If Not Trump, Who Will Cure the Rot?

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The Wall Street Journal :

If Not Trump, Who Will Cure the Rot?

 

A Chicago murder wave and New York graft scandal are manifestations of political decay.

 

By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.

Sept. 23, 2016 6:10 p.m. ET

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One of the brothers charged in the August shooting death of mother-of-four Nykea Aldridge in Chicago, which prompted a controversial tweet from Donald Trump appealing for black support (“VOTE TRUMP!”), was released only two weeks earlier on a firearms violation.

 

Ditto the murderer of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, whose 2013 killing was adopted as a symbol by the Obama administration. Her killer had also recently been released on a weapons charge.

 

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson last month explained reality to the Chicago Tribune TRNC -0.58 % : Of the 1,400 people on the city’s “Strategic Subject List” of those believed responsible for its gun violence, most have been arrested and released multiple times on gun charges. By one count (that of the Chicago Sun-Times) 75% of those booked on gun violations in the first three months of 2016 were back on the streets by June.