<p>In 2021, Cook County, Illinois has had more than 1,000 homicides — including 777 in Chicago — according to <a href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/11/30/cook-county-1000-homicides/">CBS Chicago</a>.</p>
<p>The staggering figure is the highest number of murders recorded for the county since 1994, which recorded 1,141 homicides that year.</p>
<p>According to the local media, &#8220;the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said, as of Tuesday, the county’s homicide total stands at 1,009, with more than a month still to go in 2021. Of those, 927 were gun-related homicides.&#8221;</p>
<p>As to the victims&#8217; demographics in Cook County CBS2 reported that, &#8220;the vast majority of homicide victims have been Black, with 81% of the victims identified as African American. Latinos accounted for about 15% of the county’s homicide victims,&#8221; according to the Cook County Medical Examiner&#8217;s office.</p>
<p>Chicago&#8217;s rising murder rate in 2021 comes on top of a nationwide increase in homicides in 2020.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-data-murder-rate-soared-in-2020-highest-year-over-year-increase-ever-recorded">previously reported</a> that 2019—2020 saw a nearly 30% increase in murders across America:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The murder rate soared to its largest year-over-year increase in 2020 since the United States began tracking the figure in 1960.</em></p>
<p><em>FBI crime statistics, scheduled to be released in the bureau’s official report on Monday but published on its website this week, show that the murder rate jumped 29% last year. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>That rise was in part due to the aftermath of the George Floyd riots which swept major American cities. Those riots gave momentum to the &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221; movement, which hampered city police officers&#8217; ability to do their job financially, as well as a drop in staffing and morale, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-data-murder-rate-soared-in-2020-highest-year-over-year-increase-ever-recorded">noted</a> at the time:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The wave of riots hit almost every major city in the U.S. and caused billions of dollars in damages. According to one estimate, the rioting could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riots-looting-that-followed-george-floyds-death-could-cost-2-billion-most-expensive-incident-in-insurance-history">cost</a> insurance companies $2 billion in claims, making the Floyd riots the most expensive insurance event in U.S. history.</em></p>
<p><em>The corresponding protests against police contributed to a drop in morale among law enforcement and could have been the main driver in a rush of retirements from major police departments in places such as New York City and Newark.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot cut about 614 police positions under the guise of budgetary issues caused by COVID-19. This year, however, Mayor Lightfoot proposed spending nearly $190 million to offset retirements and tackle the criminal problem, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/10/20/22737171/defund-police-lori-lightfoot-cpd-police-graduation-city-budget-vaccine-mandate">according</a> to the Chicago Sun-Times:</p>
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<p id="GgeAv9"><em>Last year, however, Lightfoot balanced her pandemic-ravaged budget in part, by eliminating 614 police vacancies, literally shrinking the Chicago Police Department by attrition.</em></p>
<p id="pcAygp"><em>This year, she’s proposing a $189 million increase in police spending — to just under $1.9 billion — in part, by expanding officer wellness programs. But Budget Director Susie Park has said the “full driver” of that increase is the new police contract, with its 20% pay raise over eight years.</em></p>
<p id="XCMfYU"><em>Meanwhile, the tidal wave of police retirements continues with 703 retirements already this year and 987 sworn vacancies.</em></p>
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<p>In Chicago, homicide is not the only factor of  &#8220;violent crime&#8221; that has increased. In October, authorities released data that showed carjacking and shootings are also rising.</p>
<p>WGN9<a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-crime-numbers-released-shootings-murders-up-compared-to-october-2020/"> reported</a> that &#8220;[t]hrough the end of October this year, compared to the same period last shootings are up 9%, shooting victims are up 8.6% and murders are up 3%. Carjackings are at an all-time high and up more than 26% compared to last year.&#8221;</p>
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