Mark and Ted discuss what could be in store for Chicago as crime and temperatures begin to heat up. Plus, a look at the top stories of the week including President Biden visiting Chicago, residents leaving Chicago and the upcoming primary election.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Violence prevention can’t be bought
- Chicago’s unserious marketing efforts
- Fresh CPD data: No, Chief Brown, carjackings are not down in Chicago. Not anymore.
- Chief Executive Magazine ranks Illinois third-worst state for doing business, yet Illinois politicians think businesses will move here because of…“equity!”
- Chicago car thefts spike sharply in 2022, up 100% along lakefront compared to 2019
- Close the revolving door for high-risk offenders in Cook County
After hearing about the shootings in Milwaukee on Friday, the various shootings at Millennium Park and downtown Chicago, the carnage in Buffalo on Saturday, and today the shootings in California and Houston , I would wager that yes, we will have a long, hot Summer….following the long, hot Spring.
Rhetorical question I assume.
Is there a perceived level of “diversity” among Chicago’s criminal “community?’ Guess the acronym is DIE [diversity, inclusion, equity] for a reason. The politically correct seem unable to see the blatant misspelling in BLM; it’s the “V” in Lives.
The purpose of defunding the police is to let the community self-police, justg like the barrios in Rio de Janiero, the cartel controlled areas of Mexico or the Sharia law projects of suburban France. remove the police entirely and warlords will take over the community, and in many ways, they already do. The BLM crowds has all but said, out loud, let us take care of our own community, we don’t need white systemically racist systems imposing external rule of law upon us. And they all know removing the police would lead to an explosion of violence, as the punishment… Read more »
Looks like it Not enough police, home monitoring and no respect for anyone
Here is some info from Neighborhood Scout. Notice all facts are unreported but if you search San Francisco (or other high crime cities) the info is there and they are rated a 4 with 100 being the safest while Chicago is rated 10 with no reporting. How bad is it really in Chicago if there were reports. Zero score would still be too high. Rockford is getting just as bad.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/il/chicago/crime