October 23, 2012 6:26 PM
Here we go again genius, I'll try to explain the statics. Try to follow along. I'll make it real simple. Let's take this recent shooting story 4
men shot in Austin. Let's say that this was the first shooting of the year 2013. How many people have been shot so far in Chicago in 2013? Of course the answer is 4. But the official Chicago Police statistics would say 1. They only count shooting incidents not the number of people shot. This logic is also applied to multiple homicide incidents. Let's also not forget all the "Death Investigation cases" (which are really homicdes) that the CPD doesn't close until the following year. Like this one Body
found in vehicle on NW Side.So in conclusion, you can choose, as our news media does, to buy the CPD smoke and mirrors statistics or you can get the real homicide and people shot numbers here. But, then again you won't understand this if you're dumber than-
