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Chicago mayor who pushed $80M defund of cops now pleads for feds to save city
2021-12-22
[NYPOST] reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
— who last year proposed cutting $80 million from her city’s police budget — publicly pleaded with the feds on Monday to bolster the ranks of her city’s cops amid a surge in shootings and homicides.Lightfoot called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to send agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Windy City for a six-month crackdown on illegal guns.

"We cannot continue to endure the level of violence that we are now experiencing," Lightfoot said during a 40-minute speech.

"I feel the urgency every day."

The desperation move made Lightfoot — who’s said she opposes the "defund the police" movement — the second big-city Democratic mayor in days to announce dramatic steps to restore law and order as crime spirals out of control.

On Dec. 14, progressive the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
Mayor London Breed — who last year pledged to shift $120 million from the city’s law-enforcement budget to social spending — reversed course during a speech in which she vowed to end "the reign of criminals who are destroying our city."



Posted by:Fred

#19  The Story of Lori, or, Angles and Dangles

As if from the brow of old Zeus
There sprouted a pole and... a noose?
No, omen of doom, go!
What glowed in the gloom
Was the cold golden egg of a goose.
[snap snap snap]
Posted by: Shusolet Panda3990   2021-12-22 22:19  

#18  This was all part of their plan. I have said it all along. She defunds the police. crime goes up. The feds take over the police department, funding means ownership. Now the city does not pay and the fed have a model for federalizing local police...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2021-12-22 21:11  

#17  ^ With that peripheral eyesight she oughta come up with some fish too
Posted by: Frank G   2021-12-22 20:31  

#16  If tomorrow morning she began to swim from the Oak Street beach to Holland Michigan, I'd be impressed. Anything short of that, forget it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-12-22 16:46  

#15  A good start to saving Chicago would be for Lightfoot to resign. However, IMO Chicago has been under Dem corruption for too long to be saved.
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-12-22 16:41  

#14  let them eat each other
Posted by: Chris   2021-12-22 16:03  

#13  crusader

actually in many cities the choice is between nutzoid lefty vs corrupt lefty

that was the case in Chicago in 2019

next mayoral race in Chicago is 2023, Police Union chief John Catanzara is currently planning to run

Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-12-22 15:08  

#12  Why do liberal cities keep electing *freaks*?

I can pretend to understand why liberals elect liberals. But some of these people don't even function well in their own lives and have no business in a leadership position. Why do white women and some white men have no discernment when it comes to these matters?
Posted by: Crusader   2021-12-22 15:01  

#11  832 Homicides so far in 2021. Also, somewhere about 1000 opioid related deaths.

There were 974 homicides back in 1972.

Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-12-22 12:46  

#10  Gun Violence Descends
Ferret Rises
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-22 11:20  

#9  ...and not the people using them?

Of course not, silly! It's called "gun violence", not "interpersonal people shooting each other violence". Once we get rid of all the guns, everyone will magically become nice.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-12-22 11:18  

#8  #6 Lightfoot called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to crack down on illegal guns.

Da Ferret gon' hunt down dat bad ol' Gun Violence and bite his ass good - jus' you watch
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-22 10:56  

#7  And like all Democrats, she takes a dump and wants someone else to clean it up.
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-22 10:39  

#6  Lightfoot called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to send agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Windy City for a six-month crackdown on illegal guns.

...and not the people using them?
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-22 10:38  

#5  Ha! Wat goes around....
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-12-22 10:13  

#4  ditto darth
Posted by: Chris   2021-12-22 10:05  

#3  Fuck them. They voted for this, now they can live with it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-12-22 09:18  

#2  The chaos was the whole idea from the beginning. Thus making people miserable and creating more recruits for the hard left.

They cannot win when people are happy. They have to create misery. Yes, this is in their literature and is not a secret.
Posted by: Sheter the Lesser9291   2021-12-22 02:25  

#1  Good Lord! Gangs are gonna eat the feds up! They are picked for their affinity to go after the Left's political opponents on the Right not deadly gangs such as Chicago's Black Disciples, etc. etc. etc. ...
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-12-22 00:43  

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