As we all know there is a huge amount of crime in Chicago. Chicago is ranked amongst the top 10 in the most dangerous places to live in. Even some protests are violent. Chicago has a huge problem with police brutality and homicides between the same Race. According to an officer who had a great deal of experience with this, from the article Chicago tribune, said "There are good and bad in every profession, any profession, and I don't deny we have bad cops," said a black veteran patrol officer assigned to the majority black Wentworth police District on the South Side, who asked not to be identified. "But what offends me the most is the protests like they're doing now. A possibly bad shooting happens somewhere else in the country — where is your protest over the 4-year-old who was just shot?” This informs the readers about the problem in chicago and the truth about what is going on there.
Chicago's crime rates go through the roof, according to CNN, “Last Friday to Sunday alone, gun violence has been blamed for eight homicides and 64 non-fatal shootings, according to Chicago police. As of Sunday, homicides so far this year total 459. There have been 2,818 shooting victims this year -- just 170 shy of 2015's total of 2,988, according to the Chicago Tribune.” As you can see from the stats, Chicago is not a very safe place to live. This is not all though. The cops are the ones
who need to stop the violence in Chicago. Except they're just making it worse by killing innocent people. Children of Chicago are affected by this because they become more frightened to walk along their own streets and if they aren't then that means they are either becoming the killers or being killed.
On tv, Last night, on a cold december, the 11th. Around 9pm in the quiet but very dark neighborhood of Chicago. There was kids playing basketball in the park, since the lights go out at 11. All these kids were around 12 to 13. What had happened was at one point the boys had stopped talking and stopped bouncing the ball. Then, as neighbors by the park had heard, the boys had screamed and they all came scrambling out of the park. One boy after another, each one had a face of shock and a shaken expression. As one neighbor heard, Charles Benwood, from across the street said he heard one boy say to another “ Bro, that guy looked scary and he looked like he had something in his hand, probably a gun”. Police checked the park after the incident to try and find this mysterious man. Police say he might be armed because of what the boys had said. This perspective shows how children are affected by the crime in Chicago. If children aren't safe going to parks, then how do we know if they will be safe walking to school, or walking to a corner store.
We can save this city if we just stop the violence. People need to stop shooting each other. Most of these deaths are people whose skin is black. And how they die is mostly from black people. According to the article 75% of Murdered are Black, 71% of murders are black, by Devin Foley, states “ The data on offenders also tells a troubling story: Young, Black males are overwhelmingly committing most of the murders. Based on the data on the victims, that means young, Black males are primarily killing other young, Black males. What a terrible situation.” As you can see from this article it states that black people are killing each other. We can stop this by showing this information to young black people and help them realize that they are killing there own people. Once we fix that problem then there will be less protests and no racial problems between cops and black people.
