Rahm Emanuel on Chicago Violence: We’re Getting Guns, Drugs and Kids of the Street

‘This year, we’re down 14 percent on shootings’

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EMANUEL: ">> Yeah, well, truth is, we haven’t added officers and we’re getting kid, guns and drugs off the street. I know they, “The Wall Street journal” noted a recent story about the progress that’s been made in doing what we’re supposed to do, which is crack down on the shootings and This year, we’re down 14 percent on shootings. And toughest neighborhoods on the south and west side where this is predominant, the gun violece, we’re seeing more dramatic reduchovnies in that effort, so we’re making that type of progress.

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