Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, had an odd explanation for the gun violence gripping the city Sunday, suggesting that lax gun laws and coronavirus-related lockdowns were largely to blame for the spike in shootings, which has left at least four children dead and dozens of Chicago residents wounded.
Speaking to a press conference, Lightfoot said the violence problem is “complicated,” according to the Washington Examiner.
“Lightfoot also suggested that the coronavirus shutdowns that kept people inside for months played a role in creating a ‘perfect storm’ while also pointing out the death of George Floyd as an event that sparked anger in the community,” the Examiner reported.
That “perfect storm” is responsible for a nearly record-breaking streak of violence in the city. As of late June, “329 people have been killed in Chicago, an increase of about 34% from the 246 homicides during the same period last year, according to police. Shootings in that period rose by about 42%, from 978 in 2019 to 1,384 in 2020,” NBC Chicago reports. Crime, overall, is down by 9%.
There have been only five days in July, but already this month 84 people have been shot and wounded in the city, and 18 have been shot and killed. In just the last three weeks, several children have been murdered by gun violence, one as young as a year old.
Although the Chicago city government pledged to put 1,200 additional officers on the streets through the Fourth of July holiday, at least 16 people were killed – including a 7-year-old girl who was celebrating the holiday at her grandmother’s house on the city’s south side – and 63 were wounded. Two incidents of gun violence had more than eight victims, making them “mass shootings.”
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Part of the mental illness known as leftism ,is to never take responsability or aknowledge ANYTHING they've caused!
I suppose that the thought of locking up those who are committing the crimes just might be above her pay scale, but that doesn't mean one can't try... To be the innocent residents are caught in the middle between two sets of criminals is truly a heartbreaking fact of life in all to many of our cities...
Yo, "lightbrain" this is a situation YOU BOUGHT, encouraged and nurtured - -and YOU are NOT smart enough to "fix it". You're not even smart enough to recognize it and being a demented liberal, you would never admit to it, even if you did.
makes you wonder what's in the chemicals of the things that she puts in her hair
when you hate statues more than loving children then expect these results
truth just spoke accompanied by wisdom
What a waste.......keep electing democrap/pgrogressive/socialists if you want your cities to be murderous hell holes
IN Ref: to the opening,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, !!BOTH !!
There are way too many apes committing the gun violence in Chicago!! Round them up and send them back to Africa so they can run wild and free!!
The guns were peacefully protesting, but the bullets started to riot.
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