Direct comparisons are always tricky, of course. But when it comes to causality, it’s no secret that aggressive policing can make a huge difference.
And Chicago’s approach is decidedly more laid-back than New York’s.
It doesn’t use stop-and-frisk to counter its gang-fueled violence — but it does publicly plead with its criminals to move their crimes someplace else, so no one besides the intended victim gets hurt.
Really.“[If] we’ve got two gangbangers, one standing next to a kid, get away from that kid,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel told CBS News.
“Take your stuff away to the alley. Don’t touch the children of the city of Chicago. Don’t get near them.”This is what passes for crime-fighting in the Windy City?
When you have no police, this is exactly what passes for crime-fighting.