Chicago: Police Routinely Ordered Not to Pursue Fleeing Armed Robbery Suspects

[Kamaji]

Chicago:  Police Routinely Ordered Not to Pursue Fleeing Armed Robbery Suspects

Guy Benson
August 04, 2023

The city of Chicago has a persistent crime and lawlessness problem, and much of it can be traced back to policies enforced by the political leaders in charge of the deep blue city and state.  Law enforcement officials have been forced into a defensive, soft-on-crime crouch for years, leading to dramatic protest resignations like this one.  One consequence of the city's anti-pursuit-of-criminals guidelines is that criminals are committing dangerous, illegal acts with impunity, then fleeing -- secure in the knowledge that police will likely not chase after them, as a matter of course.  A website that tracks Windy City crime on a daily basis describes harrowing vignettes playing out across the town, night after night:

Well, the sun came up again today, so that means we have to publish yet another story about the seemingly endless string of nightly armed robberies in Chicago. Once again, Chicago police officers radioed that they had located the robbers driving around the area. And, once again, Chicago police supervisors ordered the cops to terminate efforts to pull the robbers over...As was the case in the over 100 armed robberies we’ve told you about recently, last night’s spree involved armed men who jumped out of a stolen Kia to rob people at gunpoint on the street. And, once again, the robberies were centered in West Town, up to Logan Square. The robberies began around 11:35 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of West Monroe. Two people were robbed there. Just before midnight, four men stepped out of the black Kia SUV and tried to rob a man in the 1700 block of West Carroll. They pushed him, pistol-whipped him, and drove away without getting anything...

CPD officers told dispatchers they spotted the robbers’ car in the 2000 block of West Division in Wicker Park around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. But the police department’s helicopter was not in service last night. Supervisors in CPD’s Shakespeare (14th) and the neighboring Near West (12th) Districts ordered their units to refrain from engaging with the vehicle. And the crew got away.

Police supervisors aren't letting criminals get away because they're pro-criminal.  They're doing it because they're forced to do so, under the policies the city has enacted.  After listing off statistics about spiking armed robberies in various neighborhoods, the report explains the context to all of this:

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Source:  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2023/08/04/chicago-police-routinely-ordered-not-to-pursue-fleeing-armed-robbery-suspects-n2626617

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

[Kamaji]

That's about the size of it.

[mountaineer]

Just another night in the big city.

At least 14 robbed in violent, hour-long robbery spree overnight; 78-year-old beaten by muggers
September 21, 2023 5:46 AM
CWBChicago
Boystown, Citywide, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, Near North, Ravenswood, River North, South Loop, Uptown

CHICAGO — Carloads of robbers committed an hour-long string of robberies from the North Side to downtown Chicago this morning, robbing at least 14 people, many of whom were physically attacked. Chicago police said they have not arrested anyone for the crimes.

The robberies began around 12:50 a.m. with the beating and mugging of a 78-year-old man in Lakeview. He was walking in the 1900 block of West Wolfram when six men ordered him to turn over his property. He complied, but “several” of the men decided to attack him anyway, according to the CPD. The group escaped in a dark sedan.

An ambulance transported the victim to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. The police said he was in good condition.

In Boystown about ten minutes later, four men robbed a 53-year-old man at gunpoint in the 700 block of West Belmont. They displayed guns and took his valuables. Even though he complied with their demands, one of the robbers hit him in the head before the group fled in a black sedan, police said.

An officer at the scene said the robbers were Black males wearing ski masks and dark clothing who had at least two guns.

Also around 1 a.m., a 32-year-old woman was in the 2800 block of North Lincoln when four men and a woman confronted her with handguns and demanded her property. She complied. But one of the offenders hit her in the head before they fled in a dark sedan, according to CPD. ...

[PeteS in CA]

Why is CPD discriminating against thieves who are too fat or disabled to run?!!!

[Fishrrman]

"At least 14 robbed in violent, hour-long robbery spree overnight; 78-year-old beaten by muggers"

What's it going to be like in Chicago a year from now?
Five years from now?

[mountaineer]

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1728103034989998401

[DefiantMassRINO]

This is the lax community policing they asked for.  The danger and futility of being a cop is not worth him risking his life for a community and a legal system that is hostile towards him.