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I have no reasons to play a game. Chicago suburbs are nice, but we were not talking about the suburbs. We were talking about the actual city. Downtown is nice, but then again detroit's is not bad either.
Yeah, they do at times tend to forget about some of the realities that don't even make news coverage or that the police report on. Not if it will make them look really bad.
Chicago Has Most Gang Members In The United States, Social Media Popular Among Recruits: Report
The Chicago Crime Commission released an updated book about Chicago gangs this week, which reveals that the Windy City has more gang members than any other U.S. city.
The book gives an in-depth account of how gangs in Chicago have changed over the last five years. One disturbing thing researchers found was that gangs have been recruiting children at a very young age to join their ranks.
"Some of these leaders are 15 to 17 years old, so it's not that unusual for somebody at that age to be able to influence somebody in second or third grade," former Chicago Police superintendent Jody Weis told WGN News. Weis is now the president of the commission.
Vulnerable kids looking for structure and discipline in their lives will often reach out to the gang leaders, which is why Weis said it is important for parents to be more engaged with their kids, Fox Chicago reports.
According to the book, Chicago now has more than 70 gangs made up of more than 150,000 members. Social media has also become a popular way for gang members to communicate with one another, which could be a helpful tool for police, but also has incited violence.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
The 320-page book details some web conversations among gang members, where they discuss drug deals, murders and other gang activity.....snip~
Chicago Has Most Gang Members In The United States, Social Media Popular Among Recruits: Report
By the way.....that's the City proper and not counting all suburbs.