{"id":1179939,"date":"2022-01-02T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1179939"},"modified":"2022-01-02T10:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:49:52","slug":"2021-deadliest-year-in-quarter-of-a-century-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2021-deadliest-year-in-quarter-of-a-century-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Deadliest Year in Quarter of a Century in Lori Lightfoot&#039;s Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2021-deadliest-year-in-quarter-of-a-century-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1179939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lori-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Last year proved to be the deadliest in a quarter of a century for Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) strife-torn Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/587891-chicagos-797-homicides-in-2021-highest-in-25-years\">reports<\/a> that Chicago police confirmed the city witnessed 797 homicides during the course of 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/nation-world\/2021-ends-as-chicagos-deadliest-year-in-a-quarter-century\">notes<\/a>&nbsp;the 797 homicides represent&nbsp;\u201c25 more than were recorded 2020, 299 more than in 2019 and the most since 1996.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Moreover, there were \u201c3,561 shooting incidents in 2021, which is just over 300 more than were recorded in 2020.\u201d The figure of 3,561 represents over 1,400 more shooting instances than were seen in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As calls for Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot&#8217;s ouster continue to grow, the carnage and death tolls in her city continue to climb. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svKeXyBUYc\">https:\/\/t.co\/svKeXyBUYc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1396507426271203335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chicago Police Department pointed out that it was targeting illegal guns throughout the year and was able to \u201c[take]&nbsp;a record 12,088 guns off the street in 2021.\u201d The seizure of so many guns is correlated with the formation of the&nbsp;Gun Investigations Team, which is designed to hamper \u201cthe flow of illegal guns into the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>&nbsp;noted a higher figure for Chicago homicides in 2021, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2021\/12\/16\/22840108\/800-homicides-crime-violence-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reporting<\/a>&nbsp;that city hit the figure of 800 homicides for the year when 23-year-old&nbsp;Sheridan Freeman was shot dead inside a home in West Pullman on December 14.<\/p>\n<p>On December 21, 2021, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/mayor-lori-lightfoot-seeks-atfs-help-as-chicago-homicides-surge\/\">reported<\/a> that Mayor Lightfoot reached out for the ATF\u2019s help in fighting the surging homicides in her city after previously saying coronavirus was driving up the fatalities:<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year proved to be the deadliest in a quarter of a century for Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s (D) strife-torn Chicago. 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