Jamon Abercrombie » absurdity http://www.jamonabercrombie.com Conversations & Collaborations Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Jamon Abercrombie 2010 jabercrombie27@gmail.com (Jamon Abercrombie) jabercrombie27@gmail.com (Jamon Abercrombie) http://www.jamonabercrombie.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Jamon Abercrombie http://www.jamonabercrombie.com 144 144 Conversations & Collaborations Jamon Abercrombie Jamon Abercrombie jabercrombie27@gmail.com no no GET OUT OF CHICAGO – it’s too dangerous. We (the U.S.) never should have went there http://www.jamonabercrombie.com/get-out-of-chicago-its-too-dangerous-we-the-us-never-should-have-went-there http://www.jamonabercrombie.com/get-out-of-chicago-its-too-dangerous-we-the-us-never-should-have-went-there#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:10:08 +0000 Jamon Abercrombie http://www.jamonabercrombie.com/?p=778 OK, so this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but …

An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That’s nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 245 people were shot and wounded in the city.

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