The Chicago police force has over 12,000 sworn officers, the 2nd largest police force in the US. Trump plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, most or all of whom will be sent to Chicago. That’s a 2.5% increase in total law enforcement, a trivial increase. Of course, that assumes they’ll all […]

Merrill Goozner did all the work in “Where does Chicago’s murder rate rank?” Having grown up in Chicago also, I felt safe. Then to I knew where I could be and stayed out of certain areas I should not be. I (we) were careful and alert to the situation and environment around us. Where does […]

I changed the order of this article so as to attribute the authors and others in the beginning rather than near the end of this piece. I am reposting this article to Angry Bear Blog and attributing the authors, others, and any organizations which may have played a part in writing this piece. The why […]