Illinois letter carriers demand safety improvements amidst rise in attacks – WGNTV (Chicago)

“They don’t understand what we face in our day. Each and every day as we go out there in fear!” Elise Foster with the Illinois State Association of Letter Carriers said at a rally at Chicago’s Federal Plaza. “We’re getting assaulted in the neighborhood just for doing our job. Having guns pulled on us while we’re delivering the mail,” Mike Caref with the National Association of Letter Carriers added.
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Lawrence
1 year ago

First they left law abiding citizens without adequate security, now it’s the governments own employees and yet we keep electing them.

debtsor
1 year ago
Reply to  Lawrence

not we, they. They keep electing them. They as in Democrats.

David F
1 year ago

The post office should pay for FOID, CCL, and arm the postal carriers willing to protect themself.
If not call 911 like the rest of the suckers.

debtsor
1 year ago
Reply to  David F

As Chicago crime twitter personality Spot News points out, that concealed weapon ain’t going to help you when the perp pulls his gun on you first, and the per is just gonna steal your gun too. CCL has it’s place but an armed mail carrier walking around with a 30lbs bag of mail isn’t going to be able to access his/her piece fast enough to defend himself/herself against a twitchy teenage perp with an autoclip and a quick trigger. The moment the mail carrier reaches for that gun, the mail carrier is already going to be shot dead. The solution… Read more »

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