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From Jan. 1 through Nov. 30, 2021, CPD officers recovered 8,854 guns — an average of 805 per month. Of those, 7,134 gun recoveries netted an arrest. Meanwhile, Chicago recorded more than 800 homicides in 2021, a threshold not reached in 25 years.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
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Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
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Summary and audio linked here.
Years ago, years, I had a small .32 revolver that belonged to a deceased uncle. It was a rusted, falling apart piece of crap. CPD had a buy back so I turned it in. $100.00 Visa card for a piece of rotten metal. Thank you!
Here’s a site with up to date info on murders in Chicago. You can click on previous years to compare.
https://graphics.suntimes.com/homicides/
There’s so, so many murders…it’s almost as if Lori wants and encourages the murders…it’s all part of the anarcho-tyranny. She’ll fine and shut down a legitimate business for serving unvaccinated customers while at the same time encouraging absolute anarchy, murder and mayhem in the streets. She does this because she knows the regime is weak and is powerless to stop crime, so it focuses on attacking internal enemies instead. And that enemy happens to be the small business owner that allows unvaccinated on linger around for more than 10 minutes. It’s right out of the Bolshevik playbook that attacked the… Read more »
Very good analysis.