Chicago Crime Rate Hits Post-Covid Record-Up Almost 60 Percent in 2023
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A new report shows that major crime in Chicago is up almost 60% over 2019, a post-COVID record.
While those number are concerning, it even more troubling to contemplate how much worse it may get in 2024 as the legal system continues to align with Illinois’ SAFE-T Act implemented two months ago.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to entirely eliminate the cash bail system.
Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker signed HB 3653 THE SAFE-T (Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity- Today) ACT into law saying, “Transforming the pretrial detention system so low-income people aren’t thrown behind bars while only the wealthy walk free,
