The Dead Children in Chicago Ignored By City, State, and Media

From the Chicago Contrarian: Chicago’s Killing Fields

In 1993, the Chicago Tribune’s “Killing Our Children” series exposed the harrowing deaths of 57 children murdered in the “Chicago Area” in 1992. The successive stories revealed deep-seated failures within our school systems and juvenile justice institutions. Since the beginning of the year, Chicago again leads the nation with 42 school-age youth, 17 and younger-murdered and 154 shot and wounded. This tragedy barely registers with city and state leaders and much of Chicago media as their attention remains fixed not on the violence plaguing Chicago’s children, but on stoking fears about immigration enforcement.

The media, and the Chicago politicians, well and the state Democrats as well, are not interested in these deaths. (Don't these lives matter?) Instead they are busy with the "political theater" of the day. Enforcing the law, is actually the biggest threat, at least according The Left.

Then there are the problems in Chicago Public Schools.

CPS continues to struggle with staff misconduct, often receiving feeble responses from elected officials and little sustained media scrutiny. In 2024, the district's Inspector General investigated 446 cases of staff sexual abuse or harassment — nearly matching 2023’s record — and yet real disciplinary action remains rare.

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