Chicago murders up to 652 for the year, but have no fear: UN peacekeeping forces could be called in

President Trump come in to Make Chicago Great Again (MCGA), but Obummer's boyfriend the Mayor says POTUS isn't welcome.

grumpyoldman wrote:

President Trump come in to Make Chicago Great Again (MCGA), but Obummer's boyfriend the Mayor says POTUS isn't welcome.

I call fr a Christmas truce.

God bless ye merry gentlemen.

BTW, on stuff like this--yeah, a 15% decline just from one year to the next is really very significant. "Dramatic" is not too strong a word.

Actually, here's the historical data. Lots of 10-15% ups-and-downs if you ask me. Not even "very significant" by a p

Fighting ignorance with facts wrote:

BTW, on stuff like this--yeah, a 15% decline just from one year to the next is really very significant. "Dramatic" is not too strong a word.

Actually, here's the historical data. Lots of 10-15% ups-and-downs if you ask me. Not even "very significant" by a p

Idiotic LRC ate the post, due to usage of less than symbol.

You can count yourself how many times it's gone up/down by 10% or more. Quite often in fact.

1964: 390

1965: 400 or 396

1966: 512 (28% increase)

1967: 548

1968: 645 (18% increase)

1969: 715 (11% increase)

1970: 810 (13% increaase)

1971: 824

1972: 711 (14% decline)

1973: 862 (21% increase)

1974: 970 (13% increase)

1975: 818 (16% decline)

1976: 814

1977: 823

1978: 787

1979: 856

1980: 863

1981: 877

1982: 668 (24% decline)

1983: 729

1984: 741

1985: 666 (10% decline)

1986: 744 (12% increase)

1987: 691

1988: 660

1989: 742 (12% increase)

1990: 851 (15% increase)

1991: 928

1992: 943

1993: 855

1994: 931

1995: 828 (11% decline)

1996: 796

1997: 761

1998: 704

1999: 643

2000: 633

2001: 667

2002: 656

2003: 601

2004: 453 (25% decline)

2005: 602 (33% increase)

2006: 471 (22% decline)

2007: 448

2008: 513 (15% increase)

2009: 459 (11% decline)

2010: 436

2011: 435

2012: 516 (19% increase)

2013: 441 (15% decline)

2014: 416 or 432

2015: 468 (12% increase)

2016: 762 (63% increase)

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So in other words, 10%+ decline has happened 9 times in last 45 years, or 20% of the years. Even a putative 15% decline happens quite often.

1972: 711 (14% decline)

1975: 818 (16% decline)

1982: 668 (24% decline)

1985: 666 (10% decline)

1995: 828 (11% decline)

2004: 453 (25% decline)

2006: 471 (22% decline)

2009: 459 (11% decline)

2013: 441 (15% decline)

Because the Chicago Police Department tallies data differently than police in other cities, the FBI often does not accept their crime statistics. Chicago police officers record all criminal sexual assaults, as opposed to only rape. They count aggravated battery together with the standard category of aggravated assault. As a result, Chicago is often omitted from studies such as Morgan Quitno's annual "Safest/Most Dangerous City" survey, which relies on FBI-collected data

vivalarepublica wrote:

When Trump talks about Chicago, it's a coded word for black people.

And this message board's obsession with Chicago is weird. Maybe focus on crime in your own municipality?

Is it not blacks killing blacks? Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

vivalarepublica wrote:

And this message board's obsession with Chicago is weird. Maybe focus on crime in your own municipality?

Maybe Chicago is my municipality.

Depends on who's counting wrote:

Let me axe you a question wrote:

Chicago homicides in the early '90s were much higher you know.

The peak year was 1974, but the population was higher then.

living in vancouver canada, the death rate from heroin overdoses is 10 times that....