent accused of street crimes were black; for robbery, 59 percent; and for gun crimes, 67 percent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_Kingdom

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The same article says blacks make up 10.6% of London's population. Unless you can cite credible data to the contrary, I'm calling BS your claim.

12 posted on 09/07/2016 12:35:12 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Pontiac

What, like no gun shops? That’s about the only difference.


13 posted on 09/07/2016 12:53:38 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Byron_the_Aussie; All
Go to www.heyjackass.com to view more statistics on specific crimes in Chicago, in such detail, you'll be amazed at the who, what, when, where of crime in Chicago. Thanks, Byron-the-Aussie for showing the demographic from the heyjackass.com website. This site is used by Chicago police officers for the true breakdown on crime in Chicago. Rahm Emanuel won't publish the true crime numbers because he feels it will affect the tourist trade in Chicago, (ya think?) and potential businesses who may be interested in bringing their business to Chicago.
14 posted on 09/07/2016 1:45:03 AM PDT by itssme
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To: Byron_the_Aussie; All

Go to www.heyjackass.com to view more statistics on specific crimes in Chicago, in such detail, you’ll be amazed at the who, what, when, where of crime in Chicago. Thanks, Byron-the-Aussie for showing the demographic from the heyjackass.com website. This site is used by Chicago police officers for the true breakdown on crime in Chicago. Rahm Emanuel won’t publish the true crime numbers because he feels it will affect the tourist trade in Chicago, (ya think?) and potential businesses who may be interesed in bringing their business to Chicago.


15 posted on 09/07/2016 1:45:50 AM PDT by itssme
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To: combat_boots

That is documented gang members. Total number is unknown...


16 posted on 09/07/2016 2:26:09 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: Olog-hai

Trump’s fault.


17 posted on 09/07/2016 4:00:05 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Olog-hai

Time to leave, it is a war zone


18 posted on 09/07/2016 4:12:43 AM PDT by aces ( Islam is the religion of the dead, Got Jesus?)
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To: Olog-hai

http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/

http://heyjackass.com/


19 posted on 09/07/2016 4:33:37 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: itssme; Byron_the_Aussie; All

Historically homicide label (and other crimes) is political. Because some homicides (and other crimes) are political.

A white gang in my Chicago inner city neighborhood would shakedown businesses for protection money. They beat-up the elderly owner of the candy store on my block because he would not pay protection. The elderly store owner died of a heart attack 1/2 hour later. I label it homicide. The gang was closely tied with States Attorney Hanrahan. The death was not labeled heart attack, not homicide. No crime of any kind was charged.

That same Hanrahan murdered Fred Hampton 4 blocks south of that store. The murder of Hampton is not in the statistics as a homicide (or any crime).

Chicago political assassinations are conveniently lost in the statistics. Who cares about Lewis, Geisler, Barretto and other assassinations of the past? How many political assassinations occur now and I am not aware of them because I’m no longer on the streets of Chicago?


20 posted on 09/07/2016 5:56:21 AM PDT by spintreebob
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