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<blockquote data-quote="homersheineken" data-source="post: 1416453" data-attributes="member: 6258"><p>Unfortunately Chicago - the murder capital of the US - was left out of the title.</p><p></p><p>Don't click the link, just sourced.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cook-county-gun-homicides-20210102-g7wajz7aqzehvfv6rcrhck7ylu-story.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><strong><em><u>Cook County recorded more gun-related homicides in 2020 than any other year, surpassing the previous record set in 1994</u></em></strong>, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p><p></p><p>The county saw <strong><u>875 such homicides this year</u></strong>, exceeding the 838 recorded in 1994, according to a news release. </p><p></p><p>The medical examiner’s office handled 970 homicides in total, the most since 1996, the release said. That figure marks <strong>a 40% increase over last year’s homicide total of 675. </strong></p><p></p><p>Most of the homicides happened in the city of Chicago, and <strong><em>Black people were disproportionately impacted </em></strong><em>(<u>though no sources on those pulling the trigger???</u>)</em>, accounting for 78% of the victims. </p><p></p><p>In Cook County, <strong>22 children younger than 10 years old died in a homicide. </strong></p><p></p><p>Experts and city leaders <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-year-end-gun-violence-20201231-33wbrdh44jbr7h5u77sunwj2pu-story.html" target="_blank">told the Tribune</a> that a number of factors would have impacted the rise in violence, but noted that the pandemic and civil unrest likely contributed.</p><p> </p><p><u>The county medical examiner’s office handled a record number of cases overall, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release said. The COVID-19 deaths accounted for more than half of the office’s 2020 caseload. </u><em>What does this have to with homicides? Unless homicides are now also Covid deaths?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>===================================</em></p><p></p><p>So to recap, </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Murders <strong>highest ever for the city</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Murders up 40% from last year</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blacks disproportionately impacted</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can't find 2020 stats but for 2019, well we just don't know... It's not easy to determine the shooter's race, like it is the victim in our Victimhood society.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[ATTACH=full]28064[/ATTACH]<br /> [URL unfurl="true"]https://heyjackass.com/category/chicago-crime-2019/[/URL]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Covid deaths are related to homicides. Can only conclude that they are counting gunshots as covid deaths now. </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="homersheineken, post: 1416453, member: 6258"] Unfortunately Chicago - the murder capital of the US - was left out of the title. Don't click the link, just sourced. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cook-county-gun-homicides-20210102-g7wajz7aqzehvfv6rcrhck7ylu-story.html[/URL] [B][I][U]Cook County recorded more gun-related homicides in 2020 than any other year, surpassing the previous record set in 1994[/U][/I][/B], according to the medical examiner’s office. The county saw [B][U]875 such homicides this year[/U][/B], exceeding the 838 recorded in 1994, according to a news release. The medical examiner’s office handled 970 homicides in total, the most since 1996, the release said. That figure marks [B]a 40% increase over last year’s homicide total of 675. [/B] Most of the homicides happened in the city of Chicago, and [B][I]Black people were disproportionately impacted [/I][/B][I]([U]though no sources on those pulling the trigger???[/U])[/I], accounting for 78% of the victims. In Cook County, [B]22 children younger than 10 years old died in a homicide. [/B] Experts and city leaders [URL='https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-year-end-gun-violence-20201231-33wbrdh44jbr7h5u77sunwj2pu-story.html']told the Tribune[/URL] that a number of factors would have impacted the rise in violence, but noted that the pandemic and civil unrest likely contributed. [U]The county medical examiner’s office handled a record number of cases overall, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release said. The COVID-19 deaths accounted for more than half of the office’s 2020 caseload. [/U][I]What does this have to with homicides? Unless homicides are now also Covid deaths? ===================================[/I] So to recap, [LIST] [*]Murders [B]highest ever for the city[/B] [*]Murders up 40% from last year [*]Blacks disproportionately impacted [*]Can't find 2020 stats but for 2019, well we just don't know... It's not easy to determine the shooter's race, like it is the victim in our Victimhood society. [*][ATTACH type="full" width="272px"]28064[/ATTACH] [URL unfurl="true"]https://heyjackass.com/category/chicago-crime-2019/[/URL] [*]Covid deaths are related to homicides. Can only conclude that they are counting gunshots as covid deaths now. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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