Chicago mayor: Police 'are losing the streets' to major eruptions of violence

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Chicago’s new mayor is taking issue with the city's police department as the city continues to see far more homicides than New York and Los Angeles, as well as major eruptions of other violence.

“One weekend does not make a trend,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday, according to Fox 32. “But we've now had a couple weekends where it feels like we are losing the streets.”

The mayor made the comments while in New York to attend the opening of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, which is funded by billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg "to equip [mayors] with the tools and expertise to effectively lead complex cities."

Lightfoot's comments also came off the back of one of the city's bloodiest weekends so far this year, in which more than 40 people shot, nine of them fatally.

Right before Independence Day, 50 people were shot. And despite the deployment of an extra 1,200 officers in the city, at least 43 people were shot over Memorial Day weekend, seven of them fatally.

More than 1,500 extra Chicago Police officers hit the streets, parks and lakefront for the July 4 holiday, typically one of the most violent weekends of the year.

Police also executed three separate operations in June that resulted in a total of 170 arrests on gun and narcotics charges, the seizure of 38 guns and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs. The most recent effort, called “Operation Independence,” ended right before the holiday with the arrests of 77 people — 34 of whom are convicted felons.

Lightfoot said she is not ready to change police leadership but wants to focus on reducing the bloodshed, saying: "It's no secret that I’m pushing [Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson] and his leadership team to do better.”





https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicagos...ng-the-streets-to-major-eruptions-of-violence
 

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I am sure that all of this violence is fueled by whites.
 

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The mayor is the leader of the city. What is she going to do about the problem?
 

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shes gonna BEND THE KNEE to her President...

Lol well...

If she was smart thats what she would do
 

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Is the shit....to bad he's fictional...

Yeah, he's awesome especially that voice

There likely are real world equivalent cops, you'd just about have to a Hank Voight in a big city, where I live a cop might go his entire career without firing his weapon in the line of duty and not deal with anything more violent than a DUI arrest ( even that gets 6-8 backup officers, when the guy is already cuffed ), to maybe arresting a shoplifter

It's a piece of cake job in small town CT, but surely a nightmare in Chicago
 

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I'm sure the Congressional Representatives from Chicago are all more concerned about their Trumped up violence at the borders

And CNN is probably blaming the violence in America's second city on Trump, Bush and Law Enforcement Officers
 

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i lived in Chicago right near downtown on the 23d floor of a highrise in 69-71 had a 1y year old son. wife andI went to a friends for new years. came back at 1:00 am and son and babysitter were sleeping in the hallway..i asked y? she said "they shot your window out" it seems eacause "they" didnt have fireworks it was common to just fire guns into the air..went off the ceiling through the bedroom wall and into the kitchen..moved to the suburbs the next month.these problems arnt new..
 

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i lived in Chicago right near downtown on the 23d floor of a highrise in 69-71 had a 1y year old son. wife andI went to a friends for new years. came back at 1:00 am and son and babysitter were sleeping in the hallway..i asked y? she said "they shot your window out" it seems eacause "they" didnt have fireworks it was common to just fire guns into the air..went off the ceiling through the bedroom wall and into the kitchen..moved to the suburbs the next month.these problems arnt new..
Wow
 
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i lived in Chicago right near downtown on the 23d floor of a highrise in 69-71 had a 1y year old son. wife andI went to a friends for new years. came back at 1:00 am and son and babysitter were sleeping in the hallway..i asked y? she said "they shot your window out" it seems eacause "they" didnt have fireworks it was common to just fire guns into the air..went off the ceiling through the bedroom wall and into the kitchen..moved to the suburbs the next month.these problems arnt new..

Damn. I'd rather sleep on the ground in the jungle. Safer.
 
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Again. Solution is very simple.

Stop thinking the feelings of sub humans is more important than economics and basic safety
 
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At my man’s funeral, it’s like nobody care
When police get shot, the mayor, and everybody there
 

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Bring in the military to clean it up

Active duty U.S. military forces cannot engage in state law enforcement activities. That said, state National Guard forces are a state/governor asset and can be deplored as necessary.
 

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