This weekend Chicago has blown through the number of homicides year-to-date perpetrated by this time in 2016 and, as I have previously documented, that year saw the highest number of homicides per 100,000 population in Chicago’s history. Chicago’s mayor has proposed a police reform plan which, if anything, will exacerbate the problem. People who live in the neighborhoods most affected by the violence have been protesting in front of the mayor’s home. I
When I was downtown yesterday evening I saw an enormous police presence which I presume was in response to the “large crowds of rowdy young people” who have been gathering, fighting, and moving through the Loop, Grant Park, and Millennium Park. We were indoors long before dark and were fortunate to be able to park in a secure location.
