JEFF Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 At least 17 people were killed and over 40 injured in Chicago's street violence over the weekend. Two Chicago newspapers that analyzed police data from Friday afternoon to early Monday called it 2016's deadliest weekend. Chicago police couldn't immediately confirm that, though a spokesman said their weekend homicide count from Friday midnight through Sunday was 18. Either way, the toll surpassed the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times' analysis of holiday weekends when violence typically spikes. The Tribune reports six people were fatally shot over Memorial Day weekend, five over Fourth of July, and 13 over Labor Day. The October weekend deaths included seven people under 20 years old. Seventeen-year-old twin brothers were killed in a Sunday drive-by. There's been a spike in street violence this year with over 600 homicides already. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/17-dead-chicagos-street-violence-weekend-43192097 Friggin nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted October 31, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Stay away from East Oak Park. http://crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/homicides Edited October 31, 2016 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 clearly the result of the gun show loophole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade X Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02sled Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Wow... sure glad I don't live in or near Chicago. 600 homicides this year already. WOW! Insane. Toronto is concerned about the sudden spike hear. 2015 there were 19 deaths and 111 shooting injuries. 2016 has seen that jump to 32 deaths and 135 shooting injuries. Toronto population is about 2.8M and Chicago population is about 2.7M So for comparable sized cities Chicago sure is a lot more violent. Houston population 2.3M homicides 303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted October 31, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, 02sled said: Wow... sure glad I don't live in or near Chicago. 600 homicides this year already. WOW! Insane. Toronto is concerned about the sudden spike hear. 2015 there were 19 deaths and 111 shooting injuries. 2016 has seen that jump to 32 deaths and 135 shooting injuries. Toronto population is about 2.8M and Chicago population is about 2.7M So for comparable sized cities Chicago sure is a lot more violent. Houston population 2.3M homicides 303 Sizable demographic differences. Keep in mind the complete Chicagoland population is around 9.9 million. Edited October 31, 2016 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 10 minutes ago, Highmark said: Sizable demographic differences. Keep in mind the complete Chicagoland population is around 9.9 million. Toronto is at least 5 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted October 31, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dave said: Toronto is at least 5 million Like I said, significant demographic differences. Take out the black on black murders and while not as low as Toronto it would be vastly different. Chicago: 75% of Murdered are Black, 71% of Murderers are Black http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/chicago-75-murdered-are-black-71-murderers-are-black 32% of the population is black. 24% of the murders are by Hispanic's. 3.5% by whites. Edited October 31, 2016 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade X Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 When will there a be BLM protest in Chicago then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted October 31, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 31, 2016 Just now, Renegade X said: When will there a be BLM protest in Chicago then? People have been saying that for a long time and when you do you're labeled a racist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 23 minutes ago, Highmark said: Sizable demographic differences. Keep in mind the complete Chicagoland population is around 9.9 million. The GTA population is over 6 million. Sizable demographic differences is an understatement. Most of the murders are committed by the same group as in Chicago, only we have much smaller numbers and give them more welfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade X Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Just now, Highmark said: People have been saying that for a long time and when you do you're labeled a racist. Thats ok lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toslow Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-american-kids-are-suddenly-paralyzed-and-doctors-dont-know-why/ar-AAju3kK?li=AA4ZnC&ocid=spartanntp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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