Op-ed: Lightfoot should stop the dangerous rhetoric and reason with the FOP – Chicago Tribune*

October 25, 2021

Paul Vallas: "Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s latest political stunt on an already-depleted and increasingly demoralized workforce is dangerous and will not only further impair the Chicago Police Department’s ability to deal with the city’s violent crime epidemic but also place officers themselves at greater risk.

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debtsor

4 years ago

They have this backwards. The city is taking the unresonable action. Lori needs reason.

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Mark Glennon

4 years ago

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They sure do. Horribly empty-headed editorial.

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