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Illinois Democrats think they can magically cure the crime devastating Chicago with a few words
Fox News ^ | Fox News | Corey Brooks

Posted on 05/28/2024 10:47:17 AM PDT by SJackson

Once again, our Illinois politicians believe they have the magic that will cure the crime that riddles our city of Chicago. I recently learned that our state’s Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce House Bill 4409 to amend the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 in order to rename "offenders" as "justice-impacted individuals." That is right — with the magic of rewording, we will no longer have "offenders" or "criminals." Instead, we will have "justice-impacted individuals" and the implication could not be clearer: rather than being seen as criminals who victimized society they will be seen as victims of the system. I wish it were that simple.

If it were, I could stop my work as a pastor who has tried to reform criminals in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side for the last 20 years.

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But you and I know that this latest move by our state politicians is just more leftist foolishness.

It makes me tired. I’m of watching how these liberals have sprinkled this magic dust in my neighborhood over and over — for the last seven decades. In the beginning, long before I arrived on the South Side to begin my ministry, they introduced welfare policies that took the father out of the home in exchange for government dependency.

Year after year, they failed to provide us with sufficient schools and teachers — today, the nearby elementary school produces kids who can barely read or do math. And only several months ago, less than a year ago, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that he would magically achieve equity by shuttering some of the city’s best public high schools because it wouldn’t be fair to the Black kids in poor performing schools.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; illinois

1 posted on 05/28/2024 10:47:17 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

worth reading the article


2 posted on 05/28/2024 10:47:33 AM PDT by SJackson (There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them Churchill)
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To: SJackson

Well, I suppose it’s OK if they also re-label victims as “INjustice impacted individuals”.


3 posted on 05/28/2024 10:49:21 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: SJackson

Not the Bee


4 posted on 05/28/2024 10:53:08 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: SJackson

The same crap the left always does.
Gotta make them a victim.


5 posted on 05/28/2024 10:53:38 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: SJackson

You just have to believe in majic.


6 posted on 05/28/2024 10:55:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: SJackson

the left always side with the real criminals


7 posted on 05/28/2024 11:16:07 AM PDT by Baladas
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“...rename “offenders” as “justice-impacted individuals.”


This is actually a common practice. If something has a negative connotation, change the word. Some examples I can think of are crippled ->handicapped->disabled->differently abled-> ‘person with disabilities’.

One minority group has changed it accepted name several times over the decades. Colored, Negro, Black, African-American, Afro-American, ‘teen’.

Our local school district changed the name of the high school for kids ‘who don’t fit in’ from ‘Alternative School’ to ‘Academy’.

The problem with this is it doesn’t really fool anyone with a brain. And it solves absolutely nothing.


8 posted on 05/28/2024 11:16:35 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: SJackson

In the US Government, we’re being introduced to the term “Justice-involved individuals” when it comes to considering job candidates, including contractors. Duh, didn’t take long to figure that one out.

No, criminals and ex-cons will not be cleared, hired and near me at work while I’m still working. They can wait until I walk in a few years, if that long.


9 posted on 05/28/2024 11:35:57 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Took a while to realize this wasn’t the Bee...


10 posted on 05/28/2024 11:36:28 AM PDT by GOPJ (Deplorables welcome Bronx "clowns" to the family. )
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To: SJackson

“justice-impacted individuals” sounds more like the victims of the criminals. Not the criminals.


11 posted on 05/28/2024 12:02:10 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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There has got to be a reason that Miami and Chicago have swapped realities. Miami was the most crime ridden large city at one time. But now its Chicago.


12 posted on 05/28/2024 1:32:38 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: SJackson

and robbery is a financial transaction, and rape is a social engagement... right???


13 posted on 05/28/2024 2:00:50 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: SJackson

Will this new understanding of a criminal extend to the governor as well?


14 posted on 05/29/2024 10:45:59 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: SJackson

Remember when America valued free speech? Not really!

Chicago Riots in 1968

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15 posted on 06/09/2024 8:28:19 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If voting made any difference, they wouldn't allow us to vote! Our 6th Jan PROTESTERS stood up! )
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