No shootings or murders in city for 24-hour period on Wednesday

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | January 19, 2012

[ConservativeStatement]

Wednesday marked the first time since early 2011 that there were no shootings or murders in the city of Chicago in a 24-hour period, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said in a statement released Thursday.

“On January 18, for a 24-hour period, there were no shootings and murders in the city of Chicago,” McCarthy said. “The last time we went a day without a murder or shooting was nearly a year ago in early 2011. This is clearly the result of the tremendous police work of the men and women of the Chicago Police Department.

[ConservativeStatement]

I'll always remember where I was and what I did on that day.

[Red_Devil 232]

They just have not found the bodies yet.

[jmacusa]

“They just have not found the bodies yet.’’< That and Homeys just re-loading.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

See?

Gun control works!

[TwoSwords]

It’s quite. Too quite.

[Inyo-Mono]

Wow. How sad, we haven’t had a shooting or murder in a number of years where I live. Don’t think I’ll ever move to Chicago.

[Dilbert San Diego]

They are having a bad snowstorm right now. Maybe the youth gangs are huddled up with their girls tonight, not out in the streets doing God knows what.

[Smokeyblue]

“No shootings or murders in city for 24-hour period on Wednesday” - Chicago tourism slogans

They just have not found the bodies yet. - LOL

[Moonman62]

They are having a bad snowstorm right now.

And apparently that's what led to the last calm period. Now if they could only have snow storms every day their problems would be solved.

[Clock King]

This is clearly the result of the tremendous police work of the men and women of the Chicago Police Department.

Have they checked the weather? Chicago got hit with a powerful winter storm.

[libertarian27]

"Have they checked the weather? Chicago got hit with a powerful winter storm."

Next day clean-up

;>)

[Miss Behave]

Air Jordans and managed recoil are piss poor on ice and snow.

[One Name]

Obviously, gun control is working.

Peace has descended on this blissful metropolis, mainly because community activism and street-level engagement has been so successful. Cleaning up what families were designed to do...

But wait, perhaps more can be done?

[Hunton Peck]

Most likely because it was freakin’ cold Wednesday.

In a way, it’s a little more disturbing to think that the difference between being shot and not being shot is the trouble it takes to remove a glove.

[glock rocks]

Rebellion is brewing!!

We should rebuild the grassroots conservative movement. From the Reagan Revolution of 1980 through the Contract with America in 1994, it was this movement from outside Washington that carried us to the first center-right majority governing coalition in more than 60 years.

The problem has not been with conservatism or with our voters.

The problem has been with Republican leaders who forgot who elected them and what values their supporters expected to see implemented in Washington.

— Newt Gingrich, 11-13-2006

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[Barnacle]

The 911 system will be back in operation soon.

[Barnacle]

In Chicago, criminals are entitled to snow days.

[berdie]

That is probably not far off the mark.

I Have a family member that works for the county jail. When the weather is cruddy..crime drops. As soon as it gets close to pleasant...it is katy bar the door.

[Hunton Peck]

Looks like things are back to what passes for normal in Chi-town:

23-year-old man killed at River North neighborhood Walgreens

(from the Chicago Tribune, 12:23 a.m. CST, January 21, 2012).

[DGHoodini]

...Democrats Take A Holiday...