Chicago carjackings rise 86% over the last year, while murder rates rise 19%

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Important Takeaways:

  • Terrifying moment driver is carjacked by a coordinated gang of armed men driving SUVs in Democrat-led Chicago – as motor vehicle theft skyrockets 90% in just one year in crime-plagued city
  • This is the terrifying moment a Chicago driver was carjacked by a gang of armed men who trapped him between two cars before tying him up at gunpoint.
  • Surveillance footage, released by a local crime blog, shows several men in two vehicles ambush a parked car before kicking out the driver in the crime-addled city earlier this month.
  • The clip shows a 2013 Audi A4 parked on the highway at night with its headlights on.
  • Two more vehicles rapidly approach before coming to a halt at the front and rear end of the vehicle, hemming it in.
  • The Audi rolls forward in the beginnings of an attempt to escape, but within seconds three men leap from the surrounding vehicles and approach the driver.
  • One points a gun at his side window while two more drag him out of the car and throw him on the ground.
  • The horrifying footage was captured on a night when eight people were robbed over a 30-minute spree in the same neighborhood, according to local reports.
  • No arrests were made for any of the crimes, per local news, including some which involved armed break-ins.
  • Chicago Police told DailyMail.com it deals with ‘a vast volume of crimes on a daily basis’.
  • The Windy City has suffered an 86 per cent rise in motor vehicle theft rates over the last year – from 42,512 incidents reported in 2022 to 54,983 so far this year.
  • Overall, this figure has rocketed by 227 per cent since 2019, when 35,711 motor vehicle thefts were reported.
  • Murder rates have also risen by 19 per cent over the past four years under the disastrous reign of the last Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, while robberies are up 30 per cent.

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Major cities see spike in crime

Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Carjackings soar by up to 510% in major US cities: Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans are all experiencing ‘disturbing’ spikes in crime
  • Critics are blaming a rise in violent car takeovers on lax punishment for offenders, and Covid-era changes in driving habits
  • Last November, Chicago’s top cop revealed that an 11-year-old boy is believed to have committed several of the vehicular hijackings
  • In Chicago, 1,849 carjackings were reported last year – a 510 per cent increase from the 303 vehicular hijackings in 2014, according to city data.
  • Meantime, New York City has seen carjacking rising by more than 350 per cent in the past three years, to 510 in 2021.
  • Philadelphia, which reported 750 carjackings last year, a 34 per cent year-over-year increase
  • The numbers are also moving in the wrong direction in New Orleans, which saw its most marked jump when cases hit 278 in 2020, a 104 per cent increase from 2019, NOLA.com reported.

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Repeat offenders not being locked up

Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Why Are Repeat Offenders Not Being Locked Up? These Two Murders Are Raising Public Concerns
  • From major cities to smaller regions, violent crime is spiking. The latest report comes from Montgomery County, Maryland, where year-end statistics show crime is up sharply including killings and carjackings, according to WTOP-TV.
  • There were 32 homicides and 67 carjackings in 2021 which is an 88% increase in homicides and 72% increase in carjackings, the county council’s public safety council was told Tuesday, according to the station.
  • With rising crime in the city’s subways, New York’s new Democratic mayor admits that even he doesn’t feel safe.

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