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Over 40 Shot During Labor Weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago

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AWR HAWKINS

5 Sep 20230

2:20

Over 40 people were shot, nine of them fatally, during Labor Day weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

Breitbart News noted at least 15 people were shot Friday into Saturday night in Chicago, and four of the shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.

On Tuesday morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reported the number of shooting victims had rise to over 40, with five more shooting fatalities.

One of the additional shooting fatalities was as 23-year-0ld who dropped off at a firehouse with gunshot injuries around 10 p.m. Monday. He was transported to a hospital where he died.

Another fatal shooting resulted in a 15-year-old being taken to South Shore Hospital around 7:40 Monday. He was pronounced dead upon arrival.

File/Neighbors pass by a memorial for an 8 year-old girl shot and killed outside of her Portage Park apartment on Saturday, on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Just over two hours earlier, another 15-year-old was shot multiple times while “in the 2900 block of West Walnut Street.” He was taken to a hospital where he died.

Also, a 27-year-old man was shot and badly wounded while in a room “at the YMCA, 3333 N. Marshfield Ave.” He died on Sunday.

The fifth additional fatal shooting occurred Friday about 6:15 p.m., when 26-year-old Daquon Rice was shot and killed while “in the 3800 block of South Wentworth Avenue.”

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Survey: Washington D.C. Ranked Least Desirable Place to Live

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PAUL BOIS

4 Sep 2023646

3:25

A survey has ranked Washington, DC, as the least desirable place to live due to its high crime rate and cost of living.

The survey from Home Bay, a real estate education platform, asked people about the most desirable place to live based on crime rates, affordable homes, and cost of living.

“Rural (21%) and suburban (24%) residents agree that the District is the most undesirable city, while urban residents (16%) rank it No. 4.,” the survey said.

The survey also found that Seattle, Washington, is the most desirable and most underrated place to live:

The most desirable places to live have a low crime rate (46%), affordable homes (43%), and a low cost of living (41%).

More than 1 in 3 Americans agree that high crime (41%), a high cost of living (36%), expensive homes (34%), and high taxes (33%) make a place overrated.

Americans consider Seattle the most desirable city in the U.S. and the most underrated — stealing the distinction from Virginia Beach. Americans say the most overrated city in the U.S. is New York, while the least desirable city is Washington, D.C.

The survey comes after a Giant grocery store in Southeast Washington, DC, announced it will be removing name brands like Advil, Colgate, and Tide from its shelves to better prevent a spike in theft. The store also stated that shoppers will be required to show their receipts to security guards before exiting the store. Ira Kress, president of the chain, told the Washington Post that the store can no longer serve the community by keeping its stores at high risk.

A sign announcing a new receipt checking policy in the Anacostia store as Giant Foods grocery is making some changes to their stores to address organized retail crime, in Washington, DC. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“We want to continue to be able to serve the community, but we can’t do so at the level of significant loss or risk to our associates that we have today,” Kress said.

“I don’t want to do this — I’d like to sell [those products],” Kress later added. “But the reality is that Tide is not a profitable item in this store … In many instances people stock the product and within two hours it’s gone, so it’s not on the shelf anyway.”

Kress also said the store has seen theft rise “tenfold in the last five years” while violence has steadily increased, most especially at the store on Alabama Avenue in D.C.

“And we’ve invested a significant amount of money here, even more security here than any other store,” he said.

Products like Tide detergent, Schick razors, Dove soap, and Degree deodorant will no longer be available on the shelves. Diane Hicks, senior vice president of operations, said leaving such products out will turn the store into a crime magnet.

“I’ve been leaving it out for our customers and unfortunately it just forces all the crime to come to us,” Hicks said.

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Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner Resigning as Crime, Drugs Ravage City

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AMY FURR

5 Sep 20230

2:13

Democrat-run Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is preparing to resign as crime and drug use take a heavy toll on residents.

More than three years after taking the role, Outlaw will step down on September 22, Fox 29 reported Tuesday, adding she will soon thereafter take the job of deputy security chief at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

“It has been my honor and privilege to serve during Mayor Kenney’s administration and alongside each member of the Philadelphia Police Department. The hard work, resilience, and professionalism of our force is truly commendable,” Outlaw stated.

Her resignation comes as several gunmen killed one person and wounded eight others during a recent block party in the city, Breitbart News reported, adding, “Philadelphia’s Office of Controller pointed out there have been 270 homicides in the city thus far in 2023. Nearly 250 of those homicide victims were killed with guns.”

In addition, Philadelphia is also facing a crisis with tranq — also known as Xylazine –addicts roaming near Kensington and Allegheny Avenues amid the area’s drug epidemic.

The “zombie drug” rots the flesh of users who sometimes must undergo amputations.

“It’s called Xylazine, or tranq, an animal tranquilizer cut with America’s street drug of the moment, fentanyl,” Sky News reported in February.

Video footage shows the horrific toll it takes on the bodies of victims:

More than 500 homicides occurred in Mayor Jim Kenney’s (D) Philadelphia in 2022, “making 2022 the second consecutive year that the threshold of at least 500 homicides has been reached,” Breitbart News reported in January.

When speaking of her resignation, Kenny said Outlaw “has worked relentlessly for three and a half years during an unprecedented era in our city and a number of crisis situations,” adding she deserves to be praised for working to bring “long-overdue reform” to the agency.

Breitbart News has extensively covered issues surrounding the city of Philadelphia.