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"The root causes of the crime and violence in our communities are connected to historic disinvestment and marginalization," Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said. "Disinvestment and marginalization experienced by the neighborhoods that are experiencing the most violence. The problem is complicated and systemic."
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“Disinvestment” is a ruse to get more money into the pockets of those who live in chicagos violent communities. Over the years there have been investments in those communities by people willing to risk their assets.. The problem is when theft, crime and violence cause those investments to fail. Who would invest in an area that is certain to fail. They need investment in those areas that actually work. That investment would be a states attorney who would actually prosecute bad actors, judges who would convict them, and a Sherrif to keep them in jail instead of letting them go.
Preckwinkle’s own daughter-in-law was arrested for murder in 2021. Her son has a long Chicago arrest record, despite her political clout’s ability to semi-control frequency of arrests. When will Chicago MSM have gumption to investigate Toni’s own family in regards to “Violence Against Women”? Curious voters need to know.
Disenfranchised murderers are going hungry!
Hey Toni, You are a dope how about crime on everyone!!!!
When they use the word “disinvestment” it almost sounds like “give us more money”. Just another way for them to get more money for their get out the vote, err, I mean community organization.
“Disinvestment” translated: what happens when residents of an area burn, loot, riot, and support gang lifestyles, thus causing rational people and businesses to leave that area.
OK, show me the stats. Is it just man-on-woman crime or is woman-on-woman crime on the rise? What races are the victims and the assailants? Do the list of victims include those who are transgender or identify as women? Taxwinkle must be anti-science not to share the data.
There you go, trying to analyze data.
Political headlines and bloviating is the goal, not actually analyzing the data and trying to understand the problem (if there is one) or how to fix it.
I’ve come to expect no more from the Cook County cabal.
These are not leaders, they are enablers. They have enabled the explosion of violence, and have the nerve to act dismayed and play the race card when it happens. It is a race to the bottom with these incompetent fools in charge. Well done voters.
The race card to slander you and your ancestors.
“The root causes of the crime and violence in our communities are connected to historic disinvestment and marginalization,” Preckwinkle said. “Disinvestment and marginalization experienced by the neighborhoods that are experiencing the most violence. The problem is complicated and systemic.” This is complete NONSENSE. Violence spiked massively two years ago. Did historic disinvestment and marginalization happen only two years ago? Of course not. Systemic historic disinvestment and marginalization does not produce communities of sociopaths that indiscriminately kill women and children. If that were the case, abandoned and rotting former rural company towns in the rust belt would have murder rates the… Read more »
Yep. First question I always ask is “what’s changed?” Disinvestment doesn’t explain the surge in violence against women today because such “disinvestment” has existed for decades. In fact, investment in these communities is far greater today than it has ever been. Plenty of jobs everywhere now too. So, ample employment opportunities, free government money, more social programs, yet more violence. What’s the problem? What changed?
What changed is embracing so-called “social justice.” Until the SJWs are shown the door, this will continue to deteriorate city life in America.