Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s city has just set a new record after the Chicago Police Department reported its 1,000th carjacking of the year so far.
Chicago passed the grim milestone on August 6, according to city data.
Last year, which saw a record number of carjackings, the city recorded 1,000 carjackings on August 16.
But Lightfoot insists that there is nothing to see here except a few kids joyriding.
The city’s Democrat leaders continue to downplay violent crime in Chicago, arguing that carjackings are just teenagers looking for a vehicle to use in other crimes.
However, a new study debunked Lightfoot’s faulty claim.
The study found that from 2017-2021, Chicago police recovered less than one in five carjacked vehicles.
CPD recovered just 10% of the vehicles carjacked in 2021 as of Feb. 8, 2022.