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Old Posted Feb 26, 2025, 5:57 PM
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That's a lie with Rahm. During his tenure the city saw the lowest crime in decades- (2014). The end of Daley's tenure and most of Rahm's tenure witnessed some of the lowest homicide numbers the city has seen. The rise in crime from 2016-18 was a direct biproduct of the Laquan McDonald trial and the resulting soft-strike by CPD, and general resentment of CPD by some in the city. Rahm is certainly responsible to this- but to say he made no progress is to forget most of his tenure.

All that we've seen from the past few mayors is stubbornly high crime, which while decreasing, is not decreasing as fast as peer cities (looking at Philly here).
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