|
Trump blasts Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel for record-setting 762 homicides and 4,331 shooting victims in 2016
 - [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city
- 'Chicago murder rate is record setting – 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016,' Donald Trump tweeted on Monday
- 'If Mayor [Rahm Emanuel] can't do it he must ask for Federal help!'
- Emanuel and Trump met December 7 in New York City but reportedly talked about illegal-immigrant 'dreamers,' not gun violence
- The nation's third largest city also saw 1,100 more shooting incidents last year than it did in 2015
- The increase in homicides compared to 2015, when 485 were reported, is the largest spike in 60 years
Posted by: Fred 2017-01-03 |
