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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

More spending on youth programs won’t stop crime

Chicago police work the scene where a man and a woman were shot and killed while traveling in a vehicle in the 2300 block of West 21st Street in Pilsen, Nov. 14, 2022. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time)

Once again we get a new mayor in Chicago who thinks they have new solutions in curbing the violence and crime in our city. I’m sure the mayor has his heart in the right place and is hopeful his ideas will work as I also hope they will.

Some elected officials said the crime and violence we face is because the youth are bored. Give me a break.

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