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We feel safe here. Sometimes we don't even lock our doors.

I haven't locked our doors in the 31 years we have lived in this house. As a matter of fact, I don't even know where the keys are. We also leave our keys in our vehilces while parked in the driveway or the garage. Never had a problem. We leave those things unguarded even when we leave for a week or two on vacation. It has never been an issue. 

Note that EVERYONE in our neighboorhood is well armed and looks out for each other. I have called when an unrecognized vehicle pulls into my neighbors driveway while he is away to confirm that it is someone that is supposed to be there. He does the same for me. 

Also note that I live in a rural communitee. We simply don't have the problems that those in urban communitees have. If I moved 7 miles up the road into the closed large town/small city, I would NOT be able to leave my valuables unlocked as I do now. Many of my friends that live there are afraid to leave anything not locked up. I cannot live like that. 

https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-murders-shootings-continue-decline-data-shows/#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20yearly%20murders,March%2C%20the%20highest%20since%202015.

"Chicago police say nearly all categories of crime declined in the city in the first three months of the year. "

Must be part of the vast conspiracy

I guess if crime is not reported, it didn't happen. Good to know. 

Homicides are down because cops aren't doing their jobs?

Get back to me after summer.


Crime - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com)

Crime going down? The truth about crime data nationwide | Rantz - MyNorthwest.com

Feels like cope rather than facts. Though everyone overrates the government when it comes to crime rates, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. 

I’m unclear what that has to do with what I wrote.

I think I misunderstood your post. 

"newspaper’s categorization"

Homicides are down because cops aren't doing their jobs?

Are you actually this dense?
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Yes, Homicides in Chicago were down in 2022 and again in 2023 but that is a ridiculously low bar because homicides were so high in 2020 and 2021.

From 2012-2014 homicides in Chicago hovered around 445. Then Ferguson happened and as the anti-cop reaction to that spread North to Chicago, homicides spiked with an incremental increase of 300+ deaths in 2016 as compared to 2012-2014.

Fortunately that settled down and by 2019 Chicago's homicides were almost back down to 2012-2014 levels.

Then the evil a-holes that run the media decided to make a martyr out of a life-long criminal and addict who died with a lethal level of Fentanyl in his blood and homicides spiked again, this time to nearly double the 2012-2014 levels.

The reduction that you are celebrating here reduced 2023 homicides to a level of "only" 39% over 2012-2014 as compared to 60% over 2012-2014 in 2022, 81% over 2012-2014 in 2021, and 74% over 2012-2014 in 2020.

Two more reductions of that size and we'll be all the way back to where we were a dozen years ago.

So essentially your argument is:
"My side's policies are so lethal that they got an extra 1,872* people killed in Chicago over the last nine years but the worst is behind us and homicides are falling now so yay!"

*The 1,872 is total homicides each year from 2015-2023 less the 2012-2014 average of 443.67 so for example:

• 2020 homicides were 804 less the prior average of 443.67 is an extra 360.3 people killed due to asinine liberal policies.