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Title: Chicago Mayor Cites COVID-19 For City’s Escalating Murder Rate
Post by: mystery-ak on July 06, 2020, 06:55:25 pm

David Krayden
Ottawa Bureau Chief
July 06, 2020 1:46 PM ET


Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot cited the coronavirus Monday as the reason for the city’s escalating murder rate.

When told that homicides in Chicago are “up more than 30%” and asked, “What is happening right now,” the mayor pointed to “the ecosystem of public safety” in a CNN interview.

“All of these forces are coming together at the same time and making it very difficult. The ecosystem of public safety that isn’t just law enforcement but is local, community-based, they, too, have really been hit hard by COVID [-19] and are now just kind of coming back online and getting their footing.”

Shootings killed 18 people over the last weekend in June in the city — including two children and a teenager. There were similar results over the July 4th weekend.

Gun violence increased despite stay at home orders. Lightfoot has previously blamed Republicans for the mayhem.

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/06/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-covid-19-coronavirus-escalating-murder-rate/
Title: Re: Chicago Mayor Cites COVID-19 For City’s Escalating Murder Rate
Post by: Applewood on July 06, 2020, 08:34:51 pm
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“All of these forces are coming together at the same time and making it very difficult. The ecosystem of public safety that isn’t just law enforcement but is local, community-based, they, too, have really been hit hard by COVID [-19] and are now just kind of coming back online and getting their footing.

Huh?  If that isn't the longest string of BS in the world, I don't know what is.

The problem started long before COVID, but because Black Lives Matter, other anarchists and politicians like this mayor would rather focus on a much smaller number of black males being killed by the police (justifiably I might add), the murders of blacks by blacks will continue to escalate. 
Title: Re: Chicago Mayor Cites COVID-19 For City’s Escalating Murder Rate
Post by: Smokin Joe on July 07, 2020, 01:15:02 am
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Gun violence increased despite stay at home orders.

Well maybe if the guns had to wear masks....
Title: Re: Chicago Mayor Cites COVID-19 For City’s Escalating Murder Rate
Post by: libertybele on July 07, 2020, 01:22:16 am
Quote from: Smokin Joe on July 07, 2020, 01:15:02 am
Well maybe if the guns had to wear masks....

Didn't even both to read the article - headline was enough to determine that the mayor of Chicago is stupid.
Title: Re: Chicago Mayor Cites COVID-19 For City’s Escalating Murder Rate
Post by: Smokin Joe on July 07, 2020, 01:39:12 am
Quote from: libertybele on July 07, 2020, 01:22:16 am
Didn't even both to read the article - headline was enough to determine that the mayor of Chicago is stupid.
Didn't need that much. No city in the US more dangerous than serving in Iraq is being run right.