Chicago homicides haunt our thoughts, city
October 29, 2018
61 people were shot over the weekend in Chicago
Chicago has the highest homicide rate in America and its residents should be worried.
For people who don’t know Chicago has had the highest homicide rate in America since 2016 and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Since 2016 Chicago has seen a 32 percent increase in homicide and its projected to increase. Other notable crimes in Chicago are rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and theft which has also seen increases. Many Chicago residents predicted that some of the scariest things that can happen to them while living in Chicago would be getting murdered at night or robbed.
“If there are more cops hired, there’s a higher chance that the crime rate will go down,” stated Crystal Hasapis, a math teacher at Morton East.
This shows that the police are trying to reduce crime but is that enough?
“Someone was in my car. Everything was out of order, out of the glove box and center counsel. This happened twice, and police reports were made but they have not caught the criminal yet,” stated Ms. Miller, a Morton East math teacher.
This goes to show that maybe large numbers of police officers won’t be enough to reduce the amount of crime going on in Chicago.
“I’m scared that if I’m walking at night and they see I’m by myself that someone might try to hurt me or rob me.” Ms. Miller stated a math teacher.
It seems that many people believe that the scariest thing that can happen to them in Chicago is that they can be hurt or robbed at night.
In Cicero, there was a homicide on October 25 — with reportedly one dead and another injured. This happened around 4 am around Austin. stated Cicero police officer Perez.
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Kailey Mojica • Oct 31, 2018 at 8:15 pm
I personally don’t believe having more police officers will solve our problem of high crime rates in Chicago. There is only so much the police can do, they can’t predict when and where there will be a shooting before it happens and are called after the damage has been done. Yes they can help with putting the criminals in jail but in order to really solve the problem or at least lower these crime rates, we need the people to have a change of heart before doing something wrong. In my opinion the solution to this problem is deeper than just having more police officers and more laws.
Jessica Fajardo • Oct 31, 2018 at 10:36 am
I think hiring more police officers won’t help reduce the number of crimes. This does not only involve police officers this problem should be solve as a community together. In most cases when an accident happens or people need help they call the police but the police usually ends up coming after everything bad has already happen. What might be another solution to reduce the number of crimes?