This is a little misleading, suggesting that Afghanistan is safer than Chicago. While there are more murders in Chicago, there are also a lot more Americans there than in Afghanistan.
It is misleading because the majority of aggravated assaults battery and murders
in Chicago occur in neighborhoods that comprise a population of about 600,000 people. So the actual battlefront casualty percentage in Chicago is much greater if you target certain areas.
The numbers of violent crimes has increased from 40 per 100,000 1959 to 400
per 100,000 in 2011.
The numbers of reported “shots fired” over any weekend is so great that
the CPD can’t keep count of those calls.
Last but not least chicago is a sanctuary city so all of the illegal criminals from latin America have free reign.
I doubt that Rahm or Quinn will propose anything meaningful to combat gang crime. Nothing has been done in the past except to hold “gang Summits” pleading with and appeasing gang leaders to be nice. we have an understaffed overworked police department which will be losing some of their benefits if Rahm has his way.
yeah, there’s also been a war going on in Afghanistan for the past 11 years.