people talk about how bad Chitown's crime is right now...

[ManBearPig]

check out the many homicides we had back then particuarly in the 90's

1928: 399
1965: 395
1974: 970 da fukk?
1990: 851
1991: 927
1992: 943
1993: 855
1994: 931
1995: 828
1996: 796
1997: 761
1998: 704
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago

and all except 96,97,98 were years that i wasn't even alive or wasn't living here.

i really hope the violence to stop but crime is nothing new here. why people making a big deal about it like... just now?

 

[DamonDashsRocAFellaChain]

Who knows man but those numbers are fukkin' nuts. Chicago has always been a wild city too - any place that Al Capone can call home is sure to be wild.

 

[andre patton]

murders are down drastically nationwide. pretty much everywhere besides chicago. its like 3x the national average.

instead of comparing the city to its former self, compare it to comparable cities.

 

[Mr. Negative]

i really hope the violence to stop but crime is nothing new here. why people making a big deal about it like... just now?

peopleare only concerned with what the media tells them to be concerned with...

in turn, people pay attention to what the media portrays

only for the media to respond to the attention by feeding them more of what they want.


but nah, man. them mid to late 90s what hot as fukk, right. Young black men were still an endangered species. lol

 

[HarlemsOwn]

check out the many homicides we had back then particuarly in the 90's

1928: 399
1965: 395
1974: 970 da fukk?
1990: 851
1991: 927
1992: 943
1993: 855
1994: 931
1995: 828
1996: 796
1997: 761
1998: 704
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago

and all except 96,97,98 were years that i wasn't even alive or wasn't living here.

i really hope the violence to stop but crime is nothing new here. why people making a big deal about it like... just now?

cause now kids are dying

more and more kids gettin clipped down over that gang shyt

 

[kevm3]

Gangs and drugs

 

[itsyoung!!]

murders are down drastically nationwide. pretty much everywhere besides chicago. its like 3x the national average.

instead of comparing the city to its former self, compare it to comparable cities.

what the fukk are you talking about? Chicago crime the past 5 years is down compared to the previous 5 years, we dont gotta go back to 1990 to see this, we can go back to 2005-2010, crime has been down since THEN.

While murders are down in LA and New York, they are up or staying around the same in places like philly, detroit, oakland, baltimore, st louis and a lot of the smaller cities that get shyt poppin like gary indiana and richmond california

you needa learn some shyt first before slanging around some bull shyt about 3x the national average

 

[Lavish]

cause now kids are dying

more and more kids gettin clipped down over that gang shyt

You wrong for having dudes pic in your signature

 

[RatherUnique]

cause now kids are dying

more and more kids gettin clipped down over that gang shyt

Far more kids died in those real bad years. Probably 2x3 as many as now.

 

[Chris Mauro]

970 murders...



heaven must be crowded

 

[RatherUnique]

970 murders is like 3 each day in a city of millions. You would have to have terrible luck to be that dude that day. That is bad but still livable.

 

[andre patton]

instead of comparing the city to its former self, compare it to comparable cities.

what the fukk are you talking about? Chicago crime the past 5 years is down compared to the previous 5 years...

no point in discussing statistics with a moron.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

maybe becuz there wasnt no internet, social media, 24/7 cable news etc. to glorify and amplify the stories ? or maybe there werent enough resources in 1992 to contain the violence compared to 2012?


why are u asking obvious ass questions?

 

[itsyoung!!]

no point in discussing statistics with a moron.

in 2000 chicago had 627 murders
in 2003 chicago had 651 murders
in 2008 chicago had 510 murders
in 2011 chicago had 430 murders
chicago worst year since 2000: 2001 - 665 murders

in 2000 detroit had 396 murders
in 2003 detroit had 366 murders
in 2008 detroit had 306 murders
in 2011 detroit had 344 murders
detroit worse year since 2000: 2006 - 418 murders

in 2000 philly had 301 murders
in 2003 philly had 288 murders
in 2008 philly had 331 murders
in 2011 philly had 324 murders
philly worst year since 2000: 2006 - 406 murders

in 2000 oakland had 80 murders
in 2003 oakland had 109 murders
in 2008 oakland had 115 murders
in 2011 oakland had 104 murders
oakland worst year since 2000: 2006 - 145 murders


so nah, moron, lets keep talking stats

maybe now you can see the fukking difference between the cities since I had to fukking write it out for you

 

[andre patton]

in 2000 chicago had 627 murders
in 2003 chicago had 651 murders
in 2008 chicago had 510 murders
in 2011 chicago had 430 murders
chicago worst year since 2000: 2001 - 665 murders

in 2000 detroit had 396 murders
in 2003 detroit had 366 murders
in 2008 detroit had 306 murders
in 2011 detroit had 344 murders
detroit worse year since 2000: 2006 - 418 murders

in 2000 philly had 301 murders
in 2003 philly had 288 murders
in 2008 philly had 331 murders
in 2011 philly had 324 murders
philly worst year since 2000: 2006 - 406 murders

in 2000 oakland had 80 murders
in 2003 oakland had 109 murders
in 2008 oakland had 115 murders
in 2011 oakland had 104 murders
oakland worst year since 2000: 2006 - 145 murders


so nah, moron, lets keep talking stats

maybe now you can see the fukking difference between the cities since I had to fukking write it out for you

Its nice how you conveniently left out 2012 in your "analysis" of Chicago.

Why are people talking about the crime in Chicago right now? Cause in 2012 Chicago's murder rate increased, while the national murder rate was the lowest its been in the past 50 years. Thats why. The media took notice and are giving this attention.

Cherry pick shytty cities no one cares about all you want and post their murder rate to support your "argument" if you think thats going to prove your point. But the fact remains in the past calendar year, Chicago, a global city, bucked the national trend. If you dont see why the white media would pay more attention to a city like Chicago as opposed to Oakland or Detroit to begin with, then this discussion has been futile from jump.

As far as I know, 2013 seems a lot less crime riddled as compared to 2012 in Chicago, so next year the national spotlight will probably be on another city. We'll have to see.