By: Matt Rosenberg
Maybe you thought that the farther away we got from Covid and post-George Floyd violence, the steadier and stronger would be Chicago’s recovery from the crime that plagued the city in 2020 and 2021. But a slew of year-end data show Chicago is still mired in crime. All in all, it’s a portrait of a city stuck in an abyss.
Here are the ugly stats:
Major crimes that Chicago reported to the FBI for 2022 were up 33 percent versus 2019 and 41 percent greater than 2021.
Motor vehicle theft in Chicago last year was up an astounding 139 percent compared to 2019, while theft rose 37 percent, and robbery 13 percent. Shooting incidents in Chicago were up 32 percent versus 2019.
Chicago’s 695 murders in 2022 were 14 percent less than the 804 in 2021, but still 39 percent more than the 500 in the year Mayor Lori Lightfoot took office, 2019.
And here’s an especially disturbing detail: homicides of Chicagoans 18 years old and younger reached a four-year high of 87 in 2022.
Carjackings in 2022 were up 175 percent from 2019
Carjackings have become an especially horrific and increasingly commonplace crime in Chicago, leading in some cases to murder and almost always changing forever the lives of victims, who thought they could be safe at least in their own vehicles.
And so it’s no small thing that in 2022, Chicago carjackings climbed a stark 175 percent since the benchmark pre-Covid, pre-George Floyd year of 2019. Of the city’s 1,656 vehicular hijackings – or carjackings – in 2022, 75 percent were aggravated. That means that in most such cases the perpetrator used a weapon.
The percent of carjackings classified as aggravated were higher in Chicago in 2022 than in any of the prior three years.
At the same time, the arrest rate for 2022 Chicago carjackings is just 6.5 percent, versus 9.8 percent in 2019.
Carjackings in 2022 were on track to exceed 2021’s record total but it didn’t happen because there was a likely substitution effect in the second half of the year. Motor vehicle thefts became an increasingly feasible alternative to carjackings. That’s because of the so-called “Kia Boy” phenomenon that arose last summer. Kia Boys in Chicago were guided by online videos that showed how to steal late model Kia and Hyundai vehicles with just a USB cord. That sparked a huge uptick in car thefts and likely contributed to a leveling off of car theft from the driver by force – or carjacking. But in Chicago today, that “leveling off” for 2022 still came to a near tripling of carjackings since 2019.
All told, it’s small wonder that the CEO of McDonald’s warned Lightfoot in 2022 that the city risks continuing loss of major employers to other states and cities which will aggressively recruit them based on Chicago’s widely known crime problem.
As we reported in September, CEO Chris Kemczynski said in a speech to The Economic Club of Chicago: “outsiders sense vulnerability. I’ve heard from other mayors and governors who have made their case to me for McDonald’s to relocate our headquarters to their cities and states. And if I’m getting those calls, you can be sure other Chicago companies are as well.”
Characteristically, Lightfoot attacked the messenger, saying Kempczinski should “educate himself” before speaking out.
Now, as she seeks reelection to a second term as mayor, a new campaign ad for Lightfoot continues the offensive against crime critics, calling them “haters” who fail to see she has a plan to combat the violent mayhem. But her campaign’s spin doesn’t wash. After three years of letting crime worsen on her watch, there’s ample reason to doubt the effectiveness of any new crime-busting “plan” of the mayor’s.
The beat goes on, straight into 2023
And as 2023 begins, the city remains awash in the kind of sociopathic behavior that has kept reported crime dismayingly high.
- Three teenagers were charged in a string of North Side carjackings; and carjackings continued in West Town, a thriving and upscale area of Chicago just west of the city’s downtown.
- Four were killed and three wounded Monday. Just another January weekday in Gotham.
- Armed robbers targeted senior citizens to steal their cars or other property in a dozen recent instances on the South Side, in Chicago’s communities of Pill Hill and Calumet Heights.
- Trendy Wicker Park on the near northwest side remains a magnet for miscreants with a series of armed robberies and shootings as the New Year dawns.
- Thieves targeted nine different South Side businesses in burglaries, breaking windows in some cases to gain entry.
- A bicyclist who confronted a thief attempting to steal a car in Uptown was shot by the suspect who fled in the vehicle with accomplices.
- A meal delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint and his car stolen less than a block from Mayor Lightfoot’s home in the city’s Logan Square neighborhood.
