18 Murders in 24 Hours: Inside the Most Violent Day in 60 Years in Chicago; You Don’t Have to Be a Brain Surgeon to See Dangers of Defunding, Disbanding Police; Distraught Officials Heard on Tape Fuming Over Looting, Riots

By Chicago Sun Times. . .While Chicago was roiled by another day of protests and looting in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, 18 people were killed Sunday, May 31, making it the single most violent day in Chicago in six decades, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. The lab’s data doesn’t go back further than 1961.

From 7 p.m. Friday, May 29, through 11 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 25 people were killed in the city, with another 85 wounded by gunfire, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

In a city with an international reputation for crime — where 900 murders per year were common in the early 1990s — it was the most violent weekend in Chicago’s modern history, stretching police resources that were already thin because of protests and looting. (read about the violent day in Los Angeles HERE)

“We’ve never seen anything like it, at all,” said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the crime lab. “ … I don’t even know how to put it into context. It’s beyond anything that we’ve ever seen before.”

The next highest murder total for a single day was on Aug. 4, 1991, when 13 people were killed in Chicago, according to the crime lab. (Read more from “18 Murders in 24 Hours: Inside the Most Violent Day in 60 Years in Chicago” HERE)

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Hannity: You Don’t Have to Be a Brain Surgeon to See Dangers of Defunding, Disbanding Police

By Fox News. One does not “have to be a brain surgeon” to see defunding police is an insane idea, “Hannity” host Sean Hannity stated Monday night.

Pointing to Chicago in his opening monologue, Hannity noted that Democrats and liberal policies have been unable to put an end to gun violence and protect the American citizens who are now marching in the streets.

“Chicago has been run by Democrats…for decades. What have they done to solve this problem? Where is their responsibility? What did Barack do? What did Joe do to end the violence in Chicago? What kind of systematic changes did they make when they had all the power to do so?” he questioned. “They did nothing.” . . .

Crime is out of control, and rapidly getting worse. Look what is going on in Chicago and our inner cities. Not good!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2016

The University of Chicago Crime Lab revealed this week that on Sunday, May 31, 18 people were killed in Chicago, making it the single most violent day in the city in six decades. (see what happened in LA HERE). The lab’s data doesn’t go back further than 1961. (Read more from “Hannity: You Don’t Have to Be a Brain Surgeon to See Dangers of Defunding, Disbanding Police” HERE)

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Distraught Chicago Officials Heard on Tape Fuming Over Looting, Riots: ‘My Ward Is a S–T Show’

By Fox News. Distraught Chicago officials complained to Mayor Lori Lightfoot — as looting and rioting in response to George Floyd’s death swept through the Windy City — pleading for help and warning that the vulnerable had lost access to food and medicine.

According to a tape obtained by WTTW News of an online conference call among the city’s 50 aldermen and the mayor, one alderman could be heard weeping while others angrily decried what was going on in the city.

“My ward is a s–t show,” one alderman says. “They are shooting at the police.” . . .

One alderman asked how seniors and vulnerable populations were supposed to get medicine and food if “every CVS, every Walgreens is shutting down.”

“How do businesses recover and why would they want to recover in our community?” another is heard asking. (Read more from “Distraught Chicago Officials Heard on Tape Fuming Over Looting, Riots: ‘My Ward Is a S–T Show'” HERE)

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