Tuesday, June 05, 2012
"Chicago's murder rate mirrors war zone, federal data shows"
I have a significant affinity for comparisons like this.
People protest wars, and so many other things, but not this.
For various reasons, we are prone to be appalled to certain things, while many more worse things deserve our attention.
Go figure...
People protest wars, and so many other things, but not this.
For various reasons, we are prone to be appalled to certain things, while many more worse things deserve our attention.
Go figure...
Nolan Peterson has the story at AustinWeeklyNews.com:
"According to FBI and Department of Defense data, 5,056 people have been murdered in Chicago since 2001, compared with 1,976 total U.S. deaths in Afghanistan since 2001. Chicago's murder rate even outpaces total NATO coalition fatalities in Afghanistan since 2001 by a difference of more than 2,500 killed."
