Gang Members Outnumber Police 22 To 1 In The City Of Chicago, And The Ratio Just Keeps Getting Worse

A number of years ago I wrote about the gang problem in Chicago, and at that time gang members outnumbered police by 10 to 1.

Today, the CPD has identified more than 280,000 gang members in the city of Chicago.

The Chicago Police Department maintains two massive gang databases, collectively labeling more than 280,000 people as "Gang members." 95% of those people listed are people of color, most being young men in their late teens and 20s, but also thousands being Black and Latinx youth and elders.

Once I had the numbers, I did the math, and I discovered that gang members now outnumber police in the city of Chicago by a ratio of 22 to 1.

The mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, met with local gang leaders and asked them to agree to a seven-day ceasefire, as crime has seemingly spiraled out of control in the city.

The mayor said that he had talks, not "Negotiations," with Memphis gang leaders, with community representatives adding that the number of gangs in the city has also become a problem in itself.

The gang members told the mayor a recent "Epidemic of car break-ins" was simply due to their younger gang members being bored and having nothing to do.

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