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Lightfoot Welcomes Federal ‘Strike Force' Amid Increase in Chicago Gun Violence
NBC Chicago ^ | 7/12/2021 | Staff

Posted on 07/12/2021 7:20:49 PM PDT by simpson96

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she welcomes federal help in addressing gun violence in the city, but she pushed back Monday against the idea of having the National Guard come into the picture in a law enforcement capacity.

Lightfoot, speaking at a press availability, says that she supports a variety of federal responses to the problem of gun violence, including additional “strike force” teams offered by President Joe Biden, along with resources from the FBI and other agencies.

“We’ve been in conversation with them about our sense of urgency around getting these resources up and activated,” she said. “I think the primary thing they’re going to do is really build upon the work that’s already being done in conjunction with our federal partners and CPD.”

Lightfoot says her focus is largely on stopping gun trafficking, which she blames for bringing illegal weapons into the city.

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Odd. She literally said "F U" to Trump when he offered help.

How many lives would have been saved between then and now if she weren't such an incompetent, self-serving obstinate pig?

And oh yeah, brilliant idea to focus on "gun trafficking", not the murderous thugs raised on the Dem Plantation.

1 posted on 07/12/2021 7:20:49 PM PDT by simpson96
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Bingo.


2 posted on 07/12/2021 7:21:34 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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It’s all theater.

They cannot stomach a black teen shot by the feds on video.


3 posted on 07/12/2021 7:23:45 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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The guns are coming across the border beetlejuice.


4 posted on 07/12/2021 7:29:43 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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Does she really think she can call in Federal LEOs to disarm lawful gun owners (which is the only thing that could possibly interest her).
News Flash, Lightfoot, LEOs in general are amongst the most pro-gun, Second Amendment upholding people this nation has to offer. Lotta overlap between LEOs and Military... Ignorant bitch.
5 posted on 07/12/2021 7:31:45 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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Hillary said "they all look alike" In Lightfoots case

...well yes. Just a hair modification.


6 posted on 07/12/2021 7:42:13 PM PDT by caww ( )
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All part of the steal last summer. Wouldn’t it be funny if all the heavily armed black thugs in Chicago believed what the mayor, DA, recently installed president and Veep were saying about the little oppressed angels last year. What if these victims of systemic racism are ready to fight to end all the racist oppression in Chicago? What then, race war in the streets?


7 posted on 07/12/2021 7:43:34 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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Just a year ago this bitch wrote

“What we do not need, and what will certainly make our community less safe is secret, federal agents deployed to Chicago. Any other form of militarized assistance within our borders that would not be within our control or within the direct command of the Chicago Police Department would spell disaster.”


8 posted on 07/12/2021 7:44:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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Is this “Strike Force” going to round up all the White supremacists who are fomenting the B-on-B violence in Chicago?


9 posted on 07/12/2021 7:45:43 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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With Demorats it's never but lip service to lost life nor

the criminals who take life....it's always about gun confiscation...


10 posted on 07/12/2021 7:48:19 PM PDT by caww ( )
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The guns are not the problem. It’s the hearts of man with no consequences for their actions - if Dems gave a damn…


11 posted on 07/12/2021 7:48:51 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Proud member of the Poor Boy Gang. )
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Clueless in Chicago.


12 posted on 07/12/2021 7:51:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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Shut up Lori, you are in waaayyy over your head. Every time she opens her mouth it further proves the fact she was an affirmative action hire by the US Attorneys Office. They are pretty darn smart people, she is not.

First off, the FBI is not trained to and do not specialize in street level violent crime. Pray tell, where did they get this training or experience to patrol in big city ghettos? What about working in the Projects?

Second, and this really makes me chuckle, the CPD had a citywide unit that was tasked with combatting violent/gang crime. Do you know what it was called?

The Strike Force!

You cant make this stuff up. They were disbanded a few years back because they were arresting too many black and brown people. Even better, this unit was created by a former FBI boss Jody Weiss.

Obviously the FBI doesn’t have better crime fighting capabilities or know how, if the city soundly rejected their strategy less than 10yrs ago.

What do I know.


13 posted on 07/12/2021 7:57:24 PM PDT by YeahBuddy
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You're spot-on 100% correct.

Liberal Lesbian Licker Lori Lightfoot (street name: Five L) cost hundreds of Chicagoans their lives by refusing help from President Trump. Politics over lives, it's blatantly obvious to anyone paying attention.

14 posted on 07/12/2021 8:00:11 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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This has to stop. U.S. taxpayers cannot be on the hook to pay for crimes that the city government officials in Chicago promoted. Let Chicago and Chicago alone pay for the task force to fix the problems Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her racist friends caused.


15 posted on 07/12/2021 8:00:56 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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A big media stunt nothing. You think the NG is going to be allowed to do anything? They won’t have any ammo, they will march around drawing pay, etc. and go home in a couple of weeks.


16 posted on 07/12/2021 8:01:21 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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The violence is not about guns. It is about drugs, drug gangs, drug turf, people who rob drug dealers, and revenge. For some reason I am not quite sure why given the geography, Chicago is a major hub for drug distribution throughout the midwest.


17 posted on 07/12/2021 8:09:24 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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If you listen carefully to Harris/Biden’s presser today, he said he would “stop the trafficking of LEGAL” firearms !


18 posted on 07/12/2021 8:28:15 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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19 posted on 07/12/2021 8:30:39 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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20 posted on 07/12/2021 8:38:09 PM PDT by Bobalu (We're way past Republican versus Democrat.... This is Good versus Evil...)
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