Good thing Mayor Lightfoot (or Groot as Second City Cop calls her) has police breaking up parties, because otherwise they might have to deal with crime. Chicago’s deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015: 10 shot dead, 32 wounded. And that isn’t the full total.
The Sun Times counts the 3-day weekend from 5 PM Friday until 5 AM Tuesday. At least they recognize that the weekend starts before midnight Friday night/Saturday morning.
Despite the state’s stay-at-home order, the weekend’s death toll has already surpassed last year’s holiday weekend, when seven people were killed and 34 were injured during the period from 5 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Hat tip to Second City Cop.
HeyJackass! counts things differently. The 3-day weekend runs from noon on Friday until 6 AM Tuesday. Memorial Day Weekend.
Final Not-A-Lockdown Tally: 10 killed, 42 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 8 killed, 35 wounded
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