- Car thieves shot by their would-be victim then fled and were chased by police but supervisors ordered them to end the chase.
“Haters”
In her recent TV ad, Lightfoot is trying to turn the tables on critics of her failure to rein in deadly crime by using the weaponized term “haters” against them. She fails to acknowledge the real “haters” are the killers, shooters, armed robbers, armed carjackers and thieves who make Chicago an unsafe and increasingly dystopian place to be.
Now more than two years since Chicago and other cities nationwide blew up in violence after the killing of George Floyd, Chicago hasn’t made nearly enough progress in rolling back violent crime.
The city’s criminal class remains emboldened by politicized excuse-making and a lack of consequences. That’s squarely on the mayor.
Appendix
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Don’t buy the Tribune headline: Chicago crime worsened in 2022
- Chicago’s progressive agenda has been destructive for black communities
- Changes to Illinois’ SAFE-T Act a vindication for opponents of the law, but the Act remains dangerous to Illinoisans
- 100 a day: Chicago motor vehicle thefts explode as SAFE-T Act changes debated
- Poor communities bear the brunt of crime unleashed by Cook County bail reform and the SAFE-T Act: New Manhattan Institute report
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Lori knows the future is rather dim, so she’s going to double down on being a midget asswhole. She must have been a wonderful child. Probably came into the world giving the attending doctor the finger. Born cursing!
LIGHTFOOT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED IN THE FIRST MONTH OF HER RACIST ATTACKS ON WHITE PEOPLE AND WHHTE REPORTERS WHEN SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT TALK TO WHITE REPORTERS, LIGHTFOOT IS A RACIST CRIMINAL THUG AND SHE SHOULD BE DRAGGED OUT OF THE MAYORS OFFICE AND HAVE 30 WHITE REPORTERS BEATING THE @HIT OUT OE HER GAY @SS” LIGHTFOOT IS POWERING THE BLACK CRIMINALS AND BLACK CRIMINAL COP KILLERS, LIGHTFOOT SHOULD SPEND THE REST OF HER GAY MISERABLE LIFE IN PRISON,😎.👍
Wow, such hatred. I guess that should be expected from psychos that type in all caps.
Very ugly stats. She seems to resent anyone who disagrees with her, is totally unprofessional, has shown utter contempt toward the CPD and is a national embarrassment.
Great article Matt, and it’s a real shame that this is rarely reported on by the mainstream (and woke) media.
Lori is a creep with a huge security apparatus. However, she’s fearful and suspicious of everyone. She’s recently come to the conclusion that her support is nonexistent hence, her crazy campaign schemes simply reflect her desperation.HatersLori has a bouquet of hate like sulfer!
Excellent article Matt. Mayor Lightbrain seems to confuse the victim with the criminal. Or could it be that the Mayor is just confirming the Democrats support for criminals and the criminal vote over the votes of the rest of the people.
Excellent article, as usual, Matt.
Lightfoot is a delusional sociopath. She and her cohort, Foxx, coddle criminals and gaslight the public by downplaying the extreme rise in serious crime rates, and then Lightfoot marginalizes anyone critical of these huge increases on her watch as “haters”. She’s a true Alinskyite Marxist…allowing and encouraging mayhem and lawlessness, and then marginalizing by shaming into cowering silence anyone who opposes her. Unfortunately, it’s very likely that the Chicago “democrat machine” will fraudulently re-install her in the upcoming election.
If you don’t have to be there, WHY would anyone even go into Chicago? It’s only a playground for Lori’s and Foxx’s agenda of letting their scumbag residents get away with their crimes against the decent citizens.
It is worse then the stats state. Many crimes aren’t reported because no one is available to take a report.
Yes, I am a HATER, I hate paying for something I am not getting, not even a little bit of it.
Cops do nothing to stop crime, but I pay anyways.
Teachers do nothing to educate, but I am paying anyways.
Most all government workers do nothing. Nothing but leeches.
The only person that does something is the Poor Honest hard-working taxpayer.
Lori Lighthead is a bald faced liar. And anyone who supports her is a profound fool.
Matt, Lori and I just hate it when you throw statistical facts at the constituents. Don’t hide behind the facts, just drink the Kool-Aid.
Yes I am a hater of crime and criminals. What’s your point Lori?
