Chicago’s Murder Problem

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There was a time when it looked as if Chicago would follow New York and Los Angeles into a kind of sustained peace. Then progress stalled in 2004, and the city has been through some harrowing years leading up to another alarming spike in homicides this year.

So what’s going on in Chicago?

It’s complicated, but a comparison with New York is a good place to start. Both cities began the 1990s with historically high homicide rates; both have diverse populations, including large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and whites, and a wide range of economic fortune as well.

People who know both cities say there are some significant differences in policing, especially around the issue of guns.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/18/us/chicago-murder-problem.html