Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has a truth problem. Governor falsely claims violent crime has been falling in Chicago 'for three years' - CWB Chicago
Okay, he's an Illinois politician, and they are known for being corrupt liars.
“Violent crime has been coming down [in Chicago], actually for three years, but in particular over the last year,” Pritzker said during an afternoon Q&A with Crain’s Chicago Business, according to The Center Square.
“Shootings and murders have come down significantly,” Pritzker continued. “Again, it doesn’t make anyone feel safer to just hear a statistic; it will take some time, but that is something people should know.”
There is just a small problem with that statement; it isn't true.
Overall, Chicago’s violent crime is up 18.3% compared to 2019, according to CPD’s “CompStat” data. It’s up 16.8% compared to 2020. It’s up 17.1% versus 2021. And it’s up 6.3% compared to last year.
Did they make marijuana legal in The Land of Lincoln? Pritzker must be smoking something.
While overall crime is up, in some neighborhoods it is WAY up. Click thru for the details.
Meanwhile Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson is blaming everyone but himself for the problems. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Blames ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ for City’s Problems.
You can't make this stuff up.
“What we’ve seen is a very raggedy form of right-wing extremism”‘ the mayor said. “Everyone knows that the right-wing extremism in this country has targeted democratically run cities, and quite frankly, they have been quite intentional about going after democratically ran cities that are led by people of color.”
The last Republican mayor of Chicago, William H. Thompson, left office in 1931. I'm sure everything is his fault.
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