Mass shootings, [social scientist Tom Scott] added, tend to lack “solvability factors,” including cooperative witnesses. “Agencies … prioritize cases they are most likely to solve,” Scott said. Yet law enforcement tends to respond to spiking violence by adding beat cops instead of detectives. More robust investigations where officers make concerted efforts to find and interview … Read more
Given what happened in Boulder, Colorado yesterday, most folks probably missed a very similar case that took place in Chicago over the weekend. Tracey Thomas, 29, reportedly told police investigators that he wanted to lure CPD officers into an ambush and kill as many cops as possible. Fortunately the suspect, his junky little Lorcin .380, … Read more
Playing politics with peoples’ lives, Illinois passed an “affordable bail” law in 2017. It stood as the first step to ending cash bail. Just as other cites and states have seen, the results of this experiments have been a disaster for everyone except violent criminals. In Chicago alone in 2020, almost three dozen individuals who … Read more
As we covered yesterday, Murder City, USA lived up to its well-deserved nickname over the weekend with 24 killed and scores more wounded. On Tuesday, Mayor Lightfoot acknowledged that a crush of 911 calls has overwhelmed both the system and Chicago Police Department. But she also told her city’s residents that, if trouble comes their … Read more
Chicago PD’s new Superintendent David Brown had a bad weekend. But not as bad as the 24 people who were killed over that span. While Chicago’s finest toiled at dealing with looters near Michigan Avenue, the criminals ignored all social distancing requirements and left a gruesome toll: two dozen dead and 66 wounded. HeyJackass.com has … Read more
While Illinois holds the distinction of the harshest Chinese flu restrictions upon residents of any state, criminals in Murder City, USA couldn’t possibly care less. Social distancing? Stay-at-home? Not among the criminal class. Chicago’s bad boys were out in force and killed ten over the Memorial Day weekend while wounding 42 others. HeyJackass.com as the … Read more
There’s a lot going on in the videos that captured a police-involved shooting that took place yesterday in Chicago. According to the local NBC station, the altercation took place yesterday at about 4:00 p.m. at a downtown Chicago Transit Authority station. In the first video below that shows the beginning of the sequence, you can … Read more
The Chicago Police have a lot of good men and women serving their community. Unfortunately, where the community does not work with the police, bad guys can get away with a whole lot of violent crime up to and including murder. The mainstream media has not reported it, but the Chicago PD has cleared just 6% of … Read more
The Windy City likes to tout themselves to tourists as “Chicago: Second to None.” The more cynical among us might say, “Chicago: Come for the food, stay because you got shot.” Why? The indispensable HeyJackass.com, via Twitter, reports that Murder City USA has as of March 1, the city has endured 1461 consecutive days of someone being … Read more
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