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Chicago Activist Asks Gangs if They Would Be Kind Enough to Please Only Shoot People at Night
According to Chicago Police Department stats, last year yielded 695 homicides and 2,832 shootings in the Windy City. Assuming that not all of the homicides resulted from shootings and that there was at least a sprinkling of fatal stabbings, stranglings, and even punchings, it’s fair to conclude that with a homicide-to-shooting ratio of perhaps one in five or even lower, nearly all of the shootings involved black gunmen. (more…)