Matt Rosenberg sheds the light of truth on the disastrous Lightfoot administration in Chicago. Instead of working to reduce crime, Lightfoot attacks anyone who exposes her chronic incompetence. To top it off, she wants another term as mayor in order to further destroy the city…
As her antics spiral downhill by the day, the city suffers. The numbers don’t lie- but, anyone that has lived here for years does not need to see any numbers. Chicago has a different vibe now- as you go about your ordinary day to day business. People are being hunted by these thugs, and the light of day will not save you. Lightfoot has been a complete failure on every level. Her only hope is the continued ignorance of this area’s voters.
This is the current playbook for all democrats today: Accuse your opponents of the very thing you’re doing. Consequently we’re called haters, racists and liars by world class haters, racists and Olympic Gold medal liars. Democrats have made an art out of deflection and avoiding blame for any of the problems they’ve caused with their horrible policies. Triple Threat and Governor Super Size are incapable of personal responsibility and accountability. Only voters can change that. But they blew it in November. If they don’t get Chicago right in March……
Your statistics are depressing. So are those who anonymize criminals by talking about “gun violence” as if the problem wasn’t the thugs but the guns.
Please keep up the reporting so Chicagoans start demanding solutions from their representatives.
Politics has reached the state of absurdity where the public official employees are getting irritated with their taxpayer employers. In the real world, Lightweight would have been fired long ago along with several others. In govt, she insults the people harmed by her fecklessness. The numbers are crystal clear and the elected never, ever challenge the figures. Because they can’t. Instead, they act like children and play the victim instead of taking responsibility.
Mark/Matt,
Can LL’s campaign ad use CPD officials in their uniforms? Is there a law against this? I wasn’t able to find it.
That’s what stuck me as odd about the commercial. All of the campion mailers I received in the mail in November had police officers in “generic” uniforms.
No, my understanding is that she cannot Please send a picture of one of those if you can to us at admin@wirepoints.org
My apologies. I was referring to the
“ haters” ad. She’s speaking with CPD officers.
I will look for it.
24 hours later, Police are ordered to go door to door, to meet residents of high crime districts! Hmmmm.
Clown show.
I read Matt’s article and have been thinking about how to respond and amplify his words. It’s easy to focus on the crime statistics – which are truly alarming in and of themselves. But we’ve been down that statistics road before – they speak for themselves – so no need to rehash them. So, I thought I’d focus on what is implicit in the article but not really addressed – the lack of a plan and the absence of leadership. Putting the brakes on the decline of a once-great City calls for a team effort, no one person or entity… Read more »
Im sure you know the role of the devil’s advocate. The role by definition is to present ideas that are completely opposite of popular opinion and often times inflammatory. But the purpose of the advocate is to generate a plan for what might possibly happen, Madame Lightfoot allows for no opposing counsel or idea. Anyone who dares is labeled a racist or a hater or something else. She would be well advised to listen to subject matter experts when framing the course of her many il conceived actions. The firings, the transfers and the tirades directed to those who were… Read more »
She would have to contain her ego to do the things you suggest. She will not.
Tell everyone who your clout was.
2nd marriage worked out quite well.
Her ad says she got 12,000 guns off the street.
How many of those were illegally possessed? That is a felony in Illinois. How many were prosecuted, convicted and sent to jail?
Lol😁 she is deranged if she thinks that has made a dent in illegal guns. Law abiding citizens are left unable to defend themselves but gang bangers get no bail. As long as we have a swiss cheese border illegal guns and who knows what else is available in the black market if our under streets.
A UUW (unauthorized use of a weapon) aka not having a FOID card is a misdemeanor. (720 ILCS 5/24-1), Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons. (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly: … (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his person except when on his land or in his own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person’s permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm…..(b) Sentence. A person… Read more »
Which is even crazier that carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor, but now, merely owning one of these semi-automatic unregistered is a Class 2 felony, crimes which are also Class 2 felonies are: aggravated domestic battery, robbery, Aggravated DUI resulting in death…non-expendable with 3 to 7 years in prison….for owning an unregistered gun that 10 days ago was perfectly legal! This law really is about turning all the rightwing nutjob deplorbles into criminals, so that they all either leave the state or give up their guns. And if the deplorables don’t give up their guns or leave the state,… Read more »
Unlawful use of a weapon UUW
IANAL LOL
Just making you aware so you dont look the opinionated fool you seem to be
Glad to see you’re carefully reading my posts. Hopefully you’re learning something from them.
