{"id":577592,"date":"2021-06-30T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577592"},"modified":"2021-06-30T15:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:20:58","slug":"lori-lightfoot-said-chicagos-crime-is-falling-heres-what-the-numbers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-said-chicagos-crime-is-falling-heres-what-the-numbers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Lightfoot Said Chicago\u2019s Crime is Falling. Here\u2019s What the Numbers Say"},"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%2Flori-lightfoot-said-chicagos-crime-is-falling-heres-what-the-numbers-say%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=577592&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\/2021\/05\/Lori-Lightfoot.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) berated a journalist who questioned her city\u2019s rising crime rate and claimed that the crime rate is actually falling. Unfortunately, her city\u2019s official crime statistics show a year-on-year increase in violent crime \u2014 and a massive spike since she took office two years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Lori Lightfoot Said About Chicago\u2019s Crime Rate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Lightfoot attempted to downplay Chicago\u2019s explosive violent crime rate during a press conference last Friday. \u201cDo you owe an apology to the victims of violent crime, the thousands of unsolved shootings and murders and random stabbings in the downtown, on the South side, on the North side, on the West side? Do you owe these people any apology?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/chicago-mayor-lorilightfoot-crime\/2021\/06\/27\/id\/1026604\/\">asked<\/a> Newsmax reporter William Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir, I ask you to get your facts right,\u201d Lightfoot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1410092436488134662\">replied<\/a>. \u201cCrime is not out of control in our city. In fact, crime is on the decline. All of our major indices show a decline in crime, and our homicides and our shootings year over year are down. That\u2019s a fact, Sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Kelly tried to ask a follow-up question, Lightfoot responded, \u201cSir, I was polite and allowed you to spew your rhetoric, which is offensive to me and others, but I\u2019m trying to be polite and professional and answer your question. But if you want to write your own narrative, and irrelevant to what I\u2019m gonna say and what the facts are, then we\u2019ll just move on to the next reporter.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.414364640884\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: \u201cCrime is not out of control in our city. In fact, crime is on the decline.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zpOJ03lnxq\">pic.twitter.com\/zpOJ03lnxq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1410092436488134662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What the Facts Say About Chicago\u2019s Crime Rate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regrettably for her city\u2019s residents, Lightfoot lied about Chicago\u2019s crime rate. Murders, shootings, and criminal sexual assaults in Chicago have risen sharply on Lightfoot\u2019s watch, according to statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/home.chicagopolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_PDFsam_CompStat-Public-2021-Week-26.pdf\">released<\/a> by the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Lightfoot claimed that \u201cshootings year over year are down.\u201d In fact, shootings have surged 12% compared to the same time last year \u2014 and a whopping 59% compared to this time in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Murders, too, have increased. Chicago has had 326 murders so far in 2021, compared to 323 during the same period in 2020 and 241 in 2019, a 35% rise. The \u201c[h]omicide rate among [b]lacks is 9 times higher than the homicide rate among non-[b]lacks,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/cdph\/provdrs\/healthy_living\/news\/2021\/june\/chicago-department-of-public-health-releases-the-state-of-health.html\">reported<\/a> the city\u2019s Department of Public Health on June 15.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal sexual assaults, such as rape, are also up 22% since last year.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s violent crime explosion tracks almost perfectly with the mayoral tenure of Lori Lightfoot, who <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Lori_Lightfoot\">took office<\/a> on May 20, 2019, although the city\u2019s crime rate had been abysmal long before she took office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Lori Lightfoot has Responded to Chicago\u2019s Worsening Crime Rate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Critics say that Mayor Lightfoot\u2019s approach to crime has exacerbated the problem. The Democrat proposed cutting the by <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2020\/10\/21\/mayor-lightfoots-budget-proposal-calls-for-cuts-to-police-budget-but-mayor-remains-against-defunding-police\/\">$59 million<\/a> in last October\u2019s budget, in part by leaving hundreds of vacant police jobs unfilled.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Lightfoot blamed the city\u2019s crime surge on legal gun sales and demanded nationwide gun control legislation. \u201cCities individually cannot tackle this problem. We just cannot,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-need-help-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-begs-for-bidens-assistance-after-second-mass-shooting-in-four-days\">said<\/a> Lightfoot earlier this month. \u201cIn Chicago, we\u2019ve done absolutely everything possible, and we need help from the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crime is by far the most pressing issue facing Chicagoans, according to a WGN-TV\/Emerson College <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/48-of-chicago-voters-approve-of-mayor-lightfoots-job-performance-but-crime-remains-citys-top-issue\/\">poll<\/a>. Meanwhile, Lightfoot has been consumed with such ephemeral causes as refusing to grant interviews to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-journalist-defends-lori-lightfoots-reported-decision-not-to-interview-with-white-reporters\">white reporters<\/a> and writing an email demanding that staffers give her \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/see-it-democrat-lori-lightfoot-berates-staffers-throws-fit-over-office-time-in-journalist-obtained-email\">office time<\/a>\u201d which many readers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9693565\/Chicago-Mayor-Lori-Lightfoot-slammed-deranged-nasty-e-mail-staffer.html\">compared<\/a> to \u201cThe Shining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nationally, observers say that rising crime rates in cities led by Democrats may fuel a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-crime-wave-will-put-republicans-back-in-power-in-midterms\">Republican resurgence<\/a> during the 2022 midterms. The White House has begun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-blasted-for-deflecting-blame-for-crime-wave-by-claiming-gop-defunded-the-police\">spinning<\/a> that Republicans defunded the police by voting against President Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The verdict<\/strong>: Mayor Lori Lightfoot told Kelly, \u201cI\u2019m trying to be polite and professional and answer your question.\u201d Unfortunately, she didn\u2019t answer his question truthfully.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) berated a journalist who questioned her city\u2019s rising crime rate and claimed that the crime rate is actually falling. Unfortunately, her city\u2019s official crime statistics &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313760,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lori-Lightfoot.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Lori Lightfoot Said Chicago\u2019s Crime is Falling. 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