Chicago-Area County Commissioner Wants UN To Help Combat City’s Violence

By Tom Knighton

Chicago is plagued with violence that long pre-dated the Supreme Court’s decision in McDonald vs. Chicago that repealed many of the city’s draconian gun laws. It’s truly a problem, to be sure.

Now, a Cook County commissioner wants the United Nations to step in and help.

Yes. Seriously.

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin headed to the United Nations in New York Thursday to ask for help fighting violence in Chicago.

“I’m hoping to appeal the UN to actually come to Chicago and meet with victims of violence and maybe even possibly help out in terms of peace keeping efforts,” Boykin said.

Boykin boarded a plane to New York City for a meeting with an Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations. It’s a meeting that’s been planned for more than a month and stems from disconcerting violence numbers seen this year in Chicago. Violence which is felt particularly hard in many African American communities.

“We’ve had over 600 people killed by gun violence already this year alone. That is a huge number, in my community of Austin we’ve had 450 people shot and 80 people killed this year alone 18 so we have to do more to protect these communities,” Boykin said.

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Source:: Bearing Arms