Ahh, . . . Chicago, . . . ya' pays yer money and ya' takes yer chances, . . .
Chicago - Murder, Crime, and Mayhem
Final 2016 Totals for Chicago Homicides
__Total Homicides: 795
__Shot & Killed: 713
__Shot & Wounded: 3666
__Total Shot: 4379
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Originally posted by: lvfritz
Elections have consequences......and Chicago is a classic example.
Chicago Homicide Trend (1957-2016)
____Mayor___________Term_____Homicides
Richard J. Daley_____1955-1976___10,910
Michael Bilandic_____1976-1979____2,408
Jane Byrne_________1979-1983____3,202
Harold Washington___1983-1987____3,295
Eugene Sawyer______1987-1989_____978
Richard M. Daley____1989-2011____14,653
Rahm Emanuel______2011-________3,003
And now, . . . a pleasant musical interlude:
Chicago - My Kind of Town
[musta' been the Good Old Days]