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2018-02-26 -Lurid Crime Tales-

In Chicago, 309 people have been shot this year. That is 169 fewer than 2017.

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, but the weather has been worse than last year. We'll catch up this summer.

Posted by Maggie Grundy1299 2018-02-26 00:18|| 2018-02-26 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, somehow when you freeze it worse than Siberia, no one comes out of the house. And THEY still have heat and cable tv.

So maybe payoff's are not enough, but deep freeze to keep the violence down?

Anything is possible. Advise me?

Posted by newc 2018-02-26 03:21|| 2018-02-26 03:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Skid, please, no New Math in the headlines. It’s confusing people.

Posted by Grunter in the pub in Sydney 2018-02-26 04:39|| 2018-02-26 04:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I beg to wonder if the historically low African American unemployment rate has anything to do with it.

Blame Trump.

Posted by Eltoroverde 2018-02-26 06:25|| 2018-02-26 06:25|| Front Page Top

#5 deep freeze to keep the violence down Thugs like to be comfortable, too.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-02-26 09:37|| 2018-02-26 09:37|| Front Page Top

#6 It's only February. Chicago, the second home of corruption.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-02-26 10:40|| 2018-02-26 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Also higher than 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Another headline - "Chicago Shootings Higher than Four of the Last Six Years"

Posted by Bobby 2018-02-26 10:44|| 2018-02-26 10:44|| Front Page Top

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