How the coronavirus and Chicago's gun violence are related [chicago.suntimes.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 5/6/204:00 AM

By Roberto R. Aspholm and John M. Hagedorn, Chicago Sun*Times, April 30, 2020

Why hasn’t violence in Chicago decreased since we have all been ordered to stay at home? Why are the poorest African American neighborhoods that have been plagued by violence now the hardest hit by the coronavirus?

We think these problems have common roots and common solutions.

Gov. J. B. Pritzker issued a statewide shelter-in-place order five weeks ago in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Since that time, Chicago has had over 20,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 873 virus-related deaths. In that same time period, at least 294 people have been shot and 55 people have been killed in Chicago, placing the city on pace for roughly the same number of shootings and killings as in 2018 and 2019.

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