{"id":6834,"date":"2010-04-25T23:17:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T07:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2010-04-25T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T07:51:16","slug":"chicago-lawmakers-call-for-military-to-stop-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6834","title":{"rendered":"Chicago lawmakers call for military to stop crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/news\/23261822\/detail.html\"> http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/news\/23261822\/detail.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Lawmakers: Military May Stop Chicago Crime<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chicago Has Had 113 Homicide Victims This Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>POSTED: 3:46 pm HST April 25, 2010<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO &#8212; Two Illinois lawmakers say violence has become so rampant in Chicago that the National Guard must be called in to help.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Democratic Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford made a public plea to Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday to deploy troops.<\/p>\n<p>The request comes amid a recent surge in violent crime, including a night last week that saw seven people killed and 18 wounded, mostly by gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>Fritchey says Chicago has had 113 homicide victims this year. He says the police department has done a commendable job, but its resources are stretched thin.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis says he appreciates the lawmakers&#8217; frustration and willingness to help, but doubts the National Guard is the best answer.<\/p>\n<p>A message left for Quinn wasn&#8217;t returned Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/news\/23261822\/detail.html Lawmakers: Military May Stop Chicago Crime Chicago Has Had 113 Homicide Victims This Year POSTED: 3:46 pm HST April 25, 2010 CHICAGO &#8212; Two Illinois lawmakers say violence has become so rampant in Chicago that the National Guard must be called in to help. Chicago Democratic Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford made a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6834\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chicago lawmakers call for military to stop crime&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6834"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6836,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6834\/revisions\/6836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}