Sarah, the city of Chicago has been a major issue for MANY years prior to Obama but, no one wanted to tackle it then either. You, and many like you, decided to simply make a spectacle of it since the president is directly tied to it. Likewise, you and these same people are wrong for this. Obama made efforts but, you and people like you only support efforts like this ONLY when OIL or our CURRENCY is involved...not LIVES. Granted, these are gangs battling each other and innocent lives are caught up in the crossfire but, still no excuse to oppose efforts by Obama.

It seems you have also now brought politics into HUMANITY with your latest assertions.

Sarah is right. The percentage increase last year was astounding.

Meantime these people are hurting & the city is dying - What to do???

Detective Sergeant Joseph "Joe" Friday is "Just the facts, ma'am" :

OK, lets do the criminology math during the occupant's year watch on his own hometown

Chicago third largest American city has the toughest gun laws, an administration's hand picked black Mayor,an amiable Police chief, who also happens to be America African descent-

762 people were murdered in the city in 2016,a nearly unheard of 50% increase over 2015. This is more than New York & Los Angeles - both larger cities- combined and the worst figure in 20 + years.

Holiday weekends in Chicago reliably provide fodder for TV in the astonishing tallies of shootings & murders a dozen people killed and 27 shootings over the Christmas weekend. Overall, more than 4,300 people were shot in the city!

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says that the surge in violence has been driven by emboldened offenders who acted without a fear of penalty from the criminal justice system.

This Chicago Crime trajectory is highly likely !to get worse if not immediately interrupted - NOW

Reality: this once much beloved city & it's people are at great risk

No sight of the rescuing cavalry coming .....

If the president's men & management w/federal enforcement doesn't act, then who will? - NATO???