This year America had a particularly bloody Independence weekend.
The Daily Caller reported, Gun violence over the Fourth of July weekend resulted in 184 people killed and 464 injured across the United States, according to data from Gun Violence Archive.
The data shows injuries and homicides caused by gun violence during a 72-hour period, from the evening of Friday, July 2 to the evening of Monday, July 5, according to Gun Violence Archive data.
Chicago was one of the bloodiest cities over the weekend, after Mayor Lori Lightfoot claimed that crime in the Windy City was actually on the decline.
In Chicago 13 people were killed and 64 were injured in the violent spree of weekend shootings on our nations birthday.
New York and Baltimore were also hot spots for violent crime. 7 were killed in the Big Apple with 40 were injured. In Baltimore 3 died and 6 were injured.
Polls from July 2nd show that Americans are divided on how to combat the crime surge in cities across the union.
The very same poll also shows that the up-tick in crime is having disaster out effects on Joe Biden’s approval ratings.
Police departments from coast to coast are understaffed as a result of falling recruitment. This is undoubtedly has a cause and effect relationship with the crime surge.
