Violence in Chicago is Too Much

The violence in Chicago has recently been getting a lot of attention worldwide. There are many street gangs throughout the city of Chicago that makes it a very dangerous place to live in urban poverty stricken areas. Even though the media has been covering Chicago violence recently, it’s important to know that violence in Chicago has been here a long time. There’s even been worse times in Chicago believe it or not.

Violence in Chicago

The first major rise of violence in the city was 1974. Chicago had 970 murders during that time.  When the 90s started the homicides started to grow again. The most significant time was 1992, Chicago had 943 murders. As time went on the murders started to decline. By the time 2000 came around Chicago was down to 633 murders.

As 2004 approached, Chicago got the murders down even further; there were 453 murders that year. Chicago Police Department says what really helped murders decrease were the surveillance cameras that were put up throughout many of Chicago’s rougher neighborhoods. Even though that might sound good, Chicago’s murder rate was still way above average. As of right now Chicago currently has 505 murders. So it seems like violence may be trying to peek back up.

Violence in Chicago 2012 Improving?

Violence in Chicago is Affecting People

If you are from Chicago, you already know when the summer hits you can usually expect the murder rates to rise up and be high. Most people are murdered between 7pm and 5am. There have been a few murders in Chicago that has gotten national attention. For example, the murder of Derrion Albert. Derrion Albert was caught in a brawl and beaten to death with railroad tie near Fenger Academy High School. Even President Obama had to weigh in on the senseless violence in Chicago.

Even though the murders have decreased from the 90s era, there is still much work to be done in Chicago. There are rumors that the National Guard may come and try to clean up the streets. We must also keep in mind that most of these murders take place in poverty stricken areas. So until these poverty stricken areas get some resources, there is always going to be high crime rates.

What Can We Do About Violence in Chicago

Community leaders and government officials have to understand the correlation between poverty, lack of education, and violence. We can fix a generation if we provide better education and improve monetary systems for people to work and start businesses. We have to do this to assist the decrease of violence in Chicago going forward.

Ben Walker
(South Side Chicago Native)

Ben Walker is a writer on the DueDaniels.com staff, a staff that writes about things going on in the world and how to improve your life in three major areas. Leave a comment and visit the website for more info! BTW…have you heard of these two homeless guys turn millionairesand how they can empower the senseless violence in Chicago by address poverty and poor education?