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Shootings, homicides in Chicago both higher than start of violent 2016
chicagotribune.com ^ | Jan. 23, 2017 | Megan Crepeau

Posted on 01/24/2017 7:04:56 AM PST by PROCON

Edited on 01/24/2017 7:06:41 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Shootings and homicides in Chicago are higher than this time last January, a month that marked the deadliest start to a year in the city in nearly two decades.

As of early Monday, at least 228 people had been shot in Chicago so far this year, a 5.5 percent increase from the 216 shot in the same period time last year. There have been at least 42 homicides, up 23.5 percent from the 34 homicides from the same period in 2016.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; gunviolence; homicides
Well, to be fair, January is the month that the city "celebrates" MLK Day, so there's that..

Media to blame Trump for Chicago's violence in 3....2....1...

1 posted on 01/24/2017 7:04:56 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

WOO HOO, Chicongo is going for another record!


2 posted on 01/24/2017 7:10:50 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: PROCON
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3 posted on 01/24/2017 7:12:57 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The locals can’t seem to break out of the 20 percent kill/shot rate.Maybe they need to bring in some outside talent.


4 posted on 01/24/2017 7:20:04 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: PROCON

There was no “MLK Day” celebration last year?


5 posted on 01/24/2017 7:28:12 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Farmer Dean

I agree.

This is just unacceptable carnage. No way should this be happening.


6 posted on 01/24/2017 7:28:58 AM PST by YepYep (Build the America you want at your house and keep looking up.)
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To: PROCON

As of early Monday, at least 228 people had been shot in Chicago so far this year

Obviously this is FAKE NEWS, Everybody knows that GUNS are ILLEGAL in Chicago. It could not have happened.


7 posted on 01/24/2017 7:42:53 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: PROCON

But wait, the liberals say that violent crime is down 42% - another figure they pulled out of their A...


8 posted on 01/24/2017 8:00:28 AM PST by milford421
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To: DuncanWaring
There was no “MLK Day” celebration last year?

Don't you get it? Trump won and he says MEAN things so he created a more hostile atmosphere there.

9 posted on 01/24/2017 8:11:55 AM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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To: PROCON

Aha!

That’s it!


10 posted on 01/24/2017 9:22:19 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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