Monica Davey of The New York Times examined homicides in
some of America’s largest cities.
Chicago’s Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, ranked safer streets among his top three
priorities when he first took office; however, homicides are up 38% from a year
ago. Killings have fallen in other
cities like New York and Los Angeles, something Mayor of New York City Michael
Bloomberg attributes in part to the city’s controversial stop-and-frisk
program. Philadelphia joins
Chicago as a major city in which homicides have increased. As of June 20, 173 homicides were reported in the City of Brotherly Love,
up from 143 by the same time last year.
It is important to note that Chicago has experienced a drastic drop in
killings since the early 1990s when more than 900 were killed
annually.
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