Photo courtesy of Chicago Mayor’s Office President Trump’s description of Chicago as a war zone is grounded in stark data showing that more Americans were killed there than in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Between 2001 and 2016, the city recorded 8,229 homicides, surpassing total U.S. military deaths from Afghanistan (2,459 service members and 1,822 contractors) and Iraq (4,518 service members and 281 contractors), which together amounted to roughly 8,799 fatalities. Even from 2016 to 2020, another 3,276 people were killed in Chicago. In the city’s most violent neighborhoods, such as Garfield Park, young men faced an annual firearm homicide rate of 1,277 per 100,000 in 2021–2022, more than triple the 395 per 100,000 risk faced by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Chicago,…
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