Gangs and Politicians: How Gang Crime Stacks Up
While the number of murders in Chicago has leveled off in recent years, the percentage that were gang related has increased, and the city's murder rate remains among the highest in the nation.
While the number of murders in Chicago has leveled off in recent years . . .
. . . the percentage that were gang related has increased . . .
PERCENT GANG RELATED, AMONG MURDERS FOR WHICH A MOTIVE WAS DETERMINED
. . . and the city’s murder rate remains among the highest in the nation.
MURDERS PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE EIGHT LARGEST U.S. CITIES IN 2010
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Sources: Chicago Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation
This article appears in the January 2012 issue of Chicago Magazine.
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Reader Comments:
Great story. I hope that people will read it, and actually do a little research before blindly voting in the next election. It is more important than ever to consider reducing the size of our aldermen from 50 to at least 30. There is NO need to have so many. It just affords more of them greater oppourtunities to be corrupt.