Cook County Commissioner Richard R. Boykin
Recent News About Cook County Commissioner Richard R. Boykin View More
-
Boykin blames Chicago gun violence on bad policy, poverty, drugs
With a 2016 per capita homicide rate of 34.22 (as reported by the FBI), Chicago’s problem with gun violence has plenty of politicians talking about solutions. One of them is Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, who calls the crime wave “genocide.”