Thursday, May 31, 2012

Chicago's murder rate mirrors war zone, federal data shows

With NATO summit over, city’s crime back on front-burner

If Chicago were a war zone, it would be a deadlier one for Americans than Afghanistan.

In fact, according to the Department of Defense and FBI data, the number of Chicagoans murdered is two and a half times U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001.

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