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citood

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5. I live in a much smaller town (Topeka, KS)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:44 PM

Dec 2016

But one day, facing budget cuts, the police chief spoke in front of the city council. He rattled off stats about the known 'bad actors' in town - how many were presently in jail or prison, how many were on parole, how many were free, how many were unaccounted for. He then gave stats about their geographic locations throughout the city.

I got the distinct impression that he knew exactly where 90% of the troublemakers in town were. Sadly, the police chief can't control the courts, prison over-crowding, etc. I suspect it is similar in Chicago.

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A violent Christmas in a violent year for Chicago: 11 killed, 50 wounded [View all] yallerdawg Dec 2016 OP

NY and LA 12+ million people Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #1

No one seems to care about this sort of violence here on DU. cwydro Dec 2016 #2

Guns and unions. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #4

"...90%...had gang affiliations criminal histories and were pre-identified..." jmg257 Dec 2016 #3

I live in a much smaller town (Topeka, KS) citood Dec 2016 #5

profiling not allowed HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #7

Not a profiling issue - it is past history; they already KNOW the perps by NAME. nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #10

You ever see the Untouchables HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #6

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In a country that worships "the gun"... yallerdawg Dec 2016 #9