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2023-10-04 Home Front: Politix
Dem leader in crime-ridden Chicago attacks liberal policies saying criminals are 'emboldened' because no one's being held on bond anymore and people are 'hunted down like prey'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Democrat leader in crime-ridden Chicago has warned of the failures of progressive policies to change the tide on violent attacks in the city, amid soaring rates of murder and robbery.

Raymond Lopez, alderman of the 15th Ward in Chicago, told 'America Reports' on Tuesday that criminals are 'taking note' of lax attitudes towards violent crime, and innocent people are being 'hunted down like prey'

Lopez said crooks are now going so far as to brazenly 'threaten elected officials like myself' as state laws 'do not warrant you being held on bond anymore'.

As the House Judiciary Committee visited Chicago last week to examine crime in the city, Lopez deemed it 'unfortunate' that 'not one single Democrat chose to participate and make their voices heard or to hear from those most impacted.'

'They are often talked about for the progressive agenda, for the extreme liberal agenda that says they care. But their policies, particularly when it comes to police reform and criminal justice reform, in my opinion, are very racist because oftentimes the victims of the most heinous crimes by the repeat offenders are those same Black and Brown residents that the White liberals claim to care about but truly don't,' he said.

Reports of murders, theft, felonies and property crimes in Chicago in 2022 was 33 per cent higher than in 2019, before the pandemic. Incidence of major crime was also 61 per cent higher in March 2023 than it was 12 months prior, and 97 per cent higher than in 2021.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11170 views ]  Top

#1 Poor whites far out number poor blacks yet we don't see them doing these things on this scale nor having politicians and DAs making 'they have no future' excuses for it.
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-10-04 07:50||   2023-10-04 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 "going so far as to brazenly 'threaten elected officials like myself'"
Gee, life sucks when you're in the barrel with the rest of us, don't it?
Posted by ed in texas 2023-10-04 08:46||   2023-10-04 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Port Royal, Jamaica is not a good template for city planning.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-10-04 08:47||   2023-10-04 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It was never a problem until Democrat leaders started getting attacked.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-10-04 14:38||   2023-10-04 14:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey LSD's welcome the city culture you created.
How long before step 2, of empowering the New Brown Shirts to clean it up?
Posted by NN2N1 2023-10-04 15:54||   2023-10-04 15:54|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Yes, there is an unmistakable pattern. Lots of Warsaw urban ghettos to set straight. Local law enforcement are of course incapable. Federal control will eventually be exercised.

The restoration of an acceptable carbon footprint is paramount.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-04 16:52||   2023-10-04 16:52|| Front Page Top

#7 'Our plan for city operated grocery stores loss prevention is to only stock vegan and Bud Light Dylan Edition.'
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-10-04 18:03||   2023-10-04 18:03|| Front Page Top

#8 "And coffee, so you can get to work"
Posted by Frank G 2023-10-04 19:53||   2023-10-04 19:53|| Front Page Top

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