Chicago Logs Whopping 52% Jump In Homicides From 2019: 'Five Times Any Prior Year'
A new disturbing investigation by USA Today this week found that Cook County in Chicago has seen homicides spike by a whopping 52% compared to the same time frame last year.
What's more is that this second largest county in the country has seen more homicides already this year than in all of 2019, and still with months to go. Alarmingly this includes dozens of children under 10 who were gunned down, often in gang-related cross fire incidents, according to police records.
USA Today wrote that among the jump in 2020 homicides, the majority, as much as "95% – were people of color, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office announced this week."
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