More Praise?

Gee, first phony pfather pfleger, now an aldercreature?

• Chicago Ald. David Moore says he’s finally starting to see the change he’s long been envisioning when it comes to reducing the city’s out-of-control violent crime numbers.
  
  “I’m not getting the calls and even more than that, when I drive around at night, because I like to see where those hot spots are. I don’t see that activity like I used to in some of those very hotspot areas,” Moore told The Center Square. “I was just commending the District Commanders when we were in our meeting, just telling them, let’s continue to stay proactive on this. Let’s not lay down where we can improve.”

  Chicago Police Department data shows violent crime numbers are now down 24% across the city compared to last year, including the recent Memorial Day weekend, when the 24 people shot represented roughly half the number of 2024 shooting victims.

  [...] While Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has touted his new violence intervention program, which includes greater community outreach to and investment in young people, for spearheading much of the change, Moore is also quick to sing the praises of police.

  “Let me tell you, 90% of it is due to [Police Superintendent] Larry Snelling, but you have to give the mayor credit because he chose Larry Snelling at the request of the community,” Moore said. “When you hear and talk to the rank and file, this is a commander that understands all. This is a commander who all of them respect and they work hard for. The tools that he put in place to hold accountability to his commanders and to his sergeants, it’s unmatched.”

Nothing about the overly cool spring we just had? There were maybe 3 days total that topped 85 degrees and overnight lows were almost always in the 50/60s. That alone is worth more than half of the crime reduction. 

And depending on how you interpret falling arrests and citizens not waiting around to report crime, that could be another "reduction" in crime. 

But as always, reading too much into the cyclical nature of crime (it goes up, it goes down) in the short term will only lead to embarrassing ass-covering when numbers suddenly trend the other direction.

UPDATE: As a reader warns, temps are headed up and CPS teachers had to turn all the grades last week. That means this entire week is going to be kids playing hooky as there's no reason to show up to class. That could be an unexplained "increase" in short order.