Homicides Up 4%

Shortshanks and Weis continue to play with the numbers, but the one they can't seem to fudge is the number of dead people:

• Chicago's homicides are up nearly 4 percent compared with last year, Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis said today.
  
  While overall crime has dropped nearly 6 percent in Chicago, homicides have increased 3.8 percent, according to crime trends through the end of May. There were 164 homicides between January and May, six more than last year during the same time.
  
  "Homicides continue to challenge us," Weis said

Amazingly, J-Feld doesn't once mention his recent innovation of "innies" versus "outies." Rather, he concentrates on blaming anything or everything except what ought to be blamed:

• Weis asked parents to make sure their children comply with curfew laws as the summer approaches. In May alone, there were more than 1,600 curfew violations in the city, Weis said. Children younger than 17 are supposed to be indoors by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends.

  "Police shouldn't have to do the job of parents," he said. "Please, this summer, know where your kids are."

When the most influential person in a child's life decides not to do their job, you kind of run into a situation like the one here in Chicago. We can only imagine J-Fled's head is still spinning that he even accepted this job not knowing what the hell goes on at the local level of law enforcement away from the cushy federal offices.