Chicago Police Report 3,237 Shootings in 2020, More Than 50 Percent Increase From 2019
Chicago has seen 3,237 shootings as of Dec. 27, 2020, a 53 percent year-over-year increase, according to new figures released by the Chicago Police Department (pdf). By comparison, in the same period in 2019, there were 2,120 shootings, the statistics show.
The latest shooting in Chicago, which took place in the early morning hours of Dec. 31, involved a 33-year-old man who was standing outside in the 3600 Block of W. Grand, when an unknown assailant in a passing dark-colored vehicle fired shots, striking him in the shoulder. He was taken to the hospital, where he is good condition, police said.
Aging Inmates Squeeze Health-Care Budgets As prisoners get older and develop expensive health problems, states are looking for ways to cut costs. Caroline Cournoyer | March 2011
Prison, it’s been said, is a microcosm of society. In the case of health care, that is certainly true. Just like the rest of us, the prison population is getting older and, as a result, sicker. They need more and more expensive health care, which they have a right to receive under the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. That’s putting a tight squeeze on corrections budgets across the country.
Merkley Joins Push to End Slavery
December 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Democrats are aiming to end forced prison labor in the U.S. by modifying a section of the 13th Amendment a move lawmakers say would “finally abolish slavery.”
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and outgoing Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO) introduced a joint resolution on Dec. 2 called the “Abolition Amendment,” which would remove the “Punishment Clause” of the 13th Amendment, which was ratified in 1865.
Language in the amendment banned slavery and involuntary servitude, except “as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”
The resolution states that the clause “continued to drive the over-incarceration of Black Americans throughout the Jim Crow era,” and gave way to systems and campaigns that disproportionately impact communities of color such as the War on Drugs.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Launching Wednesday, December 30
th, 2020 – SpoeYah, a socially conscious hip-hop group releases their latest video called It was a Brotha . The song itself was originally released in January of 2019 and published by Silent Whisper Music, an independent music label. It is not your typical commercialized hip-hop video. The song features 3 rappers from 3 different generations: 83-year-old Daniel Anderson, 51-year-old Patrick Jaye, and 22-year-old MarQuaja Fields. The music video is an outcry of anger, sadness, and disapproval of black men who senselessly murder, or rape, or rob African Americans within their own communities.
It Was A Brotha- The silent self-destruction of black males in America
15 Good News Trends from 2020
For many Americans 2020 has been one of the most depressing years on record. It has also been the deadliest year in U.S. history, due mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time ever. With death, destruction, and divisiveness dominating the news cycle, it can lead us to despair over the direction our world is headed.
But while we should not ignore the bad news, neither should we overlook the good. We serve a sovereign God who governs all things. As Lamentations 3:37 asks, “Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the LORD has commanded it?”