You’re interested in mine as well, maybe you will learn something
The Left has become aggressive in recent years. Rather than engage in efforts to problem-solve, they attack anyone who suggests there is a problem. JB attacks those who suggest there’s a pension problem. Biden attacked those who questioned vaccine mandates. Should I mention Trudeau? I guess if you can’t win an argument, there’s nothing left to do but attack.
Thanks to their leaders in the WH and their constant rhetoric against anyone that won’t kiss their sainted feet. Liberals today in congress and the senate repeatedly and unapologetically have called for violence against anyone not obeying their mantra.
Mayor Lightfoot recently went on television and crowed that she is beating crime, and quoted a drop in the murder rate. It’s a very typical example of cherry-picking one statistic out of a pile of horrible results and taking credit. Sadly, that is the stock and trade of politicians. It is lying, it is deceiving, and it is playing voters for chumps. Of course I expect that of politicians…you can tell a politician is lying when his or her lips are moving. The saddest thing by far is the collusion of the media in all of this. The numbers are… Read more »
she is pulling corn kernals from a steaming pile of shit
And the media is cleansing the kernels for consumption!
The local channels really need to remove the word “ news” from their broadcasts. Every one of them.
My name is Lori and I’m really dumb
Don’t like it here stick out your thumb
Crime is crazy and so am I
Go downtown and you may die
Kia boys stealing all over town
Crime ain’t up I say with a frown
Guards at my house are 100 strong
No cops on the streets what could go wrong
Vote for me i will save the city
Check my record it ain’t pretty
I’m trying again cause I fooled you once
Vote for me you big city dunce
Brilliant!
I think we can expect even more bizarre behavior. Lori realizes her only hope of retaining office. She’ll attempt alliances with CTU and FOP. She’ll hgive them whatever they want; whtthefckdoes she care. They kiss and make up, everybody is happy except the tax payer. Lori is going to reimagine herself as a machine politician. Shelly build a massive organization of miscreants and dandies.
Vallas for all of Chicago!
The only real hope. Lopez would work too.
Time for Lightweight to get her resume ready.
Socialist Chuy Garcia will be the next Mayor. The remainder of the Black population will be moved to the suburbs and Obama’s Library’s mission is accomplished.
I fear you may be right. Vote Vallas!
A babbling lunatic, replaced by an unintelligible buffoon! Great.
There are those who automatically label anyone who disagrees with them as a hater, a racist, or a pick-your-prefix-phobe – even when the facts are overwhelmingly evident. Mayor Lightfoot is one of those people. I would love to say that will be her downfall. Sadly, however, I’ve lived here long enough that absolutely nothing surprises me anymore, not in this city. I can only pray I am floored – in the best way possible – after the election.
Old school reporting. Very strong. Very factual. And such compelling writing.
It no longer matters what she has done. With the new rules for mail in voting the machine decides who runs the city. She will be mayor as long as Preckwinkle allows her to be.
You are 100% correct my friend.
Is there any disagreement with Lightweight that is legitimate?
I’m a hater for taking a stand against drag racing and gang activity? I tried with this lady. Fool me once…
Yeah, who wants this going on in the summer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZFUfHjtd4I
I don’t hate Mayor Lightfoot. I dislike her. Looks like she’s taking one from thr lle Trump playbook. Demonize any of those who disagree with her.
I reserve hate for a very select few, and she doesn’t rate.
Love him, hate him, or dislike him, Trump’s mouth cost him the election, along with Feds, and medias withholding evidence of Biden’s corruption.
Cannot compare his accomplishments and economy, in any way to Lightfoot’s dismal faulures.
Racist, conspiracy theorists, haters, just plug in which word you want when you don’t want to take responsibility for your actions. Unfortunately, far to many citizens buy into this nonsense.
Someone needs to inform our Mayor that this was once a world class city. People were able to go downtown in the evening without fear. Now you chart how far you need to walk from where you park, what time of day or evening you will be downtown, knowing full well you are prey. The worst part is there will be recidivism and the crime prosecuted will not keep the danger away! Now if we protest we are HATERS! This by a woman who so gleefully exclaims that she has a bigger penis than Park District employees defending the Columbus… Read more »
Another terrific piece supported by facts. That Lightfoot’s response is to name call is sadly predictable.
