This Is Who Chicago's New Mayor Says Should Respond to Crime Scenes

townhall.com ^ | 4/7/2023 1230 edt | Julio Rosas

[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."

[lurk]

Cook County. The fulfillment of collectivist dreams.

[Sertorius]

https://nypost.com/2023/04/06/social-worker-butchered-by-ax-wielding-homeless-woman-in-vermont-shelter/

Social Workers fleeing Vermont should be easy to hire.

[telescope115]

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

[telescope115]

The death rate for social workers is gonna go waaaay up.

[steve86]

100% on the mark.

[AbolishCSEU]

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.

[RedElement]

This is Chicago telling Detroit, “hold my beer”. Better yet, “hold my Bud.”

[gibsonguy]

There ya go, perfect.

[Rocco DiPippo]

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!

[Rocco DiPippo]

Excellent point.

[dfwgator]

He’s all yours Chicago. Have fun.

[GOYAKLA]

I heard they still have three, still open, in Washington DC!
A senile Squatter, is living in one of them!

[AlaskaErik]

Sending a social worker worked great up in Brattleboro the other day.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Personally. I think the dumbass mayors should respond with their helper elves and aides and take responsibility for the arrest of the perps.

[Elsie]

Gee... Officer Krupke

He’s depraved on account he’s deprived!!!

[Elsie]

Why does “Sling Blade” come to mind?

[Elsie]

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.

[M Kehoe]

Beetlejuice 2.0

5.56mm

[griswold3]

Can you see any social workers responding to a domestic violence call?

[frank ballenger]

Never saw it. Catching up on crime movies and TV, though.