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Pritzker, Preckwinkle turn to religious and community leaders in urging protesters to channel anger toward criminal justice reform, economic development
Chicago Tribune ^ | June 2, 2020 | Dan Petrella

Posted on 06/02/2020 3:11:20 PM PDT by PBRCat

After four days of civil unrest in Chicago and its suburbs, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday turned to religious and community leaders to urge protesters to channel anger over the death of George Floyd toward efforts for criminal justice reform and economic development in minority communities.

“What’s very important to me is that we establish an agenda — an agenda that’s led, in part, by the very peaceful protesters that are out on the streets, that were there protesting last night, the night before and the night before, the folks who were there with legitimate grievance,” Pritzker said.

Earlier this year, Pritzker unveiled a criminal justice reform agenda — including an eventual end to cash bail — that he hoped to begin advancing in the General Assembly’s spring legislative session before it was subsumed by the coronavirus pandemic. Preckwinkle has been a proponent of similar efforts at the county level.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: preckwinkle; pritzker; religion; riots
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Utter hypocrisy on full display. Less than ten days ago, Pritzker was banning religious groups from holding services. Now, that his sizeable back bacon is in the fire, Jabba turns to the clergy to advocate for peace and calm.
1 posted on 06/02/2020 3:11:20 PM PDT by PBRCat
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channel anger


2 posted on 06/02/2020 3:13:20 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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How did the Pritz and the Preck get religious all of a sudden? They never were before.


3 posted on 06/02/2020 3:13:33 PM PDT by Salman
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But if they do that, the current roll out of the Biden campaign festivities will have to stop.


4 posted on 06/02/2020 3:16:37 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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They would, but they’re not allowed to assemble at church.


5 posted on 06/02/2020 3:18:20 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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channel anger toward ... economic development

LOL! Their constituents wouldn't know anything about "economic development" unless it came in the form of EBT card.

6 posted on 06/02/2020 3:19:12 PM PDT by bkopto
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Further proof neither one of these losers can govern a student council


7 posted on 06/02/2020 3:19:31 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Open up America! Enough! COMMUNISM was and IS the problem Boycott China)
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Too stupid to realize this has nothing to do with that guy who got killed or criminal justice reform.


8 posted on 06/02/2020 3:23:44 PM PDT by KevinB (Quite literally, whatever the Left touches it ruins.)
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“Don’t look at what WE did - Look over THERE!”


9 posted on 06/02/2020 3:24:46 PM PDT by simpson96
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Amazing, isn’t it? The reality is:

*** DEMOCRATS FAIL ***

In fact, they do not even try. They never cared. Yet the mindless RAT voters keep voting them in. Ditto every city they destroy. And to follow, it is not the job of religious leaders to run the city. FIRE THE MAYOR, FIRE THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE....now repeat for EVERY STATE they have ruined.


10 posted on 06/02/2020 3:31:23 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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Parlay the death of a drug addict life long criminal at the hands of a bad rogue cop to push an agenda of unicorns fairy dust and lollipops


11 posted on 06/02/2020 3:33:35 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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LOL! Their constituents wouldn't know anything about "economic development" unless it came in the form of EBT card.

The drug and prostitution businesses do follow general economic laws, even if they don't follow other laws.

12 posted on 06/02/2020 3:34:48 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("The natives are growing restless")
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A Christian Democrat is an oxymoron. . .but there are several of them in the churches. Go figure.


13 posted on 06/02/2020 3:37:44 PM PDT by Maudeen (The Rapture . . . Separation of Church and State)
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Read somewhere that the “Jabba, The Hut” governor was tied to the company supplying the bricks in the strategic locations for the rioters. Maybe someone ought to investigate that instead of harassing a handful of people trying to have church.


14 posted on 06/02/2020 3:48:32 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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I stand corrected. Thanks.


15 posted on 06/02/2020 3:49:20 PM PDT by bkopto
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It also doesn’t help when they loot and burn businesses in the black neighborhoods.


16 posted on 06/02/2020 4:08:46 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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“Preckwinkle”? Is that real?


17 posted on 06/02/2020 4:17:54 PM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare)
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Mayor Groot banned church services. Governor Creosote backed her up.

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18 posted on 06/02/2020 4:23:13 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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what criminal justice reform do they want.


19 posted on 06/02/2020 4:30:57 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza

On issue after issue, Preckwinkle presented Obama as someone who thrived in the world of Chicago politics. She suggested that Obama joined Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ for political reasons. “It’s a church that would provide you with lots of social connections and prominent parishioners,” she said. “It’s a good place for a politician to be a member.”

20 posted on 06/02/2020 4:32:04 PM PDT by maggief
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