by RICK MORAN
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gave a speech on crime on Monday where she admitted that Chicago needed the help of the federal government to halt the out-of-control violence plaguing the city.
This is a big turnaround for Lightfoot. In the summer of 2020, with violence and chaos raging in the streets of Chicago, she arrogantly refused an offer from then-President Donald Trump for federal assistance.
“What we do not need, and what will certainly make our community less safe is secret, federal agents deployed to Chicago,” Lightfoot wrote in a letter to Trump.
She added “Please stop with the rhetoric and find the moral courage to simply support the needed actions listed above: enact common-sense gun laws, partner with our law enforcement actors through providing investigative resources, deliver on community-based resources for public safety, and invest in our neighborhoods and residents,” Lightfoot wrote.
Recall that at that time, federal law enforcement — including ATF — had been dispatched to Seattle, where the left wet its pants when the feds actually began to try and restore order. The radicals put a stop to that immediately.
But Lightfoot recognizes she needs help.
ABC7:She said she made a formal request to Garland to send ATF agents to Chicago for six months, as well as more federal prosecutors and federal marshals to target those with outstanding warrants. Her hope is with their help they can strip illegal guns and drugs away from gangs and off the city’s streets.
She said her goal is to “proactively and relentlessly bring peace to our city once and for all.”
The city is currently facing a 25-year high in murders, with 767 so far and counting.
Lightfoot blamed the violence on gangs and too many illegal guns. Along with asking for additional federal help, she doubled down on her criticism of the courts, and called for a moratorium on violent offenders being allowed out on electronic monitoring.Yesterday, she didn’t offer any more substantive ideas on how to stem the violence, but she assured citizens she was working hard.
Chicago Sun Times:In a speech designed to reassure frightened Chicago residents and visitors, Lightfoot also promised to “dramatically expand the reach of cameras with license plates readers” and renewed her push for City Council approval of her stalled gang asset forfeiture ordinance.
“Public safety has been, is and will continue to be my highest priority. Keeping you safe is my priority…I wake every morning with this as my first concern, and I push myself every day and all involved to step up and do more because we cannot continue to endure the level of violence we are now experiencing,” she said.
Although she claims to have been “aggressively executing on a comprehensive plan,” Lightfoot acknowledged that Chicago will “end the year far short of the expectation that we all had when the year began.”That’s the answer, fer sure. The gangbangers are quaking in their Nike Cortezes, now that they know their murders will be recorded on a video camera.
And just who is it that’s being aggressive? The police? The courts? The politicians? Sorry, but the only aggressive ones in the city are those organized retail theft gangs who are stripping downtown stores bare.
Chicago’s situation is what it is because radicals are in control of the city and they care more about the appearance of “justice” than actual, physically manifest justice.
What more than the almost total bans already in place does Mayor Freak-Face think would help? She has no idea what to do for the citizens because she has destroyed what works. They have to let law enforcement do its job and stop demonizing every act or mistake police makes. Stop letting criminals out of jail and start prosecuting them.
So, like Democrats did with “infrastructure”, she basically held public safety hostage (and allowed hundreds to be killed and injured) for the liberal dream of “common sense gun control”, i.e. full disarmament and confiscation (of the law abiding). Now her poll numbers must be so bad as to pretend to care about those citizens being gunned down, robbed, mugged and looted. It’s all a façade.
Oh, and Mayor… RESIGN. You are a disgraceful failure (like all the other Democrats).
the moronic, HIV, transplant mayor has destroyed Chi. CPD have been ordered to sand down on all cases major and minor. the idiot, commie fox has propelled Chi., along with the moronic mayor into a war zone. Recent report on the cities’ crime wave of over 1000 shooting homicides has placed fox and the idiot mayor as the cause. fox has been noted for abuse of power and pandering false information. the moron’s plan is a JOKE. Worked in Chi for eight plus years, at the time is was a very vibrant city, rich in culture and tradition. Now it is a dead city thanks to the moronic lightfoot and the demorat council. The fat ass gov., yes he is morbidly obese is part of the problem. the moron now want tax payer, federal aid to rebuild Chi. Chi., is now America’s Beirut Lebanon.
And of Course Biden being a lowdown thieving Polecat will comply with Lightfoot’s request since the two of them would make Vulture Barf
More gun control?
How?
The city of Chicago is gun control capitol of the US.
Only the gangs have guns there.
That is the way the left would like it. Law abiding citizens are not allowed to own guns. Only criminals have 2nd amendment rights.
really? lived and worked in Chi for 8+ years, every body carries a gun. recall that outside of Chi., Cook country you can purchase a gun. The little old lady on the bus is packing a 380 or a 9 mm. True the gangs can have all the guns they want thanks to the mayor.
She needs to resign for leading the Windy City into this mmess in the first place
Now we can see how the chickens who came home to roost get removed. The democrats have no idea how to reverse so many years of mismanagement and lack of real leadership.
It’s amazing how easily Donald convinced you that the best arrangement is to put the foxes in charge of the hen houses.