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Nothing like leaving a calling card:
A suspect in custody for the shooting death of a woman at a Gold Coast hotel had left his cell phone in the room, police say.
[...] The suspect, who has previous convictions for residential burglary and aggravated battery, was out on parole for a 2007 drug conviction, according to state records.
Authorities arrested the 28-year-old man late Tuesday night at his home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood for the slaying of Brianna Gardner, 22, of Dallas, Texas, according to Chicago police.
We suppose this one will go down in the "solved" column, a rare enough event that it deserves praise. Someone asked about the clearance numbers the other day and a helpful detective forwarded us some actual numbers that are pretty depressing:
- Of the 336 murders to date (16 August), only 80 have been classified as "cleared." That means 256 have not been solved, and that is a dismal 24.81% success rate - less than one-in-four.
That "no-snitching" policy seems to be working out really well for the denizens of the south and west sides.
On a brighter note, Chicago is nearing 30 homicides for the month of August. Last year's total was some incredibly low number, 35 or 36, meaning we'll probably blow by those totals in a week. Any word on how McCompStat is going to spin it? He was so eager to take credit for his strategies working miracles last month by reducing the homicide totals by 6 from July 2011. This month isn't looking good at all.
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
35 Comments:
The guy kills a prostitute and then leaves his cell phone in the room??!! What a dumbass.
ONLY A 25% MURDER CLEARANCE RATE IN CHICAGO?
SHOCKING AND PATHETIC!
Compare other cities. Some clear well over 80 percent.
Hey! All you murderer wannabes out there. Three to 1 odds you'll get away with MURDER in Chicago.
This is incontrovertible evidence that local media has to be in Rahm's hip pocket.
If he didnt forget his cell phone he would have probably gotten away with it.
Be warned working girls, better off traveling to D.C.
I get embarrassed when I tell people I'm from Chicago... Does anyone else feel this way?
What you fail to realize is that the plan was fully in place last month leading to the reduction in the increases we've seen, while this month the additional final details of the plan are still being worked out and this led to a slight increase in the increase...
Don't you just miss the silly, silly, silly talk of Shortshanks?
24%. Wow, this "homicide team" concept is working great isn't it?
good thing pat quinn lets those "non-violent" drug offenders out early, so he can close prisons
Was it really "HIS" cell phone, or was it one of the millions of phones handed out for "free" by the Gubmint?
And if it was a phone provided by US, will Eric Holder claim it was an illegal search based perhaps on "executive privilege?"
McSpinIt will find a way to 'splain it away.'
Anonymous said...
The guy kills a prostitute and then leaves his cell phone in the room??!! What a dumbass.
8/17/2012 12:34:00 AM
It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to catch a guy like this; no Professor Moriarty here.
Anonymous said...
I get embarrassed when I tell people I'm from Chicago... Does anyone else feel this way?
8/17/2012 01:04:00 AM
I say I am from Gary, Indiana or Detroit, Michigan instead.
The quality of detectives has decreased significantly in the last decade. You now have many more detectives that were born in the suburbs or out of state and lack the ability to communicate on a level that low income citizens are used to.
Common sense is severely lacking in the new crop of detectives. Book smarts have there place, but communicating and putting people at ease is a skill that is severely lacking,
The only positive things about the low rate is the majority of the thugs victims are thugs. No police are going to jail for yelling at prisoners. Flint Taylor and loevy and Loevy are going to have to start chasing ambulances. The media has lost the trust of the public and is going broke. AND the plague has spread into the "Beautiful people" neighborhoods.
Last evening, G-MACK was on PBS Channel 11's Chicago Tonight program. He vehemently defended CompStat and spoke against the NYC detractors. If you believe his line of bs, things are not too bad in Chicago. The man is insane.
The show will replay today at noon on 11-2.
OK. First, we cancel the trip to Oslo for this scholar, he's out of the running for the Nobel Prize for thinking....
boy we better hope "48" hours does't come around
this would be embarressing
other cities would laugh
( no doubt laughing already if it was so bad)
McStreetlights would put the audience asleep explaining compstat ( and wondering "Where The F**k Did You Find This Guy?!)
it NOT the officers them selves i'm sure it;s the screwy way numbnuts has you do things
Dummy!
this sounds too stupid. i smell setup or this guy should probably plea insanity because he is officially retarded.
Wait till the air and water show this weekend. Gangs will invade the beach and add some numbers, unless they're honoring the obama plaque at 55th & Woodlawn.
"Three to 1 odds you'll get away with MURDER in Chicago."
Uh, 1 in 4.
80/336 = 23.8% MURDER CLEARANCE RATE
More than 3/4 (76.2%) of Chicago murders remain uncleared.
