Failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot seems oblivious to the plight of Chicagoans trapped in a city with skyrocketing crime.
She doesn’t have time to deal with the crime wave, but like Nero, she has time to dance and frolic in the snow.
This is Lori Lightfoot dancing on the graves of the 2,278 homicide victims who have died since she took office:pic.twitter.com/tDKLGUFYMR
— James Bradley (@JamesBradleyCA) January 30, 2023
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Her unusual move comes as recent data shows the arrest rate for most crimes in Chicago has dropped to a low of just 5 percent in most major crime categories.
Matt Rosenberg of Wirepoints has an excellent analysis:
Chicago’s shockingly low arrest rates for most crimes continue to give lawbreakers the green light to continue. The City of Chicago’s latest year-end data for 2022 reveals that arrests were made for just 5 percent of misdemeanors in Chicago’s major crime categories. That compares to 10 percent in 2019. The data comes from the city’s crime data portal, which covers murder, sexual assault, serious injury, robbery, burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft.
Expect arrest rates to remain at record lows and the green light for crime to remain on until key improvements are made to police management in Chicago.
Arrest rates varied by type of “major crime,” based on seven categories that cities have reported to the FBI over the decades. Chicago’s homicide arrest rate was 28 percent in 2022, down from a reported 33 percent in 2021, 41 percent in 2020, and 36 percent in 2019.
For other key criminal offences:
- The arrest rate for sexual assault was just 3 percent, down from 8 percent in 2019.
- Robbery arrest rate: 5 percent in 2022 vs. 9 percent in 2019.
- Worsened battery dead rate: 16 percent compared to 25 percent in 2019.
- Burglary arrest rate: 4 percent this year vs. 6 percent in 2019.
- Theft arrest rate: 4 percent vs. 10 percent in 2019.
- Motor vehicle thefts: 3 percent compared to 6 percent in 2019.
Image courtesy of Wirepoints