RandyBrian Loc: Texas

Hey, if the target fits, I would be rude not to throw muck at it.

4430 Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory

There you go again blaming right wind conservatives for doing excatly what the lefties are and have been doing ! so it sure sounds like you're talking about Democrats !

DASHY

A social worker would be of no use in that violent situation. If cops won't go in, maybe they need more training in working with riot squads.

DASHY

In Chicago, while some Aldermen have come out in favor of the "Defund the Police" movement, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said it doesn't need to be "an either or proposition." https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-lori-lightfoot-defunding-police-to-pay-for-more-social-services-doesnt-need-to-be-either-or-proposition/

cbpat1

They don’t Linda, your 100% correct. Anyone who can’t see that doesn’t have a lick of common sense.

EmilyD

And how is that working out for her?

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

So once again WHERE is all this training 2 years later???

Here's the results racist Lightfoot got~~you know, the one who won’t interview with white news reporters…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pleaded to the federal government for additional law enforcement resources on Monday to crack down on rampant crime, despite supporting measures to defund her city's police just last year.

A rampant crime crisis in major U.S. cities is causing progressive mayors who previously proposed dramatically reducing their city’s police budgets to reverse course and now portray a tough-on-crime stance.

Amid the anti-police protesting in 2020, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledged to cut $80 million from her city’s police budget, according to InjusticeWatch, but on Monday, she publicly pleaded for federal law enforcement agents to come to her city to help crack down on illegal guns.<snip>

https://fox17.com/amp/news/nation-world/mayor-who-pushed-to-defund-police-by-80m-pleads-with-feds-to-help-with-rampant-crime

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

It ain’t!! And she is 3/4 of the problem. She's a racist and bully!!! Remember when she made national headlines saying she wouldn’t interview with a white reporter?? That went over well too.

That led to the release of hundreds of pages of documents offering an unprecedented look at how Chicago’s chief executive deals with city aldermen and workers.

She scolded Ald. Gilbert Villegas, her former floor leader, for not appreciating how many strings federal COVID recovery monies carry and warned, “It would be a mistake for you to make promises that you have no ability to deliver.”

And she sent a sarcastic text to Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez after the first-term council member criticized her support for Columbus Day on Twitter.

“Shows real resolve toward building bridges,” Lightfoot said. “Nice work.”

In response to questions about the texts, Lightfoot press secretary Cesar Rodriguez released a statement Thursday saying, “The past two years have been some of the most challenging times for local elected leaders.”

“Governing is a tough business. Emotions can at times get the best of each of us,” the statement said. “The mayor is fully focused on working together with (aldermen) and other stakeholders to continue to address the very serious issues that face our city every day.”

Besides offering a look into relations between top officials, the texts offer a window into some of the key moments of Lightfoot’s administration and the anxieties gripping Chicago, showing how chaos has unfolded behind the scenes at crucial times in city history.

‘We are losing downtown’

Lightfoot regularly hears from aldermen about crime, which has spiked dramatically in Chicago over the past two years.

In January 2020, for instance, Pat Dowell texted the mayor about an “uptick in robberies on the (Red Line)” between Lake Street and Roosevelt Road.

Ald. Pat Dowell, shown with the mayor in June, has texted Lightfoot with concerns about crime, saying at one point, “South Loopers are complaining of course and there is talk on ‘leaving the city.' " (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
“South Loopers are complaining of course and there is talk on ‘leaving the city,’ ” Dowell said. “My commander has taken steps to address but the public transit division of (CPD) doesn’t have enough resources.”

“I am very concerned and focused on CTA issues,” Lightfoot responded. <<<~~~ so concerned she did nothing about it either.. “ those south loopers abut that Southside flavoring crime world of minority gang control~~~😣

That summer, Dowell also texted about “the lack of police response” in her ward. In another message, she said she’s “frustrated with the police. They don’t engage people or deter crime.”

“Finance doesn’t ticket people who ignore parking restrictions so I have a thousand people in two parks doing illegal fireworks, drinking and smoking (weed) and peeing all over the place,” Dowell said.<snip>


https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mayor-lightfoot-texts-aldermen-chicago-20211209-oxdwesoaszchjladyhzngb53le-story.html

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

You’re talking about a whole bunch of people cbpat…

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

"CHICAGO (TND) —
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pleaded to the federal government for additional law enforcement resources on Monday to crack down on rampant crime, despite supporting measures to defund her city's police just last year.

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A rampant crime crisis in major U.S. cities is causing progressive mayors who previously proposed dramatically reducing their city’s police budgets to reverse course and now portray a tough-on-crime stance.'

Sooo; it seams Mayor Lori Lightfoot has woken up.

DASHY

Sounds like illegal guns is a causing big problems for Chicago cops to handle. Federal help is called for. You forgot to quote Lori Lightfoot as saying "Chicago will never be a city that bows to those arguing for 'de-funding'.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Not at all ~~ their progressive agenda on defunding the police kicked their own asses in the last election and they are desperately trying to now distance themselves from what is the true intent anyway… Anything to save the party don’t you know…

It is still their plan~~~

DASHY

Chicago is a city that is filled with racial politics. Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing fierce opposition from Chicago City Aldermen with plenty of public name calling going around between the mayor, city aldermen and public safety officials. Mayor Lightfoot reminds everybody "it cannot be open season on cops." She admits getting shit for even daring to implement anything. With all this infighting going on, it is hard to see how this highly charged black/white public safety effort can be resolved. Will additional funding solve the problem?

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

She got her butt kicked for her strong support of defunding and knows it..look at the results of it… Thats just back up talk look at her action or lack thereof I should say..

Gangs, underground sale of guns and cartel involvement has always been a problem in Chicago. Not one politician there doesn’t know it they just ignore it. Southside, which is their breeding ground and predominantly black minority is exactly why they are there and not in other locations. I mean on the mass, they are everywhere but specifically Southside.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Shouldn’t have defunded 80 million and hung the police out with her racial hate filled rhetoric👎👎. Needs to get off the Dictator status too!!

Asked about the latest retirement numbers, a police spokeswoman says the department “continues to monitor and maintain appropriate resources citywide” and that recruitment is ongoing.

But Lopez says he thinks the police department’s recruiting efforts “have come woefully short” and the mayor has demoralized officers and scared off potential recruits with anti-police rhetoric. He also says a new police reform law makes cops feel they “have come under attack.

“Many of our officers are not choosing to leave law enforcement as a profession but are retiring early to go to other departments because they don’t feel appreciated and respected in their home city of Chicago,” the alderman says.

Among those who’ve recently taken early retirement is Randall Darlin, a former deputy chief of the police department’s bureau of crime control, who was sworn in June 1 as a deputy police chief in a Denver suburb.

John Catanzara, president of the Chicago police union, says there’s also been an exodus of young cops who haven’t been with the department long enough to qualify for retirement benefits. Some have fewer than 10 years on the job but want to move to other police departments because they’re “absolutely miserable,” according to Catanzara.

He says those young officers take leaves of absence until they can get hired elsewhere because they’re sick of working 12-hour shifts, having days off canceled and being under what he describes as a constant threat of punitive action.

“You are literally treated like a rented mule and ridden until you can’t go any more,” the union president says. “Today’s hero, tomorrow’s zero.”

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/6/18/22538601/chicago-police-department-retirements-soar-ray-lopez-john-catanzara


~~>>>She’s a progressive incompetent.. Fits in perfect with the politicians just not the city she was supposedly elected mayor into…