"Homicides in Chicago this year double same period last year"

"Four homicides over the weekend and two more Monday morning pushed Chicago's homicide count so far this year to double the same period last year."

The city has recorded at least 95 homicides since the first of the year, compared to 47 last year, according to data kept by the Tribune. The city has also more than doubled the amount of people shot - about 420 this year compared to 193 last year.

Meanwhile, Chicago police "stop and frisks" is down 80% in 2016.

As shootings and murders spike one major component of Chicago police crime fighting is way down. The number of street stops by officers has plunged 80 percent this year.

For decades when Chicago police stopped and frisked someone on the street, they had to fill out a small card called a "Contact Card." It required simple, basic information about who was stopped and why. Beginning January 1, 2016, a new state law regulated when cops could stop and pat down people in public and then officers had to fill out a two page "Investigatory Stop Report."...

More than paperwork or new laws, Chicago police officials say they know that some cops may just be shying away from controversy.

"Periodically somebody will say something to the effect of that they are concerned of being the next 'viral video'. Even when they're doing something right they are concerned that their actions are being questioned and they'll be the next one to go viral," he says.

Viral video is one way to put it. In a fish bowl is another; that's where the president of the police union says his members are forced to their jobs. Fraternal Order of Police president Dean Angelo says less-aggressive policing no doubt coincides with the spike in Chicago murders and shootings.

Do you believe there a correlation between the uptick in murders and the decrease in aggressive police tactics?

Lies And Statistics

Overheard on NPR this afternoon (paraphrasing):

There have been over 351 mass shootings in the US so far this year. Of these, only two involved Muslims. Should we be so worried -- if at all -- about Muslim terrorists? 

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For the figure cited, "mass" is defined as involving four or more people; "shootings" tallies the number of people killed or wounded by gunfire and includes the perpetrators. So the San Bernardino shooting already accounts for more than 10% of the total: 14 killed + 21 wounded + 2 dead losers = 37.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

"276 'sanctuary cities' let 8,145 illegal offenders free in just 8 months"

"Ignoring Detainers, Endangering Communities State/local agencies release criminals rather than obey law"

Some 276 "sanctuary cities," nearly 50 percent more than previously revealed, released over 8,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records or facing charges free despite federal requests that they be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, according to an explosive new report.

"The Obama administration has given sanctuaries free rein to ignore detainers by ending the successful Secure Communities program and replacing it with the Priority Enforcement Program. This new program explicitly allows local agencies to disregard ICE notifications of deportable aliens in their custody by replacing detainers with 'requests for notification,'" wrote [Jessica M.] Vaughan. (director of policy Studies for The Center for Immigration Studies, revealing new numbers it received under the Freedom of Information Act) (read more)

Some quick common core* math tells me these so called 'sanctuary cities' were letting go about 33.9 arrested illegals per day.

My question is by what circumstance, victims of crimes are considered less of a victim when the perpetrator is an illegal alien? Maybe I'm missing something.

As of 2009 the US General Accounting Office puts the number at 10.8 million aliens "without lawful immigration status".

(*it could be wrong)