Talk about a city that is out of control!

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In Chicago the weekend headlines read, “8 dead, at least 30 hurt in weekend violence” and yesterday the headline read, “11 shot overnight in Chicago gun violence.”  On Nov. 22 the headline was “5 dead, 20 wounded in holiday weekend violence.”  That’s 74 people shot in 12 days, that has to be some kind of record.

But all you get out of the high ups is that crime is down??  Chicago Police Department CompStat states that 470 murders have take place this year, higher then the 2010 stat of 405.  At this rate we are well on our way to hit over 500 by the end of the year. 

The Mayor of this criminal town gives a million dollars to the great interceptors Cease Fire and you never hear a word of all the great work? they are doing preventing shootings, they move around police officers like they are chess pieces to no avail and come out to say crime is down to appease the masses.

In most citizens eyes crime is not down, mostly because it is happening on their block or area.  Citizens have found that calling for help can mean long waiting times (if at all) when police do arrive; most times police will just drive though and if they see nothing or hear nothing they will just keep going.  Is this because, in reality, there is a shortage of police, there are too many calls that need to be handled at one time or the rules and procedures that are dictated to them by the all-knowing crime-fighting Chicago politicians.
 
It is getting to look like Chicago is the town without pity.

Where Has CeaseFire Been?

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In June 2012 Chicago residents read about, a so-called, new pilot program that calls for the anti-violence group CeaseFire to partner with the Chicago Police Department.  CeaseFire was to recieve one million dollars from the city’s Department of Public Health Department to curb violent crime. 

It was not until the beginning of August that it was known that they had assurances that their "no snitch" policy was ok with the Chicago Police Department, after a month of shootings.   They just don't want to be snitches.  But yet the police department want the residents to be snitches; tell them what they saw, hear or knew and jeopardize their family and home.

August has seen the shooting numbers going up as the Tribune just reported, " Through Monday, the city had 1,648 shootings, 152 more than the same time last year, according to preliminary police statistics. The city also had 52 homicides for August, 17 more than all of August 2011."  And not only shootings but every other crime, no matter how they spin it. 

This is the most that was heard from CeaseFire:
wttw Video  CeaseFire and CPD

Watch August 23, 2012 - CeaseFire & CPD Embark on New Anti-Violence Initiative on PBS. See more from Chicago Tonight.

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