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Police: 65 homicides in July in Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com ^ | Aug. 1, 2016 | Jordan Owen

Posted on 08/01/2016 9:37:44 AM PDT by PROCON

Chicago is poised to see the number of homicides in July dip from June, but the city is still on pace to see more people killed in 2016 than last year.

There were 65 homicides in Chicago in July, according to Chicago Police. There were 71 homicides in the city in June and 66 in May.

The city has recorded 381 homicides so far in 2016, police said. That’s up about 44 percent from last year, when the city had 264 murders through July 31, 2015.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago; homicides
There were 65 homicides in Chicago in July, according to Chicago Police. There were 71 homicides in the city in June and 66 in May.

Probable AP headline:

Chicago Homicides Plunge, Mayor Credits Tougher Gun Laws

1 posted on 08/01/2016 9:37:44 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Looks like blsck lives don’t matter in Chicago


2 posted on 08/01/2016 9:42:07 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Mr. K

Blacks killing blacks don’t matter too!


3 posted on 08/01/2016 9:44:24 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: PROCON

441 hits, 65 kills. while their marksmanship is improving, they’re still under 15% kill rate.

still in desperate need of gun training.


4 posted on 08/01/2016 9:45:20 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: PROCON

Culling the herd.


5 posted on 08/01/2016 9:45:55 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: PROCON

Illinois—home state of Clinton and Obama. `It’s the Chicago Way’.


6 posted on 08/01/2016 9:48:24 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Well, I’m sure some were just warning shots. /s


7 posted on 08/01/2016 10:02:49 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ken in texas

it doesn’t even count total misses. no telling how many of those there were.


8 posted on 08/01/2016 10:10:11 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Salvey

The good news is over 4 million people in Chicago don’t get murdered every day. The bad news is two or three of them do.


9 posted on 08/01/2016 10:12:33 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: PROCON

Trump's fault!

10 posted on 08/01/2016 11:08:27 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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