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Title: Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago: 75 Percent Increase in Shootings in June
Post by: mystery-ak on July 01, 2020, 11:20:50 pm

AWR Hawkins1 Jul 2020572
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago saw a 75 percent increase in shootings in June 2020 versus the number of shootings in June 2019.

NBC 5 reported that murder subsequently rose too, with 78 percent more murders in June 2020 versus June 2019.

Looking at the first six months of 2020, Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago witnessed a 42 percent increase in shootings and a 34 percent increased in homicides.

WGN 9 reported that Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown plans to put 1,200 extra officers on patrol over the coming Fourth of July weekend in hopes of staving off a spike in violence.

Breitbart News reported that over 60 were shot, at least 16 fatally, in Chicago last weekend.

At least 100 people were shot in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago over Father’s Day weekend, 14 of them fatally.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/01/mayor-lightfoots-chicago-saw-75-percent-increase-in-shootings-june/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/01/mayor-lightfoots-chicago-saw-75-percent-increase-in-shootings-june/)