Already reeling from a steady wave of violence that has so far cost at least 18 lives this month and more than 425 so far this year, Chicago erupted with what Fox News described as “widespread looting and clashes with police” in the aftermath of a police shooting that left a suspect wounded. Alarmingly, Ryan […]
Chicago Mayor Blames Guns for Windy City Homicide Spike
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, scrambling to appear in control amid what amounts to a bloodbath in her city’s streets, has blamed the rising body count on “the federal government’s failure to conduct background checks, a measure the state of Illinois has already implemented,” according to the Washington Free Beacon. It’s a familiar fallback, according […]
Chicago: 14 Weekend Slayings Brings Year’s Body Count to 284
Fourteen weekend slayings out of 102 people shot in Chicago pushes this year’s body count to 284, according to the Chicago Sun Times, which tracks murders in the Windy City, and 2020 isn’t even half over. At the current rate, the city might see 600 murders by year’s end, and possibly more since summer just […]
Calls to ‘Defund Police’ Could Leave Nation Like Chicago
Angry protesters in Minneapolis and other cities where demonstrations have continued for more than a week are now demanding that municipal governments “defund the police,” but does anyone know what such a drastic move might create? Buried in the text of a Chicago Sun-Times article might be a hint. The newspaper looked at the number […]
Chicago logs bloodiest Memorial Day weekend since 2015
Numbers don’t lie: Chicago just posted its deadliest Memorial Day holiday weekend since 2015, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which keeps a running count of the dead. According to the newspaper, 10 people were murdered over the weekend and 39 more were wounded; not the best supporting evidence for the controversial gun and ammunition tax […]
Chicago May-hem: Anti-Gun Priest Cracks a Code as Bodies Pile Up
An anti-gun activist priest in Chicago who once encouraged people attending a 2007 gun control rally to “snuff” the owner of a suburban gun shop may have unintentionally cracked the proverbial code when he told a reporter—following continued lethal violence in the city—that someone willing to commit murder isn’t deterred by “stay-at-home” orders. The same […]
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