Chicago & Policing (new title)

**davidbfpo** · 07-15-2012

Things must be bad if a UK paper is reporting on crime in Chicago, although I concede it maybe a spin-off from being close to the Obama's home:

Terrorised Chicago residents plead for police crackdown as gang war murders soar...Residents of the mainly black South Side want stop-and-search tactics brought back as gang murders plague President Barack Obama's home city.

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ders-soar.html

Curious that the residents reportedly support the return of 'stop & frisk" by specialist anti-gang units, whilst the city is embarking on alternative approaches that take time to have an impact.

**davidbfpo** · 10-03-2012

Yes, Chicago, USA. A very pessimistic commentary by Zenpundit, which opens with:

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken criticism for Chicago’s skyrocketing homicide rate which stands this year at a shocking 19.4 per 100,000 residents. This is roughly triple the murder rate in New York City, is worse than in perennially crime-ridden Oakland and is within shouting distance of war-torn Afghanistan and Mexico, which are fighting vicious insurgencies. Even for Chicago, the current level of street violence is unusually brazen.

Link:http://zenpundit.com/?p=14961

Cited by Zen

The city may be nearly 2,000 miles from Mexico, but the country’s drug cartels are so deeply embedded in Chicago that local and federal law enforcement are forced to operate as if they are “on the border,” according to Jack Riley, special agent in charge for the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Link:http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dea-...n-the-border/#

**AdamG** · 10-31-2012

Note the editorialized headlines' juxtaposition with the Police leaderships' hopeful proclamation.

Chicago murders tie 2011 -- with 2 months to go

October 29, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- On Monday morning, the city of Chicago recorded the 435th murder of 2012. Most of murders are gang-related, police say, and they believe the strategies the city has in place are working and will lead to a decline.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=8864931