Cannabis Sativa October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 thcscience_admin You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: Page notice You can view and copy the source of this page:===Crime=== {{Main|Crime in Chicago|Timeline of organized crime in Chicago}} [[File:Chicago Police SUV.jpg|thumb|[[Chicago Police Department]] SUV, 2011]] Chicago had a murder rate of 18.5 per 100,000 residents in 2012, ranking 16th among US cities with 100,000 people or more.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fenton|first1=Justin|title=Baltimore ranked 6th in murder rate in 2012|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-06-03/news/bal-baltimore-ranked-6th-in-murder-rate-in-2012-20130603_1_murder-rate-top-10-cities-per-capita-murders|accessdate=October 1, 2014|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> This was higher than in New York City and Los Angeles, the two largest cities in the United States, which have lower murder rates and lower total homicides. However, it was less than in many smaller American cities, including [[New Orleans]], [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], and [[Detroit]], which had 53 murders per 100,000 residents in 2012. The 2015 year-end crime statistics showed there were 468 murders in Chicago in 2015 compared with 416 the year before, a 12.5% increase, as well as 2,900 shootings—13% more than the year prior, and up 29% since 2013. Chicago had more homicides than any other city in 2015 in total but not on per capita basis, according to the Chicago Tribune.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9f3dfea8-6636-11e2-bb67-00144feab49a.html|last1=Munshi|first1=Neil|title=Chicago toll rises despite gun clampdown |accessdate=October 1, 2014|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=January 31, 2013}}</ref> In its annual crime statistics for 2016, the Chicago Police Department reported that the city experienced a dramatic rise in gun violence, with 4,331 shooting victims. The department also reported 762 murders in Chicago for the year 2016, a total that marked a 62.79% increase in homicides from 2015.<ref>Ansari, Azadeh and Rosa Flores (January 2, 2017). [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/us/chicago-murders-2016/index.html "Chicago's 762 homicides in 2016 is highest in 19 years."] ''[[CNN]]''. Retrieved January 5, 2017.</ref> In June 2017, the Chicago Police Department and the Federal [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]] announced a new task force, similar to past task forces, to address the flow of illegal guns and repeat offenses with guns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-federal-agents-gun-crimes-trump-20170630-story.html|title=As feds help Chicago on guns, Trump aide says city's crime more about 'morality'|first=Jeremy|last=Gorner|date=|website=chicagotribune.com|accessdate=July 1, 2017}}</ref> According to reports in 2013, "most of Chicago's violent crime comes from gangs trying to maintain control of drug-selling territories",<ref name="bloomberg1">{{cite news|last=Lippert |first=John |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-17/heroin-pushed-on-chicago-by-cartel-fueling-gang-murders.html |title=Heroin Pushed on Chicago by Cartel Fueling Gang Murders |publisher=Bloomberg |date=September 17, 2013 |accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> and is specifically related to the activities of the [[Sinaloa Cartel]], which by 2006 sought to control illicit drug distribution, against local street gangs such as the [[Almighty Vice Lord Nation|Vice Lords]], [[Almighty Black P. Stone Nation|Black P. Stones]], [[Black Disciples]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|author=Morning Edition |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/09/17/223309103/probing-ties-between-mexican-drug-cartel-and-chicagos-violence |title=Probing Ties Between Mexican Cartel And Chicago's Violence |publisher=NPR |date=September 17, 2013 |accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> Violent crime rates vary significantly by area of the city, with more economically developed areas having low rates, but other sections have much higher rates of crime.<ref name="bloomberg1"/> In 2013, the violent crime rate was 910 per 100,000 people;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/measuring-rahm-emanuel#rate|title=Rahm Emanuel's performance as Chicago mayor|work=Crain's Chicago Business|accessdate=April 20, 2016}}</ref> the murder rate was 10.4 – while high crime districts saw 38.9, low crime districts saw 2.5 murders per 100,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/measuring-rahm-emanuel#murder|title=Rahm Emanuel's performance as Chicago mayor|work=Crain's Chicago Business|accessdate=April 20, 2016}}</ref> The number of murders in Chicago peaked at 970 in 1974, when the city's population was over 3 million people (a murder rate of about 29 per 100,000), and it reached 943 murders in 1992, (a murder rate of 34 per 100,000).