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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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To: rktman
Cook County. The fulfillment of collectivist dreams.
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posted on
04/08/2023 1:20:15 PM PDT
by
lurk
(u)
To: rktman
82
posted on
04/08/2023 1:21:33 PM PDT
by
Sertorius
(A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
To: cdcdawg
I couldn’t agree with you more.
It took decades for things to get this bad, but with all the outside influences stoking the flames of anarchy, it’s anybody’s guess how long it would take to turn things around.
If ever.
Keep ‘em dumb
Keep ‘em down
Keep ‘em angry
83
posted on
04/08/2023 1:25:43 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
To: MDLION
The death rate for social workers is gonna go waaaay up.
84
posted on
04/08/2023 1:35:54 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
To: Leaning Right
85
posted on
04/08/2023 1:37:36 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: SauronOfMordor
BINGO! CPS workers won’t touch REAL child abuse with a 10 ft pole. Too dangerous and politically incorrect. MUCH easier to go after white suburban blue collar dads on the weekends spending time with their kids.
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posted on
04/08/2023 1:50:46 PM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: econjack
This is Chicago telling Detroit, “hold my beer”. Better yet, “hold my Bud.”
To: lapsus calami
88
posted on
04/08/2023 2:46:28 PM PDT
by
gibsonguy
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To: rktman
It's going to get interesting when some effete, thin-skinned young "male" social worker finds himself suddenly trying to avoid getting hacked to death by a feces-covered, screeching lunatic who's slashing at him with a 12" kitchen knife. I'm sure all the DEI training his folks paid $50K a year for at a fake college will be instrumental in helping him survive it.
Popcorn time!
To: Leaning Right
To: rktman
He’s all yours Chicago. Have fun.
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posted on
04/08/2023 3:33:06 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: hanamizu
I heard they still have three, still open, in Washington DC!
A senile Squatter, is living in one of them!
92
posted on
04/08/2023 3:48:37 PM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
To: rktman
Sending a social worker worked great up in Brattleboro the other day.
93
posted on
04/08/2023 5:08:22 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
To: rktman
Personally. I think the dumbass mayors should respond with their helper elves and aides and take responsibility for the arrest of the perps.
94
posted on
04/08/2023 5:36:48 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(It's time to indict the Dung Beetle Party's token affirmative action chubby cheeked shyster lawyer.)
To: Huskrrrr
Gee... Officer Krupke
He’s depraved on account he’s deprived!!!
95
posted on
04/08/2023 6:38:56 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: frank ballenger
Why does “Sling Blade” come to mind?
96
posted on
04/08/2023 6:45:20 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Sertorius
I have NO idea how to parse this sentence:
A homeless woman fatally — and gruesomely — butchered a homeless shelter worker before she was seen wiping blood off her hands, Vermont authorities alleged this week.
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posted on
04/08/2023 6:49:27 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: rktman
98
posted on
04/08/2023 6:55:37 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
To: bigfootbob
Can you see any social workers responding to a domestic violence call?
99
posted on
04/08/2023 7:31:23 PM PDT
by
griswold3
(Truth, Beauty and Goodness ; Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
To: Elsie
Never saw it. Catching up on crime movies and TV, though.
100
posted on
04/08/2023 7:40:14 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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