As gun violence in Chicago increased exponentially over the past decade, African Americans were overwhelmingly impacted. Local leaders continue to grapple with how to combat the spike while opposing plans by the Trump administration to deploy federal agents to the city.
According to data provided by Chicago police, murders spiked significantly following McCarthy's exit, from 491 in 2015 to 778 in 2016. In 2017, the city reported 659 homicides and 577 in 2018.The figures come during a nationwide reckoning over the role ofin society and how they treat people of color sparked by the May 25 death of Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers.
The Chicago Police Department did not respond to a Fox News request for comment about the uptick in murders and violent crime. Chicago's murder rate and the increase in shootings are telling. As the overall crime rate decreased during stay-at-home orders to combat thepandemic, shootings were still up in May and June. Shootings increased 71 percent in May and murders by 60 percent.
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