Here are some interesting nums …
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According to the Chicago Police Department …
Chicago had 513 murders in 2012 … about average for the past 5 years … but – on the bright side – only about half the number common 20 years ago.
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Though murder rates were even higher 20 years ago, police “cleared” more two-thirds of Chicago’s homicides then, i.e. arrested & prosecuted somebody.
The clearance rate has dropped below 1 in 3 … largely due to “no snitch” rules of the street.
The Homa Files 