Leftist liar Lori Lightfoot in the news

**Legion** · 07-04-2021, 07:01 PM

**T. A. Gardner** · 07-04-2021, 07:07 PM

Actually, technically, she is correct. Crime peaked in Chicago in 2016. It's still far higher than in most other US cities, and even higher than in many Third World countries, so her statement is really one of an incomplete comparison. It's like telling someone your debt is declining when you owe so much you'll never get out of debt...

**Legion** · 07-04-2021, 07:10 PM

Data shows nearly 200 more people have been shot this year in Chicago than last year at the same time.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/data/ct-shooting-victims-map-charts-htmlstory.html

**T. A. Gardner** · 07-04-2021, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Legion

Data shows nearly 200 more people have been shot this year in Chicago than last year at the same time.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/data/ct-shooting-victims-map-charts-htmlstory.html

They're back down to just slightly above average after several years of much higher rates:

Guatemala and Honduras are safer than being in most major US cities run by Democrats...

Ya think this might have something to do with it?

**Legion** · 07-04-2021, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner

They're back down to just slightly above average

So it's disingenuous to claim that crime is on the decline.

**T. A. Gardner** · 07-04-2021, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Legion

So it's disingenuous to claim that crime is on the decline.

That's what I originally proposed. Lightfoot used an incomplete comparison to argue that Chicago is somehow safer than it's been in the past. Chicago is definitely unsafe and its only by matter of degree how unsafe it is. In another sense what she said is a lie by omission.

**Legion** · 07-06-2021, 12:33 PM

As Lightfoot Claims 'Crime Is Not Out of Control,' Chicago Sees Deadliest Weekend of Year

At least 104 were people shot and 19 killed so far, making it the most violent and deadliest weekend of 2021.

Two Chicago police supervisors were among the injured, as were at least 13 children, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

“Both the number of fatal shootings and the number of shootings overall are highs for 2021, according to a Chicago Sun-Times database.

By 5 p.m. Monday, Chicago had recorded 2,000 shootings this year,” according to the Sun-Times.

Last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot claimed crime “is not out of control” in the city.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/07/06/chicagos-bloody-weekend-n2592070