The Weekend in Chicago

The weekend in Chicago was bad, in terms of crime. Not as bad as last year, but bad. The totals were probably held in check by the rain. More on that later.

First up, is a meaningless statement from Chicago PD Superintendent Brown. He has to say something. It would be better if it made some sense. Fatal Red Line shooting spurs Chicago police to increase presence

Murders are lower year-to-date than in 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021, so the powers that be will pat themselves on the back on proclaim "Crime is Down." That the murder total is higher year-to-date than every other year going back at least as far as 2011 won't be mentioned. (2011 is the earliest year that HeyJackass! has statistics for.)

“Incidents like these, whether on the CTA or in our neighborhoods have no place in this city,” Brown said. “It is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. No resident should think twice about their safety on any part of the CTA or in our neighborhoods.”

The police department is “committed to do whatever it takes” to make the CTA and the city safer overall and announced another team of Chicago police officers — including K-9 dogs — will be added to the CTA Sunday, Brown said.

It won't be tolerated, until it comes time to prosecute any crimes, and then Kim Foxx & Company, the non-prosecuting attorneys for Chicago and Cook County, will not charge felonies. Or at all. And then all the crime in the city will be tolerated in the name of Social Justice.

As for the weekend's crime, Chicago Journal uses the HeyJackass! statistics. Weekend Violence Wrap-Up for August 5 - August 7

With 8 killed and 47 wounded, it makes this weekend the third most violent for the weekend historically, falling behind last year's bloodbath and only barely losing out to 2016 by 1 gunshot victim. At least, those are the numbers since HeyJackass.com has been publishing their statistics. Which, again, while we have no affiliation, all crime stats used by the Chicago Journal can be found at HeyJackass.com, which is the best site for such things in the city.

As for the rain...

Because when it wasn't raining these last few days it was HOT, and regular followers of Chicago violence know what that means (HINT: It's not good). A rise in the mercury tends to equal a rise in the anger in the blood and, as always when it's hot, a lot of blood is spilled into the streets as a result.