[/quote] "We had two homicides and dozens of shootings this weekend, and we're sending offices out of the city?" said Pat Camden, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police. "I think the average person would shake his head over that."
Last Friday, Mayor Emanuel and Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy publicly asked for federal help in targeting neighborhoods that have been hit hardest by the city's wave of violence.
"The help comes in the form of additional agents to target guns, gangs and drugs," Superintendent McCarthy said at a news conference.
Chicago's homicide rate is about 31 percent higher than last year, with 346 reported killings as of August 19, according to figures provided by the Chicago police.
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But I thought that Chicago had some of the strictest gun laws in America?!?!?! I guess I figured they would have a low crime city. Huh, imagine that!
