February Wrap-up

Breaking down the idiocy and reviewing the stupidity that was February 2023 in Chicago.

An average number of shootings and homicides for the month wasn’t enough for a “crime is down” declaration to be used or believed ahead of the election.

February 2023: 43 killed, 119 wounded
February 2022: 44 killed, 127 wounded
February 2021: 40 killed, 151 wounded
February 2020: 38 killed, 133 wounded
February 2019: 26 killed, 108 wounded
February 2018: 42 killed, 117 wounded
February 2017: 51 killed, 165 wounded
February 2016: 46 killed, 156 wounded
February 2015: 20 killed, 59 wounded
February 2014: 22 killed, 54 wounded
Average Feb: 37 killed, 119 wounded

A breakdown of the month’s idiocy shows:

• 41 shot & killed

• 1 stabbed

• 1 child abuse

• 2 shot by police, 1 fatal

• 0 shot in self defense

• 1 mass shooting (6 shot, 3 fatally)

• 3 homicide-linked arrests

• 1 murder/suicide

• A person shot every 4 hours 12 min

• A homicide every 15 hours 38 min

• 6 homicide-free days

• 35 males killed vs 8 females

• 31 Blacks, 11 Hispanics, 1 White/Other

• 1 child 12 and younger shot, fatal

• 33 teenagers shot, 7 fatally

• Homicide age range: 3mo-58

• Team Englewood led w/ 15 shot, 5 fatally

• 7th District led w/ 16 shot, 5 fatally

• Expressway shootings: 10 shot, 4 fatal

• 11 grazed

• 0 selfies

• 2 #ShotInTheAss

Our February forecast of 40 homicides with another 125 shot and wounded was more or less on target just as our prediction that Lori wouldn’t make the runoff. We had her coming in fourth. February almost always marks the bottom of the trend, as such, we’ll start climbing from here as the weather turns and Spring Training gives way to the annual Summer of Joy. There’s nothing on the horizon that will look to break the current trend so we’re forecasting 45 homicides with another 150 shot and wounded for March. If we happen to see summer-like temps like we did in back in March of 2012, add 20%.

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February Clown City Updates 🤡

There is only one update worth mentioning:

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February Lowlights

CWBChicago @CWBChicago

The Chicago Police Department's monthly "crime is down" press release is out. From today's statement: "Over the past three years, robberies, burglaries, and thefts hit record lows in Chicago. Each of these crime categories saw decreases not seen for the last 50 years." Facts:

CWB didn’t pull that quote out of thin air, it was pulled directly from the CPD’s own press release: https://home.chicagopolice.org/february-2023-in-review/

Their own report has red-colored metrics. Red = bad. Red does not mean decreases not seen for the last 50 years, it mean increases year over year over year. Someone needs to tell the CPD that they can cool it on the bullshit until the new guy takes over.

Final note: This and other expressway events do not count against the CPD’s metrics:

nwi.com @nwi

Two teenagers and a 1-year-old girl died, and three others were injured, as a result of a mass shooting Sunday night on the exit ramp of a Chicago expressway, police

nwitimes.com3 killed, including toddler, in I-57 expressway shooting, police sayTwo teenagers and a 1-year-old girl died, and three others were injured, as a result of a mass shooting Sunday night on the exit ramp of a Chicago expressway, police

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The Trend Continues

HeyJackass.com @w_h_thompson

It has now been 37 months (1127 days) since #Chicago last logged a day w/ out a shooting and/or a homicide. Since 1/7/20: 2,431 killed, 10,301 wounded.

Related: our dataset still has only two days of the Lightfoot era going shooting free, Nov 18, 2019 & Jan 7, 2020.

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All Dicks Must Come To An End

We'll miss Lori's panache for making statements that find their way onto our t-shirts and mugs. We’ll honor her third place finish by knocking off $5 on our second most popular tee of 2022.

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Thanks to @Purplehip312 on Twitter for crafting such a pretty header image.

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