Chicago Reaches Highest Level of Homicides Since 1996, With 80 Percent of the Victims Being Black
A city that already gets an unfair rep for being known more as violent than anything else just reached a disturbing milestone. In 2021, Chicago went through one of its deadliest years in the last quarter-century. The medical examiner's office handled more than 1,00 homicides last year: 836 were in Chicago alone, the...