Brandon Johnson misleads about violent crime in Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to convince people he is doing a good job on crime to defend his pro-criminal policies.

Johnson was one of a handful of sanctuary city mayors dragged in front of Congress, where he boasted that not deporting criminal illegal immigrants makes Chicago safer. “Violent crime in the city of Chicago is down,” Johnson said. “It continues to go down under my leadership.”

Johnson is technically correct that violent crime in Chicago has decreased in the past year. But a look at the numbers shows just how misleading this presentation is. In 2023, Johnson’s first year as mayor, Chicago saw its most violent crimes since 2011. That number ticked down the following year, but 2024 still had more violent crime than

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