Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city’s young people are not in love after police revealed that more than 50 percent of car robberies are committed by underage suspects. “There are so many young people in this room who feel unloved, and we have to change that if we want to change the course of their lives,” Lightfoot told a town hall. Chicago Youth at the Harold Washington Library on Saturday. ARCHIVE – Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at City Hall, Tuesday, December 21, 2021, in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she tested positive for COVID-19. The Democratic Party stated on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, that it has “cold symptoms”, but otherwise it feels good. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune via AP) (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune via AP) Chicago police have recently released data showing that 57% of car robberies in the city are committed by underage suspects. CHICAGO POLICE ON FIRE: 11 OFFICERS SHOT SHOT OR RECORDED IN 2022 AS THE LEADING POLICE WARNS, “THE MOST EPIC” Lightfoot said Chicago could not “catch itself” because of rising crime, Fox 32 reported. The mayor suggested in February that the peak of car robberies in the city was linked to the distance education triggered by the coronavirus. MAYOR OF CHICAGO LIGHTFOOT: THE “CRISIS” THE DRIVING OF CARS IS CONNECTED WITH EDUCATION “We started to see this increase in cases in 2020. And I will be honest and say that in Chicago there was a correlation that we believe in between distance education and the increase in car robberies,” he said at the time. Shots and homicides have dropped in the city so far this year. There were 508 shootings at the end of March this year, compared to 582 shootings during the same year. time period this season last year. There have been 128 homicides so far this year, down 7% from the same period last year. Officers with the Chicago Police Department are patrolling the lakefront area over the weekend of July 4th. The police union and the city reached a pilot agreement for a new contract. (Chicago Police Department) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION Other crimes, such as car robberies, are on the rise. There have been approximately 433 car thefts in the city this year and 72 hijackings of vehicles. There were about 425 car robberies during it the same time period in 2021.
