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Cloud hangs over Obama return to Chicago | Fox News
I can understand why he wants to live in DC. Even DC is safer than Chicago. Of course given the existence of politicians, there are probably the same number of scumbags in both cities.
[FONT="]As President Obama returns to his adopted hometown of Chicago to give his farewell speech Tuesday night, a dark cloud hangs over the city where the record-setting murder rate is so high there are pleas to declare a state of emergency.[/FONT]
[FONT="]“When there is a fire in America, a tornado, a hurricane, they call it a state of emergency, federal funds come in, and help rebuild that town or that community,” said prominent anti-crime activist, Father Michael Pfleger. “Well, hell, we have a state of emergency in Chicago.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]In 2016, 762 people were murdered in Chicago. That’s a 63 percent increase from the 468 murders recorded in 2015 and almost double the murders in 2014, according to Chicago Police.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Shootings also are way up -- 4,331 people were shot in Chicago in 2016, up from 3,550 in 2015, according to police.[/FONT]
I can understand why he wants to live in DC. Even DC is safer than Chicago. Of course given the existence of politicians, there are probably the same number of scumbags in both cities.