I’m thinking Popeye as a write in candidate should garner more votes than Lightfoot. Her performance on crime is cartoonish. She has clearly not led with any innovative efforts to attack car thefts. Maybe test using drones to follow cars heisted in carjackings, encourage citizens to put tiles (like Apple) in their cars that have an option to let the police pick up the signals. It works for lost luggage!! Decrying the McDonalds CEO isn’t going to cut it.
A lovely young woman was carjacked in my neighborhood – the one Chicago magazine calls ‘Upper Caucasia’ – with a gun at her neck in front of her home. Never before does anyone around here recall such a thing happening. Many are planning to move. And the leader in the mayoral race is yet another socialist and racialist.
Is that one of the areas where those liberal white housewives’ vote for the Democrats?
If anyone in Chicago votes for Lightfoot one of the most divisive and racist government officeholder in recent Chicago history they deserve what they get. At this time Paul Vallas may be Chicago’s only saving grace. It all depends on who is left in Chicago that is willing to vote and who will take exit stage right and get the heck out before they become a statistic of the gang bangers.
Nothing will change until the cities voters start talking out against the lack of accountability of the mayor. Of course no one will be willing to complain if they or a family member have a city job or an interest in keeping the status quo.
Chicago voters are, for the most part, angry that the Mayor is NOT progressive enough.
The word “haters” means “hating for no reason.” Lightfoot can claim “racist” because her opponents are also minorities. (Although that didn’t stop them in Georgia)
So she calls them haters. I have news for Ms Lightfoot, if she brought down crime, she’d be the most beloved mayor in Chicago’s history regardless of her sex, race or orientation.
But no, she failed to bring it down and failed to keep it flat.
The fault lies not in the stars but within yourself.
She should be a real estate agent for Florida and Texas. No one has sold more real estate than the likes of her.
Chicago residents aren’t moving to Florida or Texas. Are Suburban and downstate residents moving to FL/TX? Sure. But Chicagoans moving to TX/FL? No. They’re mostly moving to the suburbs and turning the purple or pinkish ones blue. I saw a viral tweet several weeks ago, some Chicago millienial AWFL said something like “why is it when all my friends move out of the city, it’s never a close suburb like Skokie, but always a far away suburb Bolingbrook?” And it’s people like her AWFL friends, former Chicago residents, that make Bolingbrook vote for Biden +15 to +53 points. That’s completely… Read more »
Chicago/Cook public schools are working hard to replace their lost blue voters.
All ‘hating’ aside, is it too strong a word to say I yearn for the days in the ’70’s/’80’s/’90’s as a teen and young man, having the time of my life in almost any part of the city, from Jefferson Park to Pilsen to Old Town to Little Italy? Great bars & restaurants, wonderful times with my friends, we were down there every weekend. Heck, as a 17-year-old we’d attend concerts at the Int’l Amphitheater and park on the street around there, 43rd & Halsted! As a 60-something suburbanite, here’s the deal–I simply don’t want to take the chance anymore.… Read more »
Agreed. Is there any reason to think that Vallas as mayor would have any better luck than Rauner did as governor? Remember, Chicago is the mid-west hub of ultra-liberalism. Every single thing he attempted would meet strong opposition.
The 70’s and 90’s were far more violent and scarier than today. You’re more of a target now because you are older. Th
Granted. And when you’re younger you don’t care, don’t consider the odds. In 1972 I was a strong-arm robbery victim of my new Schwinn Varsity, on the bike path by North & LaSalle. Thug swung a broom handle and hit me on the shoulder, I got off quickly, as did my 12-year-old buddy. I’ve had two cars stolen from where I’ve parked, in the ’90’s. So, yup yup. I go to Oakley Ave. for dinner, or West Rogers Park (a beautiful neighborhood, but not at night) to visit my brother during the day only! Broad daylight should cut down the… Read more »
Can’t remember many 3 -15 year Olds getting randomly shot and killed, or anyone getting carjacked in those violent years.
