Editorial: Street violence an Illinois problem that must be addressed – Champaign News-Gazette*

"...(F)ew cities of their size in the United States had more gunshot deaths last year than Champaign and Urbana. And of 46 U.S. cities with a population approximating the 126,638 combined residents of Champaign and Urbana, only Hartford, Conn., had more firearm deaths...Among other Illinois cities, Peoria had 34 homicides last year, eclipsing a previous high of 25 homicides in 2019. Chicago had 836 homicides in 2021, its highest number in 25 years."
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Paul Boomer
4 years ago

Please cite the racial makeup of the persons responsible for the violent crimes

Pat S.
4 years ago
Reply to  Paul Boomer

The answer is obvious; see http://www.heyjackass.com for racial breakdowns of victims.

But never on the evening news or in print.

Ex Illini
4 years ago

You can thank King Wokeness himself, JB Pritzker for the progressive equity policies that have resulted in lawlessness across the state. Of course, you could never get to the catastrophic Chiraq murder total without some assistance, and the trio of Lightweight, Lil Kim and Judge Tim delivered bigtime in that regard. Well done, morons.

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