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2. Crime in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.

3. List of incidents of civil unrest in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Political, organized crime Aldermen's wars - Alderman John Powers and challenger Anthony D'Andrea battled over control of Chicago's 19th Ward, located in Little Italy. Both were associated with organized crime and over 30 people were murdered during the feud before D'Andrea was killed in 1921. 30+ Unknown 1931 Housing

4. Vincent Solano - Wikipedia

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   Vincent Solano (October 1919 – November 16, 1992) was an Italian-American gangster, a caporegime for the Chicago Outfit who ran a corrupt Laborers Union local in Chicago. A longtime organized crime figure on Chicago's North Side, Solano served as chauffeur and bodyguard to mobster Ross Prio. After Prio's death in 1972, Solano succeeded him as ...

5. List of homicides in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Head of Chicago chapter of Unione Siciliana, shot by gunmen at his house under order from Bugs Moran: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Chicago: 1929-02-14: 7: Murder of seven Irish members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day [50] Jake Lingle: Chicago: 1930-06-09: 1: Reporter for Chicago Tribune shot ...

6. Corruption in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [ 2 ] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California .

7. 'Depravity': Undocumented migrant charged with fatally ... - AOL

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   An undocumented immigrant was charged with setting a woman on fire, killing her, as she slept in the New York City subway -- a horrific alleged crime that officials called "beyond comprehension."