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This Is Who Chicago's New Mayor Says Should Respond to Crime Scenes
townhall.com ^ | 4/7/2023 1230 edt | Julio Rosas

Posted on 04/08/2023 9:59:37 AM PDT by rktman

Chicago Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson (D) told CBS News on Thursday his plan to tackle the city's crime problem: Send more social workers to crime scenes.

Johnson, a staunch progressive, pointed to instances where police killed black men as evidence to say more police officers are not the solution.

"This is really about making sure that people understand the context of the level of frustration when you see that type of brutalization over and over again, it can be discouraging," Johnson explained.

"We're working to double the amount of young people we hire, not just for summer jobs, but for year-round positions," he continued. "We've been pushing this ordinance called 'Treatment, Not Trauma.' In essence, first responders, social workers, counselors, EMT[s], these individuals would show up to calls that require those type of interventions."

Johnson said at least 40 percent of the 9-1-1 calls in the city deal with "mental health crises."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; brandonjohnson; chicago; doh; dystopia; illinois; mayor; police
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😵‍💫 And people thought groot was bad?
1 posted on 04/08/2023 9:59:37 AM PDT by rktman
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Definition of Insanity.


2 posted on 04/08/2023 10:00:54 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Who the Hell is going to apply for one of these positions? Seriously?


3 posted on 04/08/2023 10:01:21 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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“staunch progressive” must be the new way of describing “wild-eyed anarchist”.


4 posted on 04/08/2023 10:02:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Yep- send in civilized, educated people to deal with violent, low IQ, welfare human trash.

Where is my popcorn... 🍿


5 posted on 04/08/2023 10:03:09 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: rktman

Wouldn’t want to be a social worker in Chicago.


6 posted on 04/08/2023 10:03:29 AM PDT by mware ( )
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OMG! I think he might be worse than Lori. Keep it up, Chicago, and you’ll be living in a ghost town.


7 posted on 04/08/2023 10:03:38 AM PDT by econjack
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when you see that type of brutalization over and over again

This is why blax will never grow up, and this is why in any city with large numbers of blax, crime will escalate.

The problem is crime. To control crime, you have to terrorize criminals.

Rom 13:4: if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil..

Note: the "sword" in that verse is not an ornament. It's an instrument of death. And if Paul had written that in the 21st century? "..for he beareth not his Glock 17 and AR 15 in vain.."

8 posted on 04/08/2023 10:04:50 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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We want to avoid explosive situations so we've been pushing this ordinance called 'Treatment, Not Trauma.' We call it "TNT" for short."

Let's go, Barndon!

9 posted on 04/08/2023 10:04:55 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Just build a wall. Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town...


10 posted on 04/08/2023 10:06:08 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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> Who the Hell is going to apply for one of these positions? Seriously? <

Starry-eyed dreamer types with degrees in modern social work. And when they are brutalized to the point of quitting, they will be replaced by other starry-eyed dreamer types with degrees in modern social work.

This can go on for some time.


11 posted on 04/08/2023 10:06:38 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: econjack

That fellow who reports for Fox News, whose brother died in Chicago was heart sick with the results from that election. Many a soul will not see next year because of it.


12 posted on 04/08/2023 10:06:59 AM PDT by mware ( )
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Johnson said at least 40 percent of the 9-1-1 calls in the city deal with "mental health crises."

Those numbers should improve. I say 50% by Thanksgiving.

13 posted on 04/08/2023 10:08:26 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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“And people thought groot was bad?”

Hard to believe but yes he’s even worse.


14 posted on 04/08/2023 10:09:36 AM PDT by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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When I was at GLNTC for bootcamp 1967 we went to chicongo on one liberty. Decided we must have taken the wrong bus and the next liberty we went to Milwaukee. Much better then. Now, probably not.


15 posted on 04/08/2023 10:10:49 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Chi-Congo is circling the drain, with SF, LA and a few dozen other ‘blue’ cities.


16 posted on 04/08/2023 10:11:32 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Didn’t the Romans try something like this back in the day? They would send peaceful Christians to clam and appese wild Lions, how did that work out?


17 posted on 04/08/2023 10:11:53 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: bigfootbob

The people who fill these jobs will probably never have to do any real work.


18 posted on 04/08/2023 10:11:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Keep it up, Chicago, and you’ll be living in a ghost town.

Ghost town?

That would only happen if the criminals killed all the decent people, then each other.

Plenty of ghosts after that!

19 posted on 04/08/2023 10:13:18 AM PDT by null and void (I'm ready to come back to Russia but I don’t want to live in a country that starts wars ~ Diuzharden)
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Stellar idea. Send in the hoards of social workers. The world can use less social workers.


20 posted on 04/08/2023 10:14:47 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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