September 21, 2024

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McDonald’s and the Crisis of Chicago – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*

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The Wall Street Journal featured Wirepoints’ crime and criminal justice research in its opinion section this week.

Read the WSJ editorial: McDonald’s and the Crisis of Chicago

Overall crime in the city is up 38% in 2022 over 2021, according to Wirepoints, and a new city policy this summer made it harder for cops to pursue criminals on foot for minor offenses. Mayor Lightfoot has given little support to the beleaguered police force that has shrunk to 11,600 officers from 13,300 in 2019.



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