While acknowledging that Chicago voters are concerned about public safety, Lightfoot has declined to shift her strategy and has steadfastly supported Chicago Police Supt. David Brown, leaving the mayor vulnerable to criticism from both the left and right.
More than 70% of voters rated crime and public safety as their No. 1 or No. 2 most important issue, with no other issue coming close,paid for by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, which has endorsed U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García.
Lightfoot said she is “happy” that homicides are down 15% as compared with 2021. However, 2021 was the most violent year in Chicago since the mid-1990s, with more than 800 people killed. “I want to see what these folks who say they have the cure for public safety see what the truth is about that and how they would go about doing something differently,” Lightfoot said. “It is easy say ‘oh, let’s fire this one, let’s fire that one.’”
The Chicago Police Department’s $1.94 billion is sufficient to keep Chicago safe, said García, who has not endorsed any proposals to reduce the department’s budget. During the June Democratic primary for the newly created 3rd Congressional District, then-State Rep. Delia Ramirez won a landslide victory despite facing a barrage of attacks from second-place finisher Ald. Gilbert Villegas and outside groups for calling for the Chicago Police Department to be defunded during the summer of 2020 in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd.
Lightfoot backed changes demanded by King and other progressive members of the City Council to get her 2022 budget passed, boosting spending on mental health services and affordable housing programs. But as crime rose during the pandemic, Lightfoot’s focus turned to efforts to crackdown on those suspected of violent crimes. Lightfoot relentlessly criticized Cook County officials and judges, blaming them for releasing people awaiting trial on charges of violent crime.power to seize the assets of gangs and adult gang leaders
“It is really time to make criminal activity illegal again,” said Vallas, calling for the city to “toughen” its approach to crime. “It seems that people can simply commit crimes with impunity.”
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