Comments

You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name

Your e-mail (optional)

Website (optional)

	My Original Nic Pic-a-Nic Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Foto

Submit your comments on this article

-Lurid Crime Tales-

Carjackings Up 126 Percent in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chicago

2023-07-25

Were the lights on?
[Breitbart] Crime in surging in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago, with carjackings in particular up 126 percent.

“The number of carjackings is more than double what it was at this point last year,” FOX News reported.

FOX News noted that robbery is up 16 percent, thefts are up 14 percent, and sexual assaults are up five percent in Chicago.

Gun violence has remained a constant throughout Johnson’s first few months as mayor.

This past weekend, Breitbart News pointed out nearly 20 were shot Friday into Saturday night and nearly 30 were shot Friday into mid-afternoon Sunday.

By Monday morning, ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times put the total number of shooting victims at 33 with six fatalities.

Chicago, like all of Illinois, has an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, a red flag law, a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases, and a licensing requirement for gun owners. Cook County — the county in which Chicago sits — has its own ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Posted by:Skidmark

#1 Homicides (about 92% of which are with guns) are down by about 7% from last year noting that Brandon Johnson has only been mayor for about 2 months.

Carjacking and car theft is way up in other cities also. This started in 2020. One theory is that with no school during the pandemic, kids were looking for something to do and discovered that carjacking was relatively easy to do and kids weren't prosecuted.

Posted by: lord garth 2023-07-25 16:57

00:00