About-face: Democrats scramble to embrace law and order after police defunding backfires – Just the News

Mayor Lori Lightfoot had proposed slashing $80 million from Chicago's police budget in 2020 (the proposal was later scaled back to $59 million) and saw 660 officers retire last year on her watch. Months after the massive budget cuts, the murder rate jumped to a 25-year high, and Lightfoot asked the federal government for additional law enforcement resources to combat rampant crime. She also slightly increased the police budget.
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Mary Juana
3 years ago

President Trump offered and she refused

Ex Illini
3 years ago

Is there anything the Dems haven’t screwed up? It’s a rhetorical question.

Eugene from a payphone
3 years ago

Democrats are shameless, winning and destroying are the only things that count!

The Paraclete
3 years ago

Democrats scrambling up a greased slope of their own making. Just dumb in so many ways!

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