"What we're doing right now is making the best with the number of officers that we have," Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said. "We're down close to 2,000 officers."
When even the Washington Post calls for rolling back a part of woke culture, you know it’s long past time for universities to pay attention.
If you’ve been in Illinois long enough to go through a school district tax hike referendum, you’ll understand what’s going on right now as state lawmakers prepare to vote on the 2025 state budget.
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
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“What, me worry” says Alfred E Neuman Johnson. Besides, this is exactly what Mayor BJ campaigned on, a smaller police force. Guess that those who voted for him should be satisfied with this and the mostly peaceful protests and likely chaos to follow later this summer.
The National Guard will be on high alert. Pritzker has no intention of being embarrassed.
No way will the IL National Guard be involved. This convention is JB’s 2028 Presidential Campaign Coronation and he will do nothing to spoil his party. He is counting on the National Pravda media to conceal the “fiery but mostly peaceful” mayhem surrounding United Center. Half of Chicago could burn to the ground and the Pravda media will suffocate all coverage; JB is counting on their corruption and collusion.
And be sure to read the Politico and WSJ stories explaining why Mayor Johnson just might be on the protesters side. Links:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/10/rookie-mayor-chicago-dnc-00157208. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-and-chaos-e6bf0bcc?st=2prw6eyt34vatdq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
And the City is suddenly surprised? Why would anyone want to be a Police officer today? The City government does not stand behind them, Criminals have NO fear of murdering them, the media crucifies them and second guesses every split-second decision the officer makes and then charges them with crimes when they think they made some sort of mistake. This staffing trend will continue in a downward spiral. Rightfully so, the existing Police officers are following orders…wait in the shade till a call comes in…go and write the report…then back to the shade. Rinse and repeat. Proactively doing Police work… Read more »
After the convention the CPD will be down hundreds more officers after the police hating COPA who will investigate hundreds, perhaps thousands of complaints by professional terroists, will be sustained and officers will be suspend or fired. The August party held by democrats to pick a candidate will be a crap show of epic proportions reflecting the epic crap show that is happening in Illinois and across the nation because of democrats.