Chicago 911 dispatcher says 'all hell has broken loose' in the windy city, rips Mayor Lightfoot over crime

Fox News ^ | 12/28/2021 | Nikolas Lanum

[simpson96]

A Chicago 911 dispatcher warned Tuesday on "Fox & Friends" that citywide staffing shortages are exacerbating violent crime, knocking local government and leadership for their inability to keep citizens safe.

"All hell has broken loose," Keith Thornton told "Fox & Friends" enterprise reporter Lawrence Jones.

Thornton said that a "massive" amount of crime is taking place in the city at "all hours of the day," while first responders are being overworked and receiving no support from lawmakers and politicians.

"What’s horrible is the lack of leadership and the failure of leadership throughout this entire city of Chicago—and it’s ridiculous because it does not have to be this way," said Thornton.

Thornton added that the Chicago police, fire department, dispatchers, and other first responders are being "micromanaged" by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

"The blood, in my opinion, is on her hands," Thornton said.

Chicago dispatcher: 'Crime is out of control'Video The Chicago dispatcher added that, under the Trump administration, federal help was neither "acknowledged" nor "wanted" by the mayor.

"This is not a black problem, a white problem, a Democratic problem, a Republican problem, a Latino problem, this is an all-hands-on-deck problem and everyone within Chicago should be fueled up—and that’s why I’m taking a stand," said Thornton.

[Trillian]

It has gotten so bad. I’m trying to convince some family to move.

[xp38]

A Republican Problem?

Oh yeah....I seem to recall Chicago is Maga Country in some recent news item right?

[MinuteGal]

Anyone remember a certain beer jingle commercial?

I'm from Chicago and I ought to know
It's blasts, blasts, blasts wherever you go
More drilling, more killing, more chilling.....it's clear
Chicago will be your fav-or-ite bier !

Leni

[lurk]

Mayor Lightweight is the result of voting.

Millions of happy voters.

[Trillian]

I don’t remember it. I tried to look for it on a websearch and the first thing that comes up is, “40 shot, 5 killed in Chicago in weekend gun violence”.

[Steely Tom]

I see. I should have checked the article before posting.

[noiseman]

This, and every other leftist effort to decriminalize and de-incarcerate, is designed to do one thing: Try to finally address the nagging question of why urban blacks commit such an astronomically high percentage of all violent crime, including murder. Of course, they’re not going to address it by actually answering that question. They know the answer, but can’t ever permit themselves to admit the truth. So instead, they’ve embarked on a campaign to wipe the crime statistics clean of the obvious disproportionate share of crime that blacks commit, by just not collecting those statistics in the first place. If blacks don’t go to jail, or get out immediately when they do, and are even released early from prison, then over time the stats will begin to show black arrest and incarceration rates that are more in line with everyone else.

Of course, they won’t actually be committing less crime; the reality of black crime will get exponentially worse. The stats will simply be cooked to hide the issue.

[rxh4n1]

Of course the dems are exacerbating violent crime. They want all criminals set free because they want to have room to incarcerate their REAL enemies conservatives and any dissenting voices.

...and they’ll need the criminals to run the camps. The Nazis and the Soviets used the criminals to run the barracks and work gangs.

[Liz]

Heh.......good one......right over the target.

[wally_bert]

Great series.

I vaguely remember that bit of writing but not the exact episode.

[GOP Poet]

Gotham City. What the city needs is a very Red, full on conservative Bruce or Bruce Ann Wayne that doesn’t need a Batman suit as they are already hard core on fighting crime. Need a second one in the DA’s office . . .

[Tacrolimus1mg]

Yeah, that was based on a comic book series. Some believe they’re better than everyone else for totally different reasons, entitlememt and such, but that movie has nothing to do with it.

[LouAvul]

"This is not a black problem, a white problem, a Democratic problem, a Republican problem, a Latino problem......."

I'd be willing to wager that it boils down to a couple of very familiar demographics. It always does, but it's not permitted to acknowledge it.

And until we get real about the true culprits, we'll never fix the problem.

[joma89]

Democrat party voters getting what they voted for ... nice and hard.

[MinuteGal]

During its prime, Blatz was an independent brewing company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's only product was Blatz beer, which was an excellent quality libation.

During the 50's and 60's, the company's jingle commercial rode this country's radio waves...here it is (was).....

" I'm from Milwaukee and I ought to know
It's draft-brewed Blatz beer wherever you go
Smoother and fresher, less filling....that's sure
Blatz is Milwaukee's finest beer ! "

I adapted this radio ad for the jingle I wrote to describe the killing fields of today's city of Chicago.....

I'm from Chicago and I ought to know
It's blasts, blasts, blasts wherever you go
More drilling, more killing, more chilling.....it's clear
Chicago will be your fav-or-ite bier ! "

As Paul Harvey used to say, "now you know the rest of the story".

Thanks for your interest in my little-bitty witty ditty, LOL !

Leni/MinuteGal

[Trillian]

:)