Chicago Mayor's Policies Harm Black Residents of the City

It is funny how when you concentrate on "doing something" that "sounds good," you often end up with policies that don't ACTUALLY do Good. From the Chicago Contrarian we get a hard look at crime, and other issues, in Chicago. Chicago Mayor’s Anti-Black Agenda

Mayor Johnson has consistently minimized Chicago’s crime and violence crisis. Although murders and shootings have declined since the peak of the COVID pandemic, Chicago still reported over 28,000 violent crimes in 2024, with aggravated assaults reaching a 20-year high. Chicago once again will lead the nation in the number of murders, shootings, school age youth murdered and shot, and mass shootings.

Black Chicagoans shoulder most of the burden of violent crime, as 75 percent of murder victims and shooting victims are Black, and Black women, who make up just over 15 percent of the city’s population, comprise over 30 percent of violent crime victims.

The linked article isn't only a look at crime of course, though there is plenty of crime in Chicago. The transit system, is basically not safe today, picking one example, not at random.

But the educational system in that city is deteriorating. It wasn't that good to start with, but it is getting worse.

Then there are the fees, fines, and taxes that routinely hit the poorer residents of the city harder than other parts of the city.

And then there is basic health of the city.

Contaminated drinking water is a slow-moving epidemic in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods.

And there is still more. Click thru for the details.