Lightfoot says she won’t defund police, says most Chicagoans want more cops – Chicago Sun-Times*

At a graduation ceremony for police recruits and newly-promoted officers at Navy Pier — the first since early in the pandemic — Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, “Our residents are desperate for your help and your support. They want more police — not less police. We are not a city and will never be a city that bows to those arguing for de-funding.”