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Lightfoot Says Chicago ‘Can't Arrest Our Way' Out of Surge in Gun Violence
NBC Chicago ^ | 7/22/2021 | Staff

Posted on 07/24/2021 6:43:36 PM PDT by simpson96

Lightfoot, speaking during a press availability on Thursday afternoon, said that city officials are exploring different ways to invest in communities, and said that Chicago will focus on the city’s West Side, which has been ravaged by gun violence.

“It’s obvious: we cannot arrest our way out of this problem,” she said. “Fundamentally, if you look at the West Side and you look at the problems, the opioid addiction that is really harming so many individuals, families and communities, the investments we have to make in human capital and the investments we have to make in infrastructure, those are why I spend so much time on the West Side.”

Lightfoot’s comments come as the city saw three mass shootings on Wednesday alone. One teen was killed in North Lawndale, and at least 17 other people were injured in the three attacks, which occurred within a six-hour span of one another.

In all, nearly 30 people were shot on Wednesday alone, according to Chicago police.(snip)

“I really do believe that as goes the west side, so goes the rest of the city of Chicago,” she said. “If we can get it right here, with the mix of resources and investments and capacity building in neighborhoods, empowering residents to be able to hold the territory under their feet, with our help and our support not just in the short-term but in the long-term, that’s really what the investments have to be about, and I’m totally committed to that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


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To: PROCON

Well, you nasty, horrible, leftard pervert, you can shoot your way out of it.


81 posted on 07/25/2021 4:58:18 PM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Laser designated guided inert round—blunt force trauma.


82 posted on 07/25/2021 9:45:30 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: simpson96

CHICAGO SHOOTING

July 26, 2021
Chicago shootings: 69 shot, 10 fatally, in weekend violence across city
Shooting breaks windows at Mount Sinai Hospital
CHICAGO — Sixty nine people have been shot - 10 fatally, including a 17-year-old boy - in Chicago since Friday night.

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-gun-violence-police-weekend/10909776/


83 posted on 07/26/2021 5:08:10 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: simpson96

Yes you can, Giuliani did it for NYC...BROKEN WINDOW THEORY. PLUS EXECUTIONS TX STYLE. TN just had a DR inmate die of age/health related issues. 30+ yrs is not justice.


84 posted on 07/26/2021 6:06:56 AM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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Thanks RACPE.

85 posted on 07/26/2021 9:14:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The ballot is *not* stronger than the ...)
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To: simpson96

Maybe throw daisies at the perps? I don’t know....


86 posted on 07/30/2021 12:35:35 PM PDT by fwdude ( )
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