More Americans Have Been Killed In Chicago’s War Zones Than In Iraq & Afghanistan Combined

One chart demonstrates just how devastatingly deadly the Windy City has become.

While, technically speaking, there are other cities with higher murder rates per 100,000 people, the fact is, murders in Chicago have been skyrocketing–72% in the first three months of the year.

“Police said the disturbing rise in violence is driven by gangs and mostly contained to a handful of pockets on the city’s South and West sides,” according to USAToday.

This chart, via Statista, shows just how deadly Chicago is when compared to Afghanistan and Iraq, where America has been at war for nearly 15 years.

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