More Than 2X As Many Gang Related Drug Murders In Chicago This Year As Casualties In Afghanistan
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 08:51 AM EDT
(CBS News) — “There are 228 dead: That’s the number of murders this year in Chicago. It’s nearly twice as many as the number of Americans lost on the battlefields of Afghanistan over these last six months. And the number of deaths is up 35% over the same period last year.  Chicago police Superintendent Gary [...]

(CBS News) — “There are 228 dead: That’s the number of murders this year in Chicago. It’s nearly twice as many as the number of Americans lost on the battlefields of Afghanistan over these last six months. And the number of deaths is up 35% over the same period last year. 

Chicago police Superintendent Gary McCarthy believes most of the violent crime in the city is “absolutely” gang-related. He said the problem has a lot to do with drugs, guns and gang wars. 

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