Every poll we’ve seen, minorities want more policing…they also want better policing, sure, but they want more of it, not less – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer

Ted was on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan and Amy to talk about the latest developments regarding the lawsuit against the SAFE-T Act, why minority communities want more and better policing, the madness that is Chicago’s gun violence victims fund and the importance of the school board elections coming in April.

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Marie
1 year ago

Some minority neighborhoods want police to do what they want them to do and not what they were trained for? Will residents file law suits against police for doing their jobs? Do police have to check with residents and get permission before acting? Will residents be OK if someone they know gets arrested? Will residents and police criticize, help each other or just make demands? Everyone is entitled to police protection so I hope it works out. Also, pay more attention when voting, it will help.

Fullbladder
1 year ago
Reply to  Marie

Exactly! The black community, because that is who we’re talking about, would rather see 500 of their own community members murdered by the “community” than 1 cop shoot a thug who decides he wants to fight-it-out with the police. That’s the sad truth. Whether it wants to be admitted to or not, the police are the last-in-line in dealing with society’s miscreants.

Riverbender
1 year ago

While polls say minorities want more police action on election day when the real polls that count are tallied the minorities apparently wanted less protection and they got it. The situation should be left as it is until next election and see what the voters desires are at that time. Who knows? It may wake up a lot of non voters to get off their duffs, get educated and vote for a change and that would be good for all of us.

debtsor
1 year ago
Reply to  Riverbender

Voter turnout is already high in neighborhoods with high crime. It would be difficult to increase turnout even more. That’s how Kim Foxx and other black Democrat politicians win office in Chicago and Cook County over the hispanic and white politicians. A consolidated black vote where 90-95% of the high turnout all goes to the same candidate.

nixit
1 year ago

Just based on labor participation in general, I don’t think CPD is going to be able to hire as many officers as they have in the past. CPD is going to have to learn to do more with less. That means new deployment strategies.

debtsor
1 year ago

Surveys suggest residents want more police, but, they elect Kim Foxx with vote totals that would make Putin and Maduro blush.

It’s either cognitive dissonance or voter fraud. Take your pick.

Mr Peabody's Boy Sherman
1 year ago

Add cops to certain neighborhoods, they will complain, remove cops from certain neighborhoods they will complain. Ya just can’t win with whatever is done in certain neighborhoods. It’s been like this for decades, never happy, never satisfied because the problems in those certain neighborhoods have to be blamed on someone or something except for the real reasons.

Pat S.
1 year ago

Yup. However it’s racist to mention that fact. Like the elephant in the room or the emperor with no clothes … all must remain silent about what everyone knows to be true.

Stupid chickens

Lana
1 year ago

Sure Illinois lawmakers put the blame on crime on law abiding gun owners. Illinois lawmakers have the sham down pat. Illinois lawmakers are the criminals best friend.

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