Posts by John Kugler
Downtown Chicago Was Open Tuesday Night. Almost Nobody Came Except The Drug Addicts
SubX.News® Street Report Oct 7, 2026 Tommy was back on Lake Street Tuesday night. Wheelchair, yellow neck brace, striped shirt, bags piled around him near Garvey Court. He sleeps downtown.…
Read MoreStrange Statistics … Fatal Shootings Up 6.9% … Aggravated Batteries and Multi-Victim Shootings Also Rise in Chicago … Official Percentage Shows Improvement While Homicides Increase
Chicago’s 2026 homicide count increased from 313 to 314 between the Sept. 19 and Sept. 21 dashboard snapshots, yet the displayed year-over-year decline grew from 0.3% to 1.9% because the…
Read MoreChicago From the Street Looks Different … Crime statistics, political power, independent journalism and why rebuilding Chicago starts on the block
Collaboration with @NoLionNoBull Chicago can show declining crime numbers and still have a serious violence problem. Both things can exist at the same time, and understanding that requires looking deeper…
Read MoreMagic … Chicago Crime Numbers Vanish Overnight … City Dashboard Drops Hundreds of Shooting Victims Before They Reappear
SubX.News ® Crime Data Report Sept 2 2026 Chicago’s Violence Reduction Dashboard displayed extraordinary changes during the final weekend of August. On Aug. 29, the dashboard showed 1,255 shooting victimizations…
Read More52% Increase … Fewer Shootings More Victims … Chicago Weekend Gun Violence Surges as CPD Reports 41 Shooting Victims and 3 Murders
… shooting incidents actually fell, while the number of people shot increased … SubX.News® Crime Report Aug 31 2026 CHICAGO — Police recorded 41 shooting victims and three murders during…
Read MoreOh Oh … What the Chicago Crime Regression Shows
Strongest statistical warning: aggravated battery Deadliest warning: combined movement in homicides, fatal shootings and multi-victim gunfire SubX.News® Crime Report Aug 28 2026 Year-Over-Year Violence Gap Trends Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard…
Read MoreNot Even Close … Chicago Mass Shooting Capital of the USA … 106 Mass Shootings Put City 74% Above #2 Philadelphia
SubX.News® Crime Report CHICAGO — Not even America’s largest city, but Chicago sits at the top of the Gun Violence Archive mass-shooting database. Chicago recorded 106 mass shootings in the…
Read MoreGoing, Going, Gone … Carpetbagger Central: Taking Chicago Campaign Money and Spending It on Outsiders
National Political Machine Running Local Politics SubX.News® Political Investigation Mayor Brandon Johnson relied on national political consultants and outside companies to build the operation that helped him take control of…
Read MoreCan We Trust CPD Stats ???
SubX.News® Crime Report Data anomaly where three cumulative 2026 categories mistakenly decrease from August 1 to August 2. Because these are year-to-date cumulative counts, the totals should only ever stay…
Read MoreBillions Spent, Few Answers: Where Did the Migrant Money Go?
SubX.News® Migrant Report Republicans and Democrats have spent years blaming each other for the migrant crisis. One side blamed open-border policies. The other blamed failed immigration reform. Taxpayers were told…
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