THE SAD DECLINE OF A CITY – AT 10:45 A.M. ET:  Chicago is an American tragedy, a great city unable to solve its problems, run by hacks and racialists who refuse to confront crime the way Rudy Giuliani confronted crime in New York, and pushed it back.  From the Chicago Tribune:

A thousand more people have been shot in Chicago this year compared with the same time last year after a weekend that saw eight people killed and at least 40 wounded, according to police and data compiled by the Tribune.

At least 3,475 people had been shot in the city as of shortly after midnight Monday compared with 2,441 people shot this time last year, an increase of 1,034, according to Tribune data. There have been at least 595 homicides this year compared with 409 this time last year, an increase of 186.

The gun violence over the weekend was at levels usually seen in the summer when shootings typically spike.

A single attack Friday night in East Garfield Park killed one man and left six others wounded, according to police. The people were standing together in the 3300 block of West Maypole Street when someone opened fire from a black vehicle, police said.

An attack of that scale has not occurred in Chicago since 2014, when seven people -- including several young teens -- were shot in Lawndale.

The Maypole shooting capped off an exceptionally deadly night on the West Side. Less than a half-hour before, two men were fatally shot in a South Austin drive-by, police said. About an hour before that, an 18-year-old man was killed in West Garfield Park.

COMMENT:  I don't see any great concern expressed by Barack Obama, who comes from Chicago and represented Illinois in the Senate.  Nor do I hear the voices of Black Lives Matter.  Apparently, the only black lives that matter are the ones that advance their career interests.

You would think, by now, that some so-called "news" organization would do a documentary, or long written piece, called "A Tale of Two Cities," explaining how New York largely solved its violent-crime problem, while Chicago founders.  But that won't happen.  It would mean giving credit to a Republican mayor, Rudy Giuliani, and that is a sin in mainstream journalism.   

October 17, 2016