Is this what the american people have to look forward to under an Obama Presidency?


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cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.summer.shootings.2.810166.html

Total Is About Double The U.S. Troop Death Toll In Iraq
CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 125 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 125 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

 In the same time period, an estimated 247 people were shot and wounded in the city.


 Tracking Summer Shootings In Chicago





Police department spokeswoman Monique Bond disputed the numbers, saying in an e-mail that sometimes shootings are re-classified as accidental. She said the CBS 2 analysis did not match official department statistics, but she did not provide details. CBS 2 has asked for that information.

"The department officially releases crime statistics on a monthly basis to ensure the proper investigations are thoroughly conducted to determine manner and motive which also may result in reclassifications, '' Bond said.

Violent crime reports available on the department's website do not break down shootings by month. However, the latest report shows that the murder in the city is up 18 percent from last year. From January-July, the department reports 291 people were murdered, compared with 246 for the same period in 2007.

Bond said gang-related violence presents the most serious danger to Chicago residents.

"Gang and gun violence continue to be the dominating threat on our streets," Bond said in an e-mail. "Up to 60 percent of the shootings are gang related. More than 90 percent of the offenders have criminal histories and up to 80 percent of the victims have criminal histories."

For total shootings, the South Side's Englewood District, which includes the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods on the city's South Side, fared the worst over the summer. A total of 11 people were shot dead there, and 46 were shot and wounded.

The highest homicide totals came in the Grand Crossing District, which includes the South Shore, Woodlawn, Park Manor and Grand Crossing neighborhoods on the South Side, 13 people were killed and 24 were injured.

Also hit severely by gun violence over the summer was the Harrison District on the city's West Side, where 11 people were shot dead and 25 were shot and wounded. In the Southwest Side's Chicago Lawn District, 12 people were shot and killed and 15 were shot and wounded. In the Ogden District – which includes the Near Southwest Side's Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods – nine people were killed and eight were injured.

The South Chicago District on the Southeast Side saw nine people killed and 18 injured, almost all concentrated in the South Chicago and Avalon Park neighborhoods at the north end of the district.

The  Far South Side's Calumet District – including the Roseland, Fernwood and Pullman neighborhoods – saw nine killed and 23 injured.

Dude, you're way out here.  Coming from Chicago, I can tell you that things didn't change under Obama for the worst in IL...In fact the stayed the same (ironic huh).  Chicago crime has always been sky high and one of the worst in the country...I will say it looks much better in terms of new buildings and cleanliness. There is a lot of more money in the city and things are growing...but the southside and westside are still the ghetto...I lived on the northside and what goes on in the ghetto in Chicago stays in the ghetto....Mayor Daley (arguable the most crooked family ever in US city politics) has done a great job at compartmentalizing the poor and making sure crime doesn't spill into voting (mid to upper class) neighborhoods...which means placing the crooked cops (there are a lot in chicago) to patrol on the south and far westside.

Obama has nothing to do with any of this analysis....you're reaching far bud

I actually have the Lions doing much better than the Bears this year.

Wait, what are we talking about?

Gee, Obama is to blame for the rise in murders in Chicago?

If any politician is to blame for the increased murders in the US I would say the politician who is most to blame is Reagan. Even though I liked Reagan and I believe he was a good man, he was played like a fiddle and the fact that during his terms he drastically heated up the "war on drugs" which has helped lead to a huge increase in all types of crime, especially violent crime. Actually, Reagan should be the 2nd most to blame, with the number one spot going to Nixon.

So, if you want to blame any politicians for increased murder rates, put the blame where it belongs, on Nixon and Reagan.

Of course I don't expect Reaganite to understand this since he has proven time and time again he is not capable of logical thought.

yea...I've lived in both and Chicago is hand over fist better than Detroit.