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Lawmakers Summon National Guard To Stop Chicago Violence(2010)
NPR ^ | 4.29/10 | NPR

Posted on 09/02/2025 7:06:25 AM PDT by DallasBiff

A surge in Chicago gun violence led two Illinois state representatives to request that the National Guard help fight violent crime in the city. Critics call the plea misguided, but others argue that the Guard could help control the stem the wave of killings. Host Michel Martin talks with John Fritchey, one of the two representatives who made the request, and with Bill Bratton, former chief of police for New York and Los Angeles.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: brandonjohnson; chicago; crime; illinois; lorilightfoot; nationalguard; obama

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Thank you very much and God bless you.

I know from 15 years ago, but how times have changed with democrats in Chicago.
1 posted on 09/02/2025 7:06:25 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Like conservatives with tariffs


2 posted on 09/02/2025 7:22:46 AM PDT by Sowellspeaks
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To: DallasBiff

Was this only a request, unfulfilled? Or did the NG indeed come to Chicago?


3 posted on 09/02/2025 7:35:49 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: DallasBiff

Another inconvenient truth.

And the Dems are so far gone, they couldn’t care less.


4 posted on 09/02/2025 8:04:51 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: DallasBiff

Where is Eliott Ness when you need him?


5 posted on 09/02/2025 8:11:12 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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To: DallasBiff

It’s (D)ifferent now.


6 posted on 09/02/2025 8:19:40 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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