During Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) first Memorial Day weekend in office, fifty individuals were shot in Chicago, 10 of them fatally.
At least 12 individuals were shot in Chicago alone from Friday night into Saturday morning, three of whom died.
According to ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times, the total number of gunshot victims had increased to at least 21 by Saturday night at 8:19 p.m., with one more death.
According to ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times, as of Monday morning, there have been 43 gunshot victims and nine shooting deaths overall.
Around 50 individuals were shot in Chicago during the Memorial Day weekend, according to ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times, 10 of them died as a result of their injuries.
Ironically, on Memorial Day weekend 2022, the last Memorial Day weekend that Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) presided over, 46 people were shot.
On May 9, 2023, the NRA cited statistics from the Sun-Times that revealed more than 2,760 people had died in Chicago throughout Lightfoot’s tenure as mayor.
Chicago got what they voted for, another social justice clown glorifying lawlessness.
No plan, sending unarmed negotiators on the streets, waste of time & money.
Violence will end Violence. Prosecute the law breakers. We have laws enforce them.
Socialist law reform doesn’t work.
Chicago will be a sh☆t show with dem mayor in charge.
So true! However I’ll bet that Chicago would be a GREAT place to be a funeral director! C’mon people! Shoot ’em up!
Watch and see fifty gunshot victims on a weekend will be considered low in one year! No body will keep a business open and no new businesses will dare come. Chicago is going to be a ghost town crime is just unbelievable national guards we’re gonna be walking the streets till they get these dogs in jail where they belong.
Seven years ago my daughter and I went to Chicago to attend the quilt show there. We toured the city on foot or in a taxi. We had a great time and saw no signs of danger. Went on the rail system and sat next to a local resident. Struck up a conversation about where he would recommend we visit next. He found it laughable when we commented on how nice the people were, and replied “You girls are fortunate that you haven’t been mugged, robbed or worse! This city is very violent and you should get out while you can!”. Then we reached his destination point and he got off. We were pretty shocked by his words and thought maybe he was a “nut case”. But then another passenger who heard us leaned over and said “he was telling you the truth about the danger and violence premeditated in the city. Later we were walking to go to a museum. Saw a man running down the street and a car driving up to him and two guys shooting at him. We cut our visit, returned to the hotel to get our things gathered up and headed straight to the airport. God was protecting us! We never
Returned to Chicago and never even mentioned going back!