Woke Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has secret unit of 70 cops protecting her in addition to her 20-officer bodyguard detail: 660 cops retired in 2021 under the one-time Defund the Police advocate

Daily Mail ^ | March 28, 2022 | Alex Hammer

[Perseverando]

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, once an advocate for Defund the Police, has a secret group of cops protecting her alongside her bodyguard, it's been revealed

The unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant are providing protection for the city’s mayor together with her bodyguard detail of about 20 officers

The revelation comes after Lightfoot proposed slashing $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during Defund the Police protests

The proposal was later scaled back and $59 million of the budget was cut She has since denounced the movement and pleaded with the AG to send ATF agents to the city for six months after it saw its murder rate jump to 25-year high

One-time Defund the Police advocate Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a secret group of Chicago cops known as Unit 544 protecting her alongside her bodyguards, it has been revealed.

The unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant are provide round-the-clock protection for the city’s mayor, together with her bodyguard detail of about 20 men, The Chicago Sun Times has revealed, citing city records.

The revelation comes as crime in the Windy City has surged to frightening new rates not seen in half a decade, and after Lightfoot proposed slashing a whopping $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during the Defund the Police protests.

The proposal was later scaled back and 3.33 percent of the budget – or $59 million – was cut.

It also comes amid news 660 cops retired in 2021 - almost twice as many as in 2018. The mass retirements came in the same year Lightfoot announced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city employees.

Lightfoot, 59, has since denounced the movement and in December pleaded with Attorney General Merrick Garland to

[Perseverando]

"Light in the Loafers" says: Guns for me, but not for thee.

Killings in Chicago? What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?

[faithhopecharity]

we are certain that all 90 of her taxpayer-paid policemen guarding her... have no weapons ... consistent with how she wants to disarm (and render defenseless!) all the good citizens of Chicago

[Karliner]

So, how much does that cost to keep beetlejuice alive/safe?

[EEGator]

Anything greater than zero is too high.

[stars & stripes forever]

70 full-time guards???

[Lucky2]

Strip her of all security and throw her to the wolves. Let her find out what she helped create.

[hanamizu]

So, how much does that cost to keep beetlejuice alive/safe?

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Comrade! Please know that it makes Napoleon, er, Beetlejuice physically ill to find herself and her wife constantly surrounded by police. She cannot stand the sight or smell of them! She is willing to make this sacrifice because she knows that her work is vital to the people of Chicago. She also knows that the people of Chicago, at least those not gunned down in under-policed areas, are grateful to her for her sacrifice.

[dragnet2]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has secret unit of 70 cops protecting her

And the cop's excuse for doing this for America's enemies?

Pay, benefits and pensions!

[ConservativeInPA]

I assume none of these body guards carry weapons.

So many morons keep voting for democrat plantation owners.

[bk1000]

If one needs that much security, perhaps one should re-evaluate one’s position.

[I want the USA back]

She is getting the maximum out of her entitlement. With three certified victim statuses it’s a wonder she doesn’t expect to be treated like a queen.

[OHPatriot]

So these 70 A@@holes are Groot’s Posse?

[dainbramaged]

She could always get a job scaring babies after her time as mayor.

[Perseverando]

Strip her of all security and throw her to the wolves. Let her find out what she helped create.

Chicago Body Count

[Chickensoup]

Ninty-one LEO’s DEDICATED to her????

[dynachrome]

Bribery works. Those ‘cops’ are making bank.

[curious7]

Yep. Armed thugs hired with your taxpayer dollars to do the lefty’s biding.

[Organic Panic]

90 bodyguards? Does the Secret Service even have that many guarding Biden?

[Karliner]

da, spasibo comrade. I should be more careful asking such questions.

[DoughtyOne]

The Democrats are so stupid. If they used Lightfoot as the
missing link, they’d win every discussion on evolution vs
creation.