Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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"The postal workers have become like every other citizen around Chicago, worried about every step they take," Ald. Anthony Napolitano said.
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No one, including mail carriers, should be in fear for their safety when they are doing their job.
This is a symptom of the lawlessness that is a result of politicians looking the other way when the country was rocked by riots in 2020.Those ‘mostly peaceful protests’ were anything but ‘mostly peaceful.’
If the SAFE-T Act isn’t repealed we can expect the situation to only deteriorate further.
Postal theft is rampant in Chicago. What they are looking for is checks. They alter the checks and do a mobile deposit with their phone. They have keys to the mailbox and steal mail out of the mailboxes, you may have noticed a lot of mailboxes are disappearing. That’s USPS’s plan for solving it. We started dropping our mail off inside the post office and checks are still getting stolen. We have fraud protection so the checks don’t go through but it’s a major hassle. It would be interesting to know if they have arrested one person yet for this.… Read more »
Well perhaps the mailman needs to carry his metal American Express card while on his route. Don’t leave home without it!
Attacking a postal worker is a federal offense. Where is the Justice Department on this? Maybe if Merrick Garland wasn’t persecuting parents he could prosecute violent offenders.
You expect the justice department of this current administration to pursue criminals? They are too busy investigating President Trump.
They’re also investigating us!