Last week, we noted the risk of a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago with the Fraternal Order of Police urging its rank and file members to deny overtime requests for the holiday weekend "to protest the continued disrespect of Chicago Police Officers and the killings of Law Enforcement Officers across our Country" (see "As Chicago Violence Soars, Officers Told To Stay Home In Protest Of 'Continued Disrespect Of Police'").
While it's unknown how many cops did choose to stay home and ignore overtime requests, there was a clear spike in violence over the long holiday weekend with a total of 65 people shot and 13 of them killed. Chicago recorded a total of 481 shootings and 91 homicides in August which tied for the most the city had seen in a single month in 20 years. In fact, according to the Chicago Tribune, the Labor Day weekend was the deadliest of the three holiday weekends of the summer with 13 killed versus 6 over the Memorial Day weekend 5 over the Fourth of July weekend.
Data from HeyJackass! shows a huge spike in violent crime on Labor Day with over 30 shootings and 10 homicides.
Chicago recorded a total of 481 shootings in August 2016 making it the most violent month in the city in 20 years.
Total homicides for the year are up 44% YoY putting Chicago on track for over 750 homicides in 2016 which would be the most violent year in the city since the early 90s.
Meanwhile, violence continues to be concentrated in the south and westside neighborhoods.
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