Chicago Murder Rate Spikes: Will Chicago Turn into Another Detroit?

by Fef Posted 2012/07/10 03:36:52

Related Topics: Police, Murder, Chicago, Superintendent, Spike, Criticism, rate, Detroit, News

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	Yes	52 votes	74%
	No	18 votes	26%

NEWS.YAHOO.COM reports:
From Yahoo! News: Chicago's mayor and police superintendent publicly defended their new gang-fighting strategy Monday amid growing criticism that the changes are failing and a big reason why the city's homicide rate has soared this year.

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Selketskiss 2012/07/10 04:06:04 (edited)

Yes

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Looks like those chickens have come home to roost and I do not hear Rev. Wright speaking out to these neighborhoods ..he is too busy preaching about how he hates America to try and clean up his own back yard. The good people of Chicago need to rise up and demand swift action before another innocent child is gunned down in their bed or at their kool-aid stand.
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mwg0735 2012/07/11 16:32:58
Dolly 2012/07/11 15:19:22

No

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Stan Kapusta 2012/07/11 06:12:01

Yes

High unemployment, People cannot defend themselves. The criminals carry guns. A recipe for disaster.

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Tennessee3501 2012/07/10 21:48:24

Yes

Murder rates spike wherever liberal Democrtats like Rahm Emanuel get into public office!

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firelooker 2012/07/10 19:39:12

Yes

Boy! it's a good thing they've got such strict gun laws or it would be a lot worse.

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rspell 2012/07/10 18:45:53

Yes

Law abiding people can't defend themselves by use of arms there.

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Heisenberg 2012/07/10 18:22:09

Yes

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It's already worse than Detroit.

If only they could go back to the good old days when Capone ran the city.

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stevmackey 2012/07/10 17:39:47

Yes

What? Doesn't anyone remember Al Capone? Chicago had a head start on the world.

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schjaz 2012/07/10 14:50:58

Yes

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There ya go, Chi Town....you wanted Rahm....you get what you pay for.

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wolf sloan 2012/07/10 14:15:11

No

Detroit will turn into another Chicago

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Charles E 2012/07/10 14:00:58

Yes

Soft on crime. Anti self defense. Welfare dependency.

While geography favours Chicago as a commercial hub, many businesses are still leaving because of City and state anti business policies and high taxes.

Businesses that remain are reducing their size and workforce in the city, prefering to expand elsewhere including the suburbs in Illinois or Indiana, if they need to remain in the area.

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schjaz to Charles E 2012/07/10 14:52:44

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You forgot to mention the nanny state school system that is horrendous. Computers don't last long. They get vandalized. Teachers disrespected and worse, etc.

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Charles E to schjaz 2012/07/10 16:46:36

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You are right on all points. I was just trying to keep it short since those who most need to understand seem to have limited attention spans.

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whitewulf--the unruly mobster 2012/07/10 13:46:26
JoeLove~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/10 13:46:16

Yes

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"After weeks of media reports about Chicago homicides — which so far are up nearly 38 percent from last year — Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy defiantly said during a news conference that the gang strategies in place before McCarthy arrived were the ones that failed, not the new ones."

Sound familiar????

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whitewu... to JoeLove... 2012/07/10 13:47:20
Charles E to whitewu... 2012/07/10 14:04:46

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Create fear then use fear to destroy freedom. It worked in 1917 Russia and 1939 Germant. It might work in Chicago and the US.

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whitewu... to Charles E 2012/07/10 16:48:24
Charles E to whitewu... 2012/07/10 17:59:17

Not the whole US - yet.
And there are some otherwise law abiding citizens in Chicago who put more faith in Smith & Wesson than Rahm Emanuel or the police to protect their families.

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Charles E to JoeLove... 2012/07/10 14:03:16

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"Not my fault." Where have we heard that before? Yeh!

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Mark5610 2012/07/10 11:24:26

Yes

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Don 2012/07/10 10:37:31 (edited)

Yes

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More like another Afganistan.
Empty Suit has allowed Chicago to sink to 3rd world country status.

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Mel the Witch POTL PWCM~JLA 2012/07/10 10:28:29

Yes

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When Liberals are in charge. Crime increases

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firelooker to Mel the... 2012/07/10 19:41:36

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Every time.

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Andrew 2012/07/10 08:19:09

No

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Dettroit's demise was because their economy wasn't very diverse. So, when the auto industry collapsed, so did Detroit. Add to that the numbers of thugs running the streets and you have the formula for the exodus from the entire Detroit region. Chicago is much more diverse and if one industry suffers there are many others to pick up the slack. The thugs are pretty centralized and so much of Chicago and the surrounding region is insulated from them for the most part!

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Of Thee... to Andrew 2012/07/11 17:43:28

I disagree.

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mike 2012/07/10 08:11:34

Yes

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make it illegal for citizens to have guns and only criminal skanks have them.

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firelooker to mike 2012/07/10 19:46:22

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Oh no you're mistaken, gun control works very well. Can't you see w/o it the crime rate would really be bad. Liberals can't see how real world reasoning works cause they're to indoctrinated in Liberalism. You can show stats that show where people are free to own guns the crime rate goes down and they'll credit it w/ something else. They refuse to believe that their eutopian ideas can't& don't work.

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Bob DiN 2012/07/10 07:41:24

Yes

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It's on it's way to Detroit as well as on the road to Greece.

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gregaj7 2012/07/10 06:30:44

Yes

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Worse!

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Hula girl - Friends not Fol... 2012/07/10 05:44:39

Yes

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And look who's been in charge for a year. Coincidence? Hardly

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AL to Hula gi... 2012/07/10 07:45:17

Too bad he wasn't as big as his Mouth!

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Chokmah to Hula gi... 2012/07/10 19:13:57

Ahhh... the Israeli Colonel.. I should have known.

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kyle 2012/07/10 05:17:54

Yes

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every city has its own share of it

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AL 2012/07/10 04:40:40

Yes

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WOW! I guess they're short at least one very good organizer now

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CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/07/10 04:38:30 (edited)

Yes

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It's well along the way.

If I were to be holding some sort of major convention/meeting in Chicago City, I'd be looking for another locale.

See ANY connections on the following website?

http://www.thugreport.com

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Space Invader 2012/07/10 04:36:15

Yes

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It's already another killing field

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Chokmah 2012/07/10 04:30:49

Yes

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It's another Big Democrat run city with Big Labor Unions, high govt Pensions, high Tax Rates, and a high Crime Rate..

well duhh...yes, it is the next Detroit

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esteeopolis 2012/07/10 04:25:49

No

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Maybe it's the heat... D:

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☆The Rock☆ * AFCL* The Sher... 2012/07/10 04:25:06

Yes

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Strict gunlaws only lead to higher crime rates!!

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