You've seen them on TV, in the papers, online: Black Lives Matter demonstrators marching in the streets, carrying signs, shouting slogans, tying up traffic, blocking business establishments. They have legitimate grievances--white police officers allegedly shooting black citizens without justification. But given the circumstances, a person must ask if these demonstrators are sincerely taking to the streets to end injustice, or simply to push political and social agendas.
Contrary to what black leaders would have you believe, police shootings in Chicago are not on the rise. Look at the numbers. In 2014 there were 37 police shooting, and 16 people killed. In 2015 that number dropped to 26 police shooting, and 8 people killed. Rather than deteriorating, the situation regarding police shootings is actually markedly improving.
In total, 399 African Americans were homicide victims in 2015 in Chicago. Approximately 80% of those were murdered by other blacks. Too many of them were innocent children, and even infants. Yet can you recall a single demonstration by hundreds of Black Lives Matter supporters marching through black communities to protest these shootings? Apparently black lives matter only when they are killed by white cops. If they are killed by fellow blacks, then their lives really didn't matter as much. Can there be a more glaring example of hypocrisy?
The Bureau of Justice Statistics point out that nationwide, 93% of black murder victims are killed by other blacks. In Chicago, shootings are again on the rise. The numbers are frightening. A person is shot every 2 hours and 55 minutes, and there is a murder every 17 hours and 34 minutes. Thank a half century of Democrat control of the city for this bloodshed.
And, oh, yes...the next time you head into Chicago, wear your flack jacket.
