So last week Jody Weiss, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, stated that although the city has experienced headlining murders and other senseless crimes the overall rate of crime has decreased since last year...or 2008. I dunno.
I don't care.
So, because there's been a decrease that means things are getting better? Are these new figures including just school shootings, bus stop stabbings, drive by park air outs by the dozens sometimes in one weekend?
I dunno.
But I find it pompous for him to point out such a statistic without identifying the TYPE of violence that has decreased. The suspects are getting younger, and so are the victims. Was that considered?
AND if these figures are true, isn't it ironic that the year our crime is the lowest in, whenever, is the same year the Chicago Police Department reported having the lowest amount of city police in, whenever? (They're hiring 100 more by the end of the summer, apparently.)
There has to be a better solution than a to-be police state. Neighborhoods are being red-lined as simply terror zones. Terror zones are not, PEOPLE are here, they're trying to raise families, they're trying to live. It's hard to have pride in an overpriced city with ridiculous weather that you can't even feel safe in.
Yea I know, every city has crime. But that's no excuse either.
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