1 4145 shootings in 2020 = 11 per day | Chicago Sun Times

2 775 murders in 2020 = 2.1 per day | Chicago Sun Times

3 Blacks = 15% of population, 56% of incarcerated individuals | Prison Policy Initiative

4 With an average daily population of 8000 inmates in Cook County prisons and jails, and roughly 50% of inmates having at least one minor child or children, this could leave behind over 4,000 children. | Loyola University Chicago, Loyola eCommons, Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

2:06 - A person is shot every 2 hours, 6 minutes | heyjackass.com*

11:06 - A person is murdered every 11 hours, 6 minutes | heyjackass.com*

*heyjackass.com researches, collects and aggregates information and statistics from many sources including Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, NBC5 Chicago, Chicago Tribune’s Shooting Tracker & Homicide Tracker, Cook County Medical Examiner, CPD’s Historical Data Set, City of Chicago Data Portal, Chicago Police Department Arrest Record Search and CPD CLEARMAP.

56% - Blacks = 15% of population, 56% of incarcerated individuals | Prison Policy Initiative

>4k With an average daily population of 8000 inmates in Cook County prisons and jails, and roughly 50% of inmates having at least one minor child or children, this could leave behind over 4,000 children. | Loyola University Chicago, Loyola eCommons, Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

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