(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Riots in major U.S. cities during the summer of 2020 sparked a new trend of violence.
Murders increased nationwide by nearly 30% that year, the biggest increase the FBI has ever tracked. Ten major cities hit new high numbers in 2021, Chicago leading with an increase of 55% more murders than the previous year. This doesn't even count murders committed on the expressways because they are under state jurisdiction (not the city).
A 24-year-old graduate was walking near the University of Chicago last fall when an 18-year-old confronted him and took his laptop and cell phone, then shot and killed him. The suspect was arrested after he sold the items. He was on probation for carjacking and armed robbery.
Carjackings in 2021 were about 3x as many as in 2019. Drivers are robbed of the car they're driving. Sometimes that results in murder as well.
This author has ideas that may help. Education, politics, family life are all involved and it's complicated. It always is.
from Imprimis
(cont'd tomorrow)
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