This thread was closed in 2014, it then had 40 posts and 14k views. It has now been re-opened in view of recent developments.
This thread was closed in 2014, it then had 40 posts and 14k views. It has now been re-opened in view of recent developments.
davidbfpo
Policing in Chicago has come to the attention of The Economist with a long article on the current position and the start of reforms:http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ..._police_force_
A couple of sentences illustrate CPD's problems:Thanks to a Chicago "lurker" for this graphic, which sadly says far more on the crime rate:http://heyjackass.com/#st_refDomain=...ery=/appsuite/The last six months has been one of the worst periods in the CPD’s history....The number of people shot in Chicago so far this year passed 1,000 this week, six to nine weeks earlier than in the previous four years, according the Chicago Tribune. Murders rose 64% in the period from January 1st to April 17th. If current trends continue, as seems likely, Chicago’s murder rate will reach around 570 by the end of the year, up from 468 last year and 416 in 2014....One of the reasons for the spike in shootings and murders is the low morale of CPD officers. Many feel that they are doing a tough, unpopular job.
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A lengthy Time article, with the oddity of CPD being seen as a 'laboratory' when reality was hellish:Link:http://time.com/chicago-police-3/?xid=tcoshareJust a few months ago, the Chicago police department was regarded as America's laboratory of police science
Curiously one cited witness features as a CPD officer who by mistake kills the wrong citizen.
davidbfpo
From a tweet by Brookings, which might just explain Chicago's problem, or those parts where murders are all too regular:There maybe more in this report, which offers solutions to youth crime there:http://www.brookings.edu/research/po...1US0001-070602If you shoot someone in Chicago, you have a 91% chance of getting away with it.
davidbfpo
Sunday, August 28, 2016 08:34AM
http://abc7chicago.com/news/7-dead-3...tings/1488222/CHICAGO -- Seven people were killed and at least 38 more have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday, police said.
For current 2016 stats, see http://heyjackass.com/
To whit -
Year to Date
Shot & Killed: 435
Shot & Wounded: 2401
Total Shot: 2836
Total Homicides: 483
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A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
I couldn't help myself after seeing the following article.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ch...-idUSKBN14G1MJ
Holiday weekend provides no respite from Chicago's violence
I Googled Iraq's population, in 2013 it was 33.42 million, which divided by Chicago's population = 12.38 multiply that by the number murdered in Chicago (so far this year), and that equals to 9,334.5 murders in Iraq. Iraq may have that many people killed this year (maybe not), but they're at war.From Dec. 23 through Dec. 26, there were 44 shooting incidents in the city of 2.7 million and 12 people were killed, according to the Chicago Police Department. The number of murders in Chicago stands at 754 for the year.
Clearly, eight years of a Democratic President, and unknown years of a Democratic Mayor has done little for Chicago. I hope President elect is serious about addressing the problems in our inner cities. We spend more money on Egypt than we do addressing our problems at home.
Added here even if the focus is not Chicago, but the wider issue of murder in the USA.
The BBC's report does mention Chicago:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38911708In Chicago, murders rose sharply last year, with more than 760 last year compared with 473 the year before. Up to then, there had been a steady fall in the number of murders since a peak of the early 70s.
The Economist has been number crunching the figures for fifty cities producing some good charts. An interesting point made:Link:http://www.economist.com/blogs/graph.../daily-chart-3Newark, just ten miles from New York City, has a murder rate nine times higher. And unlike New York, where homicides have fallen 85% from their peak in 1990, in Newark they have barely budged. Much of that difference can be explained by demography, deprivation and policing.
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