Posted on 08/05/2023 4:53:35 AM PDT by Salman
Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara unloaded on Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday for referring to the ransacking of a South Loop convenience store as a teen “trend”—and not a “mob action” — and for telling reporters it was inappropriate “to refer to children as, like, baby Al Capones.”
In a YouTube video to the police rank-and-file that focused largely on an independent arbitrator’s two rulings favorable to the union, Catanzara condemned Johnson as the City Hall equivalent of a permissive parent who would rather make excuses for young people wreaking havoc than hold them accountable for their criminal behavior.
“The teen takeover on Roosevelt Road was not a teen takeover. It was looting. It was mob action. It is in the ordinance, Mr. Mayor. Look it up. It’s also in the state statute. I would hope you’d be familiar with that,” Catanzara said.
“Nobody is renaming anybody little mini-Al Capones. But they certainly, in many cases, had the same, terrorizing effect that Al Capone had 100 years ago with these teen takeovers where they think they can do whatever they want with no repercussions, no parental supervision and no accountability — specifically apparent by the mayor’s office in City Hall, who wants to excuse all of this bad behavior because Chicago has a past. So that means, do whatever the hell you want, apparently.”
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Looting = redistribution of wealth if you are the right color.
“Do thou what thou wilt” is deemed appropriate by the mayor of Chicago ....
How cops can function in that crap hole is beyond my comprehension.
Also beyond my comprehension is how people can continue to vote for these liberal mental midgets.
I heard the press conference with that idiot mayor.....my opinion....he’s got what amounts to a 10th grade education. I don’t care how many degrees he claims.
And, he was a teacher?......the parents of the kids he taught need to ask for a ref.
Refund
Just when I think Shitcago can’t get any worse.....
It’s back! The site was removed/closed a number of years ago.
The black mayor has a fauxhawk. What more do you need to understand they do not elect serious people in Chicago?
This guy may be worse than Groot.
9 and 10...again.
It is going to be an ugly mess, but it will have to be done.
Ain’t but one way to correct this, and we all know what it is.
A “trend” implies that it’s something that will spread, even briefly.
Is the country supposed to take a “kids will be kids” attitude and just let it continue until the “trend” goes away?
Oh, like the “event” that occured yesterday at Washington Sq in NYC? Nothing to see, move along. Ignore the property destruction you think you see happening....................
You wonder how much damage the Democrats might think is enough to inflict on a city. And how much the voters will tolerate.
I’m a firm believer in ending the mob situation with extreme prejudice. It happens only once and won’t again.
The Mayor only sees Color and it’s his Color
Police Union Boss is a bigger fool than the Mayor.
It’s a mistake to refer to younger thugs as “teens”.
The “voters” will tolerate everything right up until it’s THEIR house and THEIR business getting looted and burned…
.., and then they’ll elect ANOTHER democrat asshole who will allow it to happen again… or until they’re murdered in their homes by these little thugs.
Like Jason Aldean said in his song; “Try That In A Small Town”.
Quit or shut up. Go write another parking ticket.
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