Chicago crime: Assaults up 7% for year, as women targeted – Illinois Policy

Black Chicagoans were most affected, constituting 53.84 percent of assault cases last month. Additionally, women made up 40.2 percent of the year’s total assault victims, with a significant majority being Black, underlining a disturbing trend of targeted violence.
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VBB
2 years ago

If only we could use statistics to find the perpetrators of targeted violence. But statistics are racist.

Ataraxis
2 years ago

If there was only a way to figure out who is causing this “disturbing trend of targeted violence “?
Like, say, there was a distinguishing characteristic that might help police narrow down who the likely suspects were. Maybe they were wearing a Cubs hat, or driving a minivan, wearing Ugg boots, or had on a Northwestern sweatshirt? I guess we’ll never know.

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