Chicago's mayor says his city is in a state of grief over the bloodshed that's happened so far over the extended Independence Day weekend. As of Saturday morning, a dozen have been killed and 61 wounded in Murder City, USA. By comparison, the AP reports that 33 people have been killed nationwide in gang violence over the weekend. So if my math is correct, Chicago itself accounts for more than one-third of America's homicides during the holiday.
Why Does One City Account for More Than a Third of America's Holiday Weekend Homicides?
John Boch, Shooting News Weekly
While that may seem shocking, it shouldn't be. This is just another weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chicago America's largest open-air shooting gallery. Over the Father's Day weekend, gang bangers managed to stack up 10 dead bodies and wound another 62 per the indispensable HeyJackass.com.