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Black people have been the victims of roughly 81 percent of murders this year while they were the victims in about 70 percent of 2020 murders. Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed an $80 million cut to Chicago Police Department funding in October.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Wow! This from a wonderful and vibrant culture. Not a big surprise when they’re hobby is murder.
Well they are very good at it.
Missing statement: “disproportionate number of Black people murdered by Black people”.
POC, blacks and Hispanics, have been responsible for 95% of homicides, shootings and stabbings forever. The latest stats available from HEYJACKASS.COM are from 2012 to date. Check it out. 95% but the remaining 4% of all other races combined are the problem. Let them slaughter each other under the very noses of the black controlled cities politicians who do not care.
No sympathy.
None.
Well it isn’t the police killing all these people. Surely in can’t be black on black crime. If that was the problem the media would certainly cover it, wouldn’t they?
Derek Chauvin’s 22.5 years should solve all black on black crime. I expect no murders this weekend in Chicago.