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40 Shot During Memorial Day Weekend In Chicago Chicago needs to be touched by an angel… More than 40 shootings were reported during the four-day weekend. The city has had more homicides and shootings so far in 2012 than during the same time last year, according to unofficial briefing summaries prepared by the Chicago Police Department. According to the summaries, there have been at least 200 homicides so far this year compared with 134 during the same period in 2011. That’s a 49.25 percent increase over last year. The 10 people killed over the long weekend outnumber the four reported slain during the 2011 holiday weekend, when severe storms hit the Chicago area and forced many people inside. Shootings are up nearly 14 percent over last year, according to the unofficial summaries. There have been 851 shootings so far in 2012 compared with 747 during the same period in 2011, the police data showed. Great goodness, it’s about time to declare Marshall Law or something on that area. This violence just gets insane. Source

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Jesus Take The Wheel And Never Let Go: 10 Dead And 40 Shot Over Memorial Day Weekend In Chicago