Tag: Shootings
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Most Shooters In Chicago Never Face Charges
Last year, gunmen who shot and wounded someone got away without criminal charges 94 percent of the time, according to a DNAinfo.com Chicago analysis of police data. That’s even worse than 2011, when 91.5 percent of shooters escaped charges, according to the data. Chicago’s top cop said the “no-snitch” code of silence on the street…
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Another Deadly Weekend
It started out peaceful enough. So much so that Drudge reported, “Only 1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Chicago.” A woman was killed and four men wounded in five separate shootings between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 4 a.m. Saturday. via Chicago Tribune. It wasn’t even that warm. But only 5 shot overnight, hardly worth mentioning. Then…
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At Least 10 Dead, Dozens Wounded In Weekend Violence
A bizarre weekend where the high exceeded 80 degrees also brought a rash of violence across Chicago, which left at least 10 people dead and some 40 others wounded. via CBS Chicago. There’s no end in sight. CPD is so undermanned that little can be done. Whatever the Mayor’s is doing, it’s not working.