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heinzmann|first1=David|title=Chicago falls out of 1st in murders|url=http://qrc.depaul.edu/djabon/Articles/ChicagoCrime20030101.htm|accessdate=October 1, 2014|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 1, 2003}}</ref> However, Chicago, like other major U.S. cities, experienced a significant reduction in violent crime rates through the 1990s, falling to 448 [[homicide]]s in 2004, its lowest total since 1965 and only 15.65 murders per 100,000. Chicago's homicide tally remained low during 2005 (449), 2006 (452), and 2007 (435) but rose to 510 in 2008, breaking 500 for the first time since 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6580432 |title=Murder rate jumps in 2008 |publisher=ABC News |accessdate=May 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tressugar.com/1919267 |title=Chicago's Murder Rate Double American Soldiers Killed in Iraq |publisher=Tres Sugar |date= September 5, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, the murder count fell to 458 (10% down).<ref>{{cite web|title=Illinois: Offenses Known to Law Enforcement, Table 8|url=http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_08_il.html|publisher=FBI|accessdate=October 1, 2014|date=2009}}</ref> and in 2010 Chicago's murder rate fell to 435 (16.14 per 100,000), a 5% decrease from 2009 and lowest levels since 1965.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chicago homicides in 2010 fell to lowest level since 1965|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01-03/news/ct-met-chicago-crime-statistics-20110103_1_superintendent-jody-weis-chicago-homicides-violent-crimes |last=Gorner |first=Jeremy |date=January 3, 2011 |accessdate=January 7, 2011 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 2011, Chicago's murders fell another 1.2% to 431 (a rate of 15.94 per 100,000).<ref name="FBI2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-6 |title=Crime in the United States 2011 ('Metropolitan Statistical Area') |publisher=FBI |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}</ref> but shot up to 506 in 2012.<ref name="links2007-2013">{{cite web |url=http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/date/2012 |title=Tracking Homicides in Chicago |publisher=Chicago Tribune ('RedEye') |accessdate=January 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="victims">{{cite web|url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0Ara-YVofdq9jdHBlal9OaGhWUDFsbkNFbkpraV9tS3c&output=html |title=2012 Homicides |publisher=[[Google Drive]] |accessdate=January 23, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527154106/https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0Ara-YVofdq9jdHBlal9OaGhWUDFsbkNFbkpraV9tS3c&output=html |archivedate=May 27, 2013 |df= }}</ref> In 2012, Chicago ranked 21st in the United States in numbers of homicides per person, but in the first half of 2013 there was a significant drop per-person, in all categories of violent crime, including homicide (down 26%).<ref>{{cite news |title=Wrongly Accused |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 26, 2013 |author=Zorn |location=Section 1 |page=23}}</ref> Chicago ended 2013 with 415 murders, the lowest number of murders since 1965, and overall crime rates dropped by 16 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/01/police-chicago-reports-415-murders-in-2013-lowest-since-1965/ |title=Police: Chicago Reports 415 Murders In 2013, Lowest Since 1965 |accessdate=January 1, 2014}}</ref> (In 1965, there were 397 murders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/28/chicagos-2014-murder-total-on-track-for-another-low-but-shootings-rise/ |title=Chicago's 2014 murder total on track for another low, but shootings rise |last1=Lansu |first1=Michael |date=December 28, 2014 |website=Homicide Watch Chicago |publisher=ChicagoSun-Times |access-date=December 10, 2015 |quote=397 slayings in 1965 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211142745/http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/28/chicagos-2014-murder-total-on-track-for-another-low-but-shootings-rise/ |archive-date=December 11, 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref>) In 2013 Chicago was falsely named the "Murder Capitol" even through the murder rate was only slightly higher than the national average. It was also nicknamed Chiraq by Chicago drill rappers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-chiraq-glanton-talk-20151124-story.html|title='Chi-Raq' the movie doesn't live up to real life in 'Chiraq'|first=Dahleen|last=Glanton|publisher=}}</ref> According to police, the nickname was first heard in 2010. At that time, the murder rate was historically low for Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc7chicago.com/news/despite-chiraq-label-data-show-chicago-not-even-close-to-iraq/886958/|title=Despite 'Chiraq' label, data show Chicago not even close to Iraq|first=Chuck|last=Goudie|date=July 27, 2015|publisher=}}</ref> According to FBI [[St. Louis]], [[New Orleans]], [[Detroit]] and [[Baltimore]] had the highest murder rate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-homicide-spikes-comparison-htmlstory.html|title=Chicago homicide rate compared: Most big cities don't recover from spikes right away|first=Yuliana|last=Romanyshyn|publisher=}}</ref> Jens Ludwig, director of the [[University of Chicago Crime Lab]], estimated that shootings cost the city of Chicago $2.5 billion in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Tim |last1=Jones|first2=John|last2= McCormick|title=Chicago Killings Cost $2.5 Billion as Murders Top N.Y.'s|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-23/first-lady-s-chicago-shows-gun-toll-for-city-that-bleeds.html|accessdate=October 1, 2014|agency=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> Return to Chicago.