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**silversides**

Chicago homicides soar in first quarter of 2012

Homicides in Chicago soared by 60 percent in the first three months of 2012, continuing a troublesome trend that began late last year. Nonfatal shootings also rose sharply in the first quarter, Police Department statistics show.

The worsening violence comes as the Emanuel administration touts its efforts to combat gang crime and add officers and resources to some of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods.

Chicago police blame street gangs for much of the violence. Another contributing factor for the rise in homicides was the unseasonably warm weather this past winter, according to criminologists, but Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy scoffed at that explanation earlier this year.

"In better weather, people are outside more, interacting more with neighbors, acquaintances, even strangers, and there's greater opportunity for conflict than when it's cold and windy," said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston. ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local...3215.story

**Smilin' Eyes**

Ahhhh, this is where I read that homicides were pretty much double.

Jhikpghf

**silversides**

I think they are up 25% from last year....

**freeasabee1** · (This post was last modified: 04-15-2012 04:45 AM by freeasabee1.)

so they think the weather played a role, I wonder what will happen this summer? Its going to be nuts, if this summer is a record heat one....

Glad I moved out of the big city... Jhikpghf

**silversides**

I wonder what will happen this summer too...
I think bad government has played a role...

**Mike** lop guest User ID: 88229 04-15-2012 04:54 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpOEW0D6sgs

**silversides**

The Chicago Tribune is the Republican newspaper and The Sun Times is the Democratic newspaper....

whoDunIt Wrote:

I strongly dislike Chicago Trib.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 90069 04-15-2012 05:45 AM

silversides Wrote:

Chicago police blame street gangs for much of the violence. Another contributing factor for the rise in homicides was the unseasonably warm weather this past winter, according to criminologists, but Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy scoffed at that explanation earlier this year.

"In better weather, people are outside more, interacting more with neighbors, acquaintances, even strangers, and there's greater opportunity for conflict than when it's cold and windy," said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston. ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local...3215.story

That is racist!

Basically he's saying that Scandinavians would be peaceful and loving because it's cold there, and Sub-Saharan Africa would be chaotic and violent because it's hot.

Clearly he must be wrong, because Africa is a very stable and peaceful continent.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 78057 04-15-2012 05:58 AM

The "mean season"
Always said I would head far north if things got bad, well.........
Digging in, or is that bugging.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 87578 04-15-2012 06:30 AM

Not to worry, taking guns away from the law-abiding populous should solve the problem.

~Average liberal

**silversides**

Yes they do like gun control, high taxes and welfare. Both the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago have nonresponsible governments.

~~WalkersEverywhere~~

"Insanity Wave".

I've seen it coming for approximately 2 years.

**silversides**

Ah and what should we expect?

WalkersEverywhere Wrote:

"Insanity Wave".

I've seen it coming for approximately 2 years.

**JF Priest** · **JF Priest** Subscriber User ID: 47416 04-15-2012 02:43 PM **Posts: 23,878**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Not to worry, taking guns away from the law-abiding populous should solve the problem.

~Average liberal

.. But Illinois has some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation...Oh sorry thats only for the honest folk..

**silversides**

I am kind of thinking that Illinois needs to start using the death penalty again.