Chicago homicides decline 11% from same period last year

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Personally, I'm more scared of Chicago's neighbor city: Gary, Indiana. I mean...DanG!

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Have you not been following the recent polite exchanges of data reports and graphs, young man?

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That's still more murders than in the entire counrty of Australia. Chicago still sucks.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-chi...0,2704436.story

Chicago homicides decline 11% from same period last year

Killings of youths ages 6 to 18 also drop, police statistics say

By Annie Sweeney Tribune reporter

October 12, 2009

Homicides continued to decline this year in Chicago through September, including homicides of school-age children, according to Police Department statistics.

Homicides fell 11 percent through the first nine months of 2009 compared with the same period a year ago, department officials said.

Through Sept. 30, there had been 348 slayings, down from 393 for the same period last year.

Through Sept. 15, killings of youths between the ages of 6 and 18 declined by 14.5 percent compared with the same period last year.

Last week, police Supt. Jody Weis trumpeted a 47 percent decline since last year in homicides involving youths -- but that figure included those between ages 9 and 19.

Despite the decline in youth slayings in Chicago, the issue has grabbed the spotlight since the fatal beating of 16-year-old Derrion Albert near Fenger High School after classes on Sept. 24.

The city and nation have been riveted by the startling video of the beating, in which several teenagers can be seen wielding large planks of wood in a melee involving more than 50 youngsters.

In response, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder came to Chicago last week to meet with students and city officials about youth violence.

Mayor Richard Daley also rolled out several youth violence initiatives in response, promising to put more police officers at troubled schools during dismissal time and along some CTA routes students use to get home. He also committed $1 million to create jobs and after-school programs.

Weis said the department continues to work with Chicago Public Schools to "better anticipate" where youth violence will occur.

The department also has reached out to the community for help.

And while Albert's death shocked the country, Weis said the law enforcement, social service and community effort has been working.

He also said the effort must continue well after the news stories about Albert go away.

"I think it is important for people to take a broader focus on Chicago than what we have seen on every news station, repeatedly, for the past two weeks," Weis said of the video. "We have made significant progress in combating youth violence. I recognize that statistics mean nothing if you are the victim.

"However, people need to know that what they have seen in a two-minute video is not Chicago," he said. "We will continue to work in a comprehensive strategy that incorporates prevention and enforcement, social services and community involvement.

"The meetings, the talk, they are over. Now is the time to come together and bring peace to our streets and to instill a sense of hope in our children."

The Heller decision supporting our right to bear arms has reduced crime in Chicago...wonderful! Now when the Supreme Court tosses out Chicago's registration/confiscation scheme, things will improve more.

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The Heller decision supporting our right to bear arms has reduced crime in Chicago...wonderful! Now when the Supreme Court tosses out Chicago's registration/confiscation scheme, things will improve more.

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The Heller decision supporting our right to bear arms has reduced crime in Chicago...wonderful! Now when the Supreme Court tosses out Chicago's registration/confiscation scheme, things will improve more.

This is now the 'make ####### up' thread?

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you know the real reason is because obama left town.

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*ouch*...but how do you explain the fact, that the Rev. jesse jackson is still there?

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*ouch*...but how do you explain the fact, that the Rev. jesse jackson is still there?

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