Crime is Still Down!

That's the advantage of a slow start to the year - the likelihood of crime ever catching up is slim:

• Four people were killed and 18 others injured in weekend shootings across the city, including a mass shooting in Austin that left one person dead and five wounded, Chicago police said.

  Two shootings left nine people injured and one person dead in Ald. Jason Ervin’s 28th Ward on the West Side. Ervin said the communities he represents were “shattered by an unacceptable level of violence” in the attacks early Sunday morning. He called on members of the community to help police identify suspects in the weekend violence.

  “My heart goes out to the families of the victims and to all those whose lives have been changed by this senseless violence,” Ervin said in a statement Sunday afternoon. “The West Side of Chicago is home to strong, resilient people who deserve to live without fear. We must stand together, reject this violence and commit ourselves to creating a safer future for every resident.”

And generous Jason...you forgot "generous."

And on the tail end of the violence in 015, a commentator writes:

• The 2 mass shootings and the city wide 10-1 with close to 1000 people in the street will never make it to the media. The rain in Milwaukee is more important. A foot chase in Aurora is the top crime on Sunday morning. 

The "media" have their marching orders, from the Machine, from the CTU, and from the left.