Chicago Mayor Blames ‘Covid’ for Spiking Murder Rate
‘All of these forces are coming together at the same time and making it very difficult’
Jul 6, 2020 1:00 PM
By Grabien Staff
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JIMENEZ: “Compared to last year shootings up 40 percent, homicides up more than 30 percent. So just point blank, what is happening right now?” LIGHTFOOT: “All of these forces are coming together at the same time and making it very difficult. The ecosystem of public safety that isn’t just law enforcement but is local, community-based, they, too, have really been hit hard by COVID and are now just kind of coming back online and getting their footing.”