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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blames Richard Nixon after over 100 people were shot, 17 fatally, during the July 4th weekend.
"...We had a chance 60 years ago to get at the root causes, and people mocked President Johnson, and we ended up with Richard Nixon..."
At least 100 people were shot, 17 fatally, during the July 4th weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chicago.
ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times pointed out one Chicago resident referred to July 4th as “assassination day.”
The July 4th “weekend gun violence in Chicago this year marks around a 27% increase in shootings over last year.”
The number of people shot during the 2023 July 4th weekend was 73, with 11 fatalities.