[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Shootings and homicides in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
increased sharply in June compared to the same time last year.
Police data show that shootings in Chicago increased by 75% in June of 2020 compared to June 2019, and murders in the city rose by 78%, according to NBC 5 Chicago.
In June of this year, 424 people were shot, and 89 were murdered — compared to 242 shootings and 50 murders during the same month last year.
Last weekend alone, gun violence killed more than a dozen people, including three children. Twelve people were killed on Father’s Day weekend, including a 3-year-old.
The city plans to deploy 1,200 extra officers over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to WGN TV.
When asked about the rise in violence, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, said it was a "complicated" question and suggested that gun control is the answer.
"That’s a complicated question," Lightfoot said. "We have way too many guns on the streets."
Lightfoot also suggested that the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...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.