Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was crediting his policing strategies earlier this year when crime was down.
Chicago (Tribune) – Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Wednesday said the number of shootings, particularly gang-related ones, has dropped sharply in the first 2 ½ months of 2014.
At a news conference at a police station in the Englewood neighborhood, one of the city’s most violent over the years, McCarthy downplayed the harsh winter season as a factor, instead crediting crime-fighting strategies he has initiated over the last year and a half.
Now, in a presser on Monday morning after a disastrous weekend of nearly 100 people shot in an orgy of violence, does he again credit crime-fighting strategies he initiated these last two years?
Not at all! Cnn.com reports:
“Chicago’s police superintendent lashed out at what he called lax state and federal gun laws after a violent Fourth of July weekend that saw 11 deaths in dozens of shooting incidents in a city already known for frequent shootings.”
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