849 HOMICIDES PLACE 1990 IN A SAD RECORD BOOK {SNIP} The past year saw more people under 21 killed than in any year in the citys history, according to a Tribune analysis of police records.</em> <strong><em>Last year 253 people under age 21 were killed, a 34 percent increase over 1989, and a 100 percent increase since 1985.</em></strong> <em>Of the 253 young casualties, 27 were age 10 and under. Among the 226 others, 205-or 91 percent-were killed with firearms.</em> <em>More than half the killings of young people took place in six of the citys 25 police districts. Englewood recorded 28; Wentworth,… Read more »
https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/Chicago-carjackings-by-year/fbqm-xvt4 Carjackings in 2020 were comparable to 2001, the earliest year data is collected for this chart. The chart shows a steady downward trend from 2001 through 2016, and creeps up becuase of the Ferguson Effect, and jumps again in 2020 as acts of penance for St. George Floyd. I can only imagine how high these numbers were in the 1990’s. But here’s the thing: If we are comparing today to the 70′ and 90’s, we’ve already lost the crime argument. The 70’s and 90’s were mostly gruesome, miserable times with record high crime rates. If we’re using these eras… Read more »
As I showed below, crime today is similar to the 1990’s levels, with carjackings and children being shot.
The reason the perception of crime is higher is today, unlike the 1990’s, most of northside of the city is gentrified. These neighborhoods are experiencing crime rates similar to the 1990’s after nearly three decades of low and falling crime rates. This is entirely new for these neighborhoods. But the crime was still there in the 1990s. It mostly disappeared for decades, but now crime is back with a vengence in areas that people had thought to be safe.
As an aside, shootings today compared to the 1990’s are far lower. In 1992, there were 7,285 shootings in Chicago just in the first six months of the year. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-07-23-9203060406-story.html Chicago had 3,258 people shot in all of 2022. I don’t know if shootings were counted differently in the 1990’s compared to today, but I do know that there was more violence throughout the city. Lincoln Park, Rogers Park, Old Town saw far more shootings in the 1990’s but now that they are gentrified, the shootings have dropped significantly, but recently, have experienced a major uptick. That’s where today’s perception… Read more »
Interesting stats.
I remember those areas a yuppie wouldn’t dare enter 40 years ago.
What was the population 30 years ago, compared to today? Percentage wise, do the stats reflect an increase overall?
Didn’t Obama use to do similarly, but in a smoother silkier way?
Yes, many times Obama played the race card
Shocking said no one of Lori Lightfoot calling people names. It’s been her go to. As many have found of those in power positions when they don’t have a solution they name call and place the blame on those who question. I for one am fed up with the kindergarten tactics. The name calling is juvenile. What next? Hair pulling? To be told repeatedly that which we see and hear is not what we see and hear is a direct hit to our intelligence. Gaslighting and name calling is the new norm. People don’t feel safe. People are loading up… Read more »
Thank you for sharing this information. The people of Chicago MUST be mindful of reality when voting, not be sucked into teary commercials about the Mayors Mommie and revert to voting like they have Stockholm syndrome. Thank God for Wirepoints!
So you’re a “hater” if you tell the truth. Not only businesses will be leaving Chicago but visitors will avoid the city for fear of being victimized by emboldened criminals. It’s very sad to see such a great and proud city disintegrate into fear and chaos.
Too many people out here in the burbs won’t go into the city for anything anymore. Can you blame them? We need to restore some sanity in our once great city.
After Pritzker and Lightfoot encouraged the rioting and looting on the Mag Mile, I told my wife and daughter to stay the heck away. No one in my family has been back since to the Mag Mile.
Smooth talking IL pols, while everything burns down around us. “Disregard what you see”, its the result of decades of injustice and “broken problems”. No…you are committing the injustices, and you are breaking your promises….not us. Yes, we’ve stayed in this IL political CIG (corrupt; incompetent; greed) cesspool for too many years, and yes the non-public union taxpayers continue to be abused by the IL political class, and yes you and your public union pals have us “on the ground with your foot on our necks”…but, believe it or not, we are not stupid. One day this will all turn… Read more »
I can see….somewhat what Lightfoot has to deal with, however it really does come down to real leadership skills. She has none. She should’ve instructed the CPD to flood the court system even further forcing Dart, Evans and Foxx to be looked upon as the REAL problem. As a whole, it IS the court system, the lack of direction and tying law enforcement hands to their jobs as trained. I would still say, it’s time to take the gloves off. Number can be twisted and rearranged all day, but it really matters on and in the streets.
It is NOT the court system but rather the criminals who make it possible.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?