town hall from chicago. good evening everyone, i'm laura ingraham. welcome to the first ever ingraham angle town hall. first i'd like to thank the city of chicago and our add again for hosting us for an incredibly important discussion. chicago is one of the truly great american cities, spectacularry beautiful in the summer and winter. but in recent years, its gang violence problem has reached epidemic pro-portions. level of violence that's unacceptable for anywhere in america. the city is on pace for more than 2,000 shootings this year, which will mark the fifth straight year it's topped that mark. just so you get perspective, since 2011, the year that rom emanuel took office as mayor, there have been over 4,000 murders in this city. that's more than the 3,481 soldiers who were killed in action in operation iraqi freedom from 2003 to 2010, if you can believe it. it's not just the level of violence in the city that's the problem. it's the lack of justice. according to an afternoon nall seus conducted by the washington post, chicago police have made an arrest in only about 27% of homicides since 2010. t

the first ever ingraham angle town hall. to discover the reason for the staggering levels of violence. violence destroying the south and west sides of the windy city. i wanted to expose the city's impotent political response to it. so we spoke to victims, politicians, religious leaders, all of them who were on the ground. what they have to say is going to shock you. but these voices need to be heard. now, we learned this week that chicago's democratic mayor, rom emanuel, will not be seeking a third term.

the first ever ingraham angle town hall.r the reason for the staggering levels of violence. violence destroying the south and west sides of the windy city. i wanted to expose the city's impotent political response to it. so we spoke to victims, politicians, religious leaders, all of them who were on the ground. what they have to say is going to shock you. but these voices need to be heard. now, we learned this week that chicago's democratic mayor, rom emanuel, will not be

the first ever ingraham angle town hall.to chicago to discover the reason for the staggering levels of violence. violence destroying the south and west sides of the windy city. i wanted to expose the city's impotent political response to it. so we spoke to victims, politicians, religious leaders, all of them who were on the ground. what they have to say is going to shock you. but these voices need to be heard. now, we learned this week that chicago's democratic mayor, rom emanuel, will not be seeking a third term.

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