Politics Over People: Chicago's Leaders Are Failing Their City
There was no Labor Day holiday for Chicago criminals, who murdered nine people and wounded another 51; most (if not all) were black or brown people with names and stories we will never know. Meanwhile, crime is down sharply in Washington, D.C., where three people were shot and wounded, but no one was killed over the weekend.
Rather than learn from Washington, D.C.’s experience, Chicago’s leaders are doubling down to frustrate a proposed federal law enforcement surge here that will make Chicago safer for all.
As the weekend’s carnage unfolded, Mayor Johnson issued an order blocking the Chicago Police from cooperating with any new federal law enforcement effort while Gov. Pritzker was on TV describing a D.C.-style federal law enforcement surge as an invasion. Last week, Pritzker declared that crime is a “manufactured crisis” in Chicago and that federal crime-fighting initiatives are merely a cover for Trump’s supposed darker, more authoritarian motives.
Pritzker’s now familiar stridency contrasts sharply with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s approach, who thanked Trump last week, saying: “We greatly appreciate the surge of officers.” A new poll by M3 Strategies suggests Chicagoans would appreciate a surge of officers here, too.
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