This is beyond the pale of PATHETIC. Over 76% of Chicago murderers will not be apprehended, let alone prosecuted.
The "honey badger" media doesn't care. So what! No reason to report this chilling fact. We will not compare Chicago murder clearance statistics with New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego or Dallas (all cities >1,000,000 population). The sheeple of Chicago would become alarmed and demand answers from City Hall. God forbid. After all, it's "the Chicago Way".
Reality is meaningless. Perception is everything. Hush, my babies! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Not a word!
Chalkie likes Shitcago !!!!
The no snitching rule is actually the we trying to rob you with them too rule. Most of the violence in the west side is the lazy want everything free attacking the working, employed, singers or entertainers. That's what most of this violence is about and it will be made public soon.
A citizen
Common sense is severely lacking in the new crop of detectives. Book smarts have there place, but communicating and putting people at ease is a skill that is severely lacking,
8/17/2012 07:39:00 AM
that's because they don't publish those full sized phone books anymore.
I thought that the mayor made it perfectly clear. These shootings are suppose to take place IN THE ALLEY!
Why aren't they listening to him??
The quality of detectives has decreased significantly in the last decade. You now have many more detectives that were born in the suburbs or out of state and lack the ability to communicate on a level that low income citizens are used to.
Common sense is severely lacking in the new crop of detectives. Book smarts have there place, but communicating and putting people at ease is a skill that is severely lacking,
Obviously spelling wasn't important when you were getting down and dirty with the criminals and solving every crime you came across.
The ghost of Joe Curtin says:
06:48, if you only knew . . .
Too funny
Anonymous said...
"Three to 1 odds you'll get away with MURDER in Chicago."
Uh, 1 in 4.
8/17/2012 01:27:00 PM
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Negatron, Batman. 1 in 4 chances you'll be caught. 3 in 4 chances you will not be caught.
Obviously spelling wasn't important when you were getting down and dirty with the criminals and solving every crime you came across.
8/17/2012
Problem is we have micro managing assholes like you and not enough people that actually go out and accomplish something.
Anonymous said...
I get embarrassed when I tell people I'm from Chicago... Does anyone else feel this way?
8/17/2012 01:04:00 AM
Yes I feel that way. It's most embarrassing when traveling away from this liberal nut sack of a town.
What's the shooter's name? Has he been charged?
Actually the 24% is misleading. A lot of homicides don't get solved in the year they were commited. Taking that into account the real average is around 35% per year the last few years. Still too low.
The next question is what percentage of the 35% get procecuted/approved and of those how many convicted.
Anonymous said...
The quality of detectives has decreased significantly in the last decade. You now have many more detectives that were born in the suburbs or out of state and lack the ability to communicate on a level that low income citizens are used to.
Common sense is severely lacking in the new crop of detectives. Book smarts have there place, but communicating and putting people at ease is a skill that is severely lacking,
8/17/2012 07:39:00 AM
I'm on the reverse side, a suburban copper born and raised in the city. My town is a few minutes outside the city limits. All my people in the city breathed a sigh of relief and figured I was okay because I work in "a safe town." The people in the academy, including some instructors, thought I was headed to the OK Corral and was going to be real busy and in need of a carbine. The difference in thought between the city and 'burbs is always an interesting conversation piece...but as long as you back me up, I don't care where you're from!There are more than enough idiots to go around in every department.
maybe we should go back to a more "la confidential" style of policing--- bring back burge's black box or the old pouring 7-up soda up the guys nose--- how about a little water boarding--- nice guys finish last, bad guys only understand pain compliance....
Anonymous said...
The quality of detectives has decreased significantly in the last decade. You now have many more detectives that were born in the suburbs or out of state and lack the ability to communicate on a level that low income citizens are used to.
Common sense is severely lacking in the new crop of detectives. Book smarts have there place, but communicating and putting people at ease is a skill that is severely lacking,
Obviously spelling wasn't important when you were getting down and dirty with the criminals and solving every crime you came across.
8/17/2012 09:49:00 PM
YOU MY FINE FEATHERED BIRDBRAIN, ARE A DUMBASS....
LOL
Let's see. When you get 20 cases a week, no victim phone numbers, bad addresses or improperly recorded addresses, victims with longer rap sheets then the offenders, non-taxpayers wanting their non-taxpaying dollars worth of police service, additional victims and witnesses being left off the reports, every victim being researched for gang affiliation because our illustrious field marshall at 35th street wants it, victims changing their stories 2, 3 even 4 times, witnesses lying, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT, THE FUCKIN 48 HOUR AND NOT 72 HOUR IN CUSTODY RULE given to us by those liberal asswipes at Northwestern.. DO YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE YOU GOOFBALL?
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