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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/us/chicago-gun-violence.html?_r=0
As of Friday morning, homicides in Chicago were up 52 percent in 2016, compared with the same period a year ago, and shootings had increased by 50 percent, though the pace of violence has slowed in recent weeks, the police said. Only five months into the year, at least 233 people have been killed.
Officials are struggling with the problem, and are employing a range of strategies as the murder rate in the nation’s third-largest city outpaces that of New York and Los Angeles.
Again, tell me how this is propaganda?
For a few hours Friday evening, under periods of pounding rain, the peace held, and the police scanners were filled with mundane reports of disturbances and crowd-control issues after a Beyoncé concert. But by Saturday morning, the police reported that 15 people had been shot, with three dead, including a 15-year-old girl.
Last year during the three-day Memorial Day weekend, there were 46 shootings in Chicago, and 14 people were killed, the police said. Other years have been quieter; in 2013, there were 22 shootings and six deaths.
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