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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts) Sat Dec 29, 2012, 08:09 AM Dec 2012

Chicago marks 500 homicides

http://www.chicagotribune.com/

Nathaniel Jackson's death earned him the unfortunate distinction of being the 500th homicide victim in Chicago this year, a grim milestone the city reached for the first time in four years. "There's no such thing as an acceptable murder number. Even if we cut it down to 300 next year, it's still unacceptable," said police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

•Video: Deadly shooting on West Side
•Graphic: Chicago homicides by year

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Chicago marks 500 homicides (Original Post) NNN0LHI Dec 2012 OP

The NRA is suffocating Chicago in guns. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #1

Any old time Chicagoans here? question everything Dec 2012 #2

Compare this to the total number of murders in other Developed Nations AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #3

OneTenthofOnePercent

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1. The NRA is suffocating Chicago in guns.

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 08:21 AM

Dec 2012

Chicago needs swift & strict gun control if it's going to survive.

question everything

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2. Any old time Chicagoans here?

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 12:29 AM

Dec 2012

We lived in Hyde Park (U of Chicago) in the 70s and I remember yearly homicide rate of more than 900!

Perhaps things got better since then and now, especially with the hard economic conditions, have deteriorated.

AZ Progressive

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3. Compare this to the total number of murders in other Developed Nations

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 03:24 PM

Dec 2012

Chicago population: 2.7 million
Murders in 2012 so far: 500

United Kingdom population: 63 million
Murders in 2011: 550

France population: 63 million
Murders in 2009: 682

Germany population: 82 million
Murders in 2010: 690

Canada population: 35 million
Murders in 2010: 554

Japan population: 128 million
Murders in 2009: 506

Source: UNODC homicide statistics, BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18900384)

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