CHICAGO – If you're of the mindset that climate change is the biggest threat to mankind, you're likely going to be happy that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is focused on lowering the city's carbon emissions while the city's neighborhoods are the nation's most deadly.
In response to President Donald Trump withdrawing the US from the Paris Accord on global warming last week, Democrat Emanuel boasted that Chicago reduced its carbon emissions by 7 percent from 2010 to 2015. He emphasized that during those same years, there was a 12 percent growth in the region’s economy and an increase in the number of jobs in the city.
But while the mayor says Chicago's carbon emissions are down, life-taking violence is growing. During the Memorial Day weekend and first days of June 2017, the number of those shot and killed in Chicago was up 42% from 2016.
Last week, 16 were shot and killed while 83 were shot and wounded, making a total of 99 shot – up 68% from the previous year.
Only in 11.2% of the 2017 killings in Emanuel's Chicago has a suspect been charged thus far.
