Chicago's Annual Homicide Drive Off To Most Promising Start In Decades

[GG Allin]

CHICAGO—Having tallied a “very promising” 41 murders so far in 2013, police officials confirmed Tuesday that the annual Chicago Homicide Drive was off to its fastest start in more than a decade and was already well on its way to reaching this year’s goal for violent slayings. “It’s still January, but we’ve already seen an astounding number of contributions to this year’s murder drive,” Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters as he raised the red progress line on the Homicide Drive’s Murdometer, a 15-foot plywood silhouette of a gunned-down body that stands outside City Hall. “I don’t think anyone dreamed it would be possible to break last year’s staggering total of 506 murders, but with so many people chipping in all across the city, we may just do it. There’s a tremendous community-wide level of interest and participation in this yearly event, which is quickly becoming a treasured part of Chicago culture.” While McCarthy said he remained confident that Chicagoans would set a new Homicide Drive record this year, he cautioned that the city was beginning to face a shortage of potential victims in many of its highest-contributing neighborhoods.






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[legion]

Good thing no one has guns in Chicago.

[GWN7]

Winnipeg had 41 murders in 2011. That is for the whole year. Chicago has a population of 2,707,120. Winnipeg has 684,100 people. So if our population was 4X larger (like Chicago's popluation) our murder rate would be 164 a year. Chicago had 448 homicides in 2011. Good thing guns are banned there.

[weseeeee]

That is a lot of murders. What the heck is going on in that city?

[Scott R]

Can we build a wall around the city and do the "Escape from New York" thing, but instead in Chicago?

[drcoastline]

So at this rate how many more years until we can bring in the bulldozers and level that cesspool?

[oldgunner]

I'd like to know out of that 41 how many have been arrested in the past and how many of them were employed.

[cstreit]

In that video that went around debunking the wikipedia statistics vs. the actual FBI crime statistics, there is a very strong correlation between the size and density of a city and it's violent crime rate.

Seems like the human animal just doesn't prefer to be so tightly packed. We all need a little more breathing room to get along eh? Also lots of unarmed subjec....er..citizens in the City of Chicago. Not much for a criminal with a gun to worry about I suspect.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I love the Onion. Sad that there's some truth in there. But hey, that gun control is working out great, huh?

[GWN7]

New York (where guns are also banned) only had 414 murders last year.

With the decrease in murder, New York’s murder rate has fallen to 3.8 homicides per 100,000 residents. New York City has a far lower murder rate than other major American cities. For example:

· If New York City had the same murder rate as Washington DC, New York City would have a total of 1,100 murdered this year.

· If New York City had Chicago’s murder rate, New York City would have a total of more than 1,400 murders this year.

· If New York City had Philadelphia’s murder rate, New York City would have a total of more than 1,700 murders this year.

· If New York City had Baltimore’s murder rate, New York City would have a total of more than 2,870 murders this year.

· If New York City had Detroit’s murder rate, New York City would have a total of nearly 4,400 murders this year.

[gprsh924]

If you look at the map, almost all of the murders happen on the outlying west, southwest, and south parts of the city. Super concentrated.

The majority of the city is perfectly safe as long as you're not a complete idiot. I've walked all over the place late at night alone and have never really been uncomfortable.

[dafischer]

Originally Posted by oldgunner

I'd like to know out of that 41 how many have been arrested in the past and how many of them were employed.

41 and 0 respectively, I'd wager.

[Rick V]

We just need some more gun laws, yeah that'll fix the problem. I'll Bet the left coast Psycho Woman and our Dictator will agree

[shadowjack1]

I have to agree with Rick V on this one. More gun laws will make things much better.

[cairns]

There's an 800 pound gorilla in the room. How many of these murders are black on black?

[Crowbob]

Detroit? Did someone mention Detroit?

One year after Detroit girl's killing, mom keeps her close | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

[dennis in se pa]

"there is a very strong correlation between the size and density of a city and it's violent crime rate"
This is the exact problem. It is not natural or healthy for people to live so closely together. It is good for the economic machine though, so it is encouraged.
Steve McQueen knew better.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Detroit? Did someone mention Detroit?

One year after Detroit girl's killing, mom keeps her close | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

That's tragic. I really feel for this lady. How do you ever move on from something like that?

[flatbutt]

I have no answer for any of this, I'm just not that clever. It certainly does seem that if left to themselves places like the cities named by GWN will eventually eliminate themselves.

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by cairns

There's an 800 pound gorilla in the room. How many of these murders are black on black?

Now that's just racist! and likely a valid point.