verb (used with object) 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. 2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
Today, the Chicago Police Department is doing something similar with gangs. Using a tool academics call ânetwork analysis,â the CPD is mapping the relationships among Chicagoâs 14,000 most active gang members. Itâs also ranking how likely those people are to be involved in a homicide, either as victims or offenders.
The busiest neighborhood for Chicago gun violence is Austin, where so far 80 people have been gunned down. The neighborhood, which is out on the West Side about four miles from where the 44 th president used to live, counts a current population of just 100,000, which means it has a gun-death rate of 82 per 100,000, a number that simply cannot be believed.