Chicago Sees Deadliest Weekend of Gun Violence in 2020

By artappraiser on Sun, 06/14/2020 - 12:43am |

Chicago had the deadliest weekend of gun violence so far this year.

The deaths included many younger people, including several 18-year-olds and victims in their 20s. Among those injured were a 15-year-old and three 17-year-olds. #GunReformNow https://t.co/ukOYhlkMZc
— Team ENOUGH (@Team_Enough) June 8, 2020

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Chicago sees deadliest day for murders in 60 years https://t.co/3qNE7bfZQL
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/14/2020 - 12:47am

18 murders in 24 hours: Inside the most violent day in 60 years in Chicago; "We’ve never seen anything like it at all,’ said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab. June 8

CHICAGO'S BLOODY SUNDAY: While Chicago was roiled by another day of protests and looting in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, 18 people were killed Sunday, May 31 — making it the single most violent day in the city's modern history. https://t.co/oCEM4JpFh5
— Sam Charles (@samjcharles) June 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 12:41am

A "myth"

90.1% of victims were male. 75.3% of victims and 70.5% of offenders were African American, 18.9% were Hispanic (20.3% of offenders), and whites were 5.6% of victims (3.5% of offenders). Murder rates in Chicago vary greatly depending on the neighborhood in question.

Total violent crime: 903.8

Homicide: 23.8

Total property crime: 2,946.2

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 12:49am

I especially noted Rev.-Pleger-'splainin account of what was up:

Pleger: A Time Bomb

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a longtime crusader against gun violence who leads St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham, said it was “open season” last weekend in his neighborhood and others on the South and West sides.

“On Saturday and particularly Sunday, I heard people saying all over, ‘Hey, there’s no police anywhere, police ain’t doing nothing,’” Pfleger said.

“I sat and watched a store looted for over an hour,” he added. “No police came. I got in my car and drove around to some other places getting looted [and] didn’t see police anywhere.”

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on May 31 alone, Chicago’s 911 emergency center received 65,000 calls for all types of service — 50,000 more than on a usual day.

Pfleger said the systemic problems that have plagued minority communities for decades — like joblessness, food insecurity and a lack of housing — already were heightened by the COVID-19 outbreak, which he said “made a bad situation worse.”

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 2:47am

Caught this June 14 update while on Tribune website: CPD places officers back on 12-hour shifts, cancels days off to prepare for possible resurgence of unrest Police spokesman Tom Ahern characterized the move as a “precautionary measure” put in place “to be prepared in the case there’s any resurgence of protests.”

By Tom Schuba Jun 14, 2020, 1:02pm CDT

As per previous article, there aren't enough cops to both man protests and tend to the usual with just 8 hr. shifts.

(Hence, in NYC, we had curfew. Not saying it would work there as they have more of a centralized "ghetto" problem like we used to but it's lessened, neighborhoods are more mixed so the peer pressure with a curfew works.If it's a "all hell can break loose" hood, though, fat chance curfew help much with no one around to "enforce" it.)

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/15/2020 - 3:15am

Chicago Sees Deadliest Weekend of Gun Violence in 2020

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