"32 shot, 7 killed in Chicago's deadliest weekend of 2024."

CHICAGO SUN TIMES: "The toll surpassed that of the weekend of March 15, when 23 people were shot and five killed."

Reposting these Chicago Sun Times articles as harbingers of what’s to come in Chicago this summer, when gun violence routinely escalates coinciding with warmer temperatures. The Sun Times’ reporting on the human toll of gun violence in Chicago is persistent & humanizing, and they don’t require a subscription to read it.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is an ineffective leader. The city’s migrant crisis and gun violence problems are worsening. Last month, I analyzed the data on shootings in Chicago through mid-march 2024 compared to previous years, and what I found suggests that violence is on pace to increase in the city in 2024, bucking the slight reversal the city touted in 2023 (over 2022, which is not a major accomplishment considering the spike in shootings that year).

The atrocities of last weekend indicate the city is poised for a violent spring and summer. These are not just numbers. Do better, Mayor Johnson. Do better, Chicago voters. Lightfoot and now Johnson have been unmitigated disasters for the city.