Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, July 14, 2016.
Chicago doesn’t actually have the highest per capita murder rate in the U.S.
Chicago’s murder rate is higher than that of New York City or Los Angeles, but there are many smaller cities with a higher per capita murder rate—including some represented by antigun control congressmen. As Congress argues about gun control legislation in the wake of the Dallas police shooting and the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, the Guardian has released a list of U.S. cities with the highest per capita murder rates. The paper has also examined which party represents each city in the U.S. House of Representatives. Saint Louis, Detroit, and New Orleans (all represented by Democrats) top the list, with the highest murder rates. Jackson, Mississippi, represented by a Republican, comes in fourth. [Guardian]
