Chicago Spent Millions to Help ‘People Who Cause Harm’

‘Trauma Reducing Book Clubs’ and acupuncture for criminals;

Daniel Greenfield , Bio and Archives--July 29, 2026

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Chicago commemorated the Juneteenth weekend by shooting 39 people and leaving 6 of them dead and surpassing last year’s relatively mild 5 dead and 16 wounded weekend. According to politicians and the media, crime is down in Chicago. According to reality, 861 people have been shot and 207 people have been killed so far this year and we haven’t even reached July.

(Editor’s note: it’s now 864 people shot and 208 killed. It’ll be higher when you read this.)

‘Trauma Reducing’ book clubs

Mayor Brandon Johnson (pictured above) responded to the weekend massacres by declaring a ‘Transfemicide State of Emergency’ even though none of the people shot were transgender and the only transgender man killed this year was killed by his boyfriend, and calling for a $100 million Department of Gun Violence Prevention even as Chicago faces a $1.3 billion budget deficit.

The $100 million Department of Gun Violence Prevention campaign had been advanced by radical clergy, including Obama mentor Father Michael Pfleger, an associate of other Obama allies like Louis Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright, as the solution to Chicago’s problems.

But what would that $100 million actually do?

The Biden administration had created a White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, that the Trump administration shut down, to largely push gun bans, but Chicago can’t do that.

Dozens of media stories have been filed pushing the permanent $100 million Department of Gun Violence Prevention without ever describing its function or how it would do anything.

The real goal is to take the Office of Violence Prevention championed by Mayor Brandon Johnson and........

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