Say what?
Posted on 09/13/2021 4:18:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to announce an effort to sue local gangs as a way to curb rampant gun violence, according to a local affiliate report.
The Democratic mayor is expected to announce a plan that would allow city attorneys to take legal action against gang affiliated offenders, FOX 32 Chicago reported. A spokesperson for Lightfoot’s office would not comment on Monday, other than to say more details would be available on Tuesday.
"As a city we are using every tool to push back against the gangs that are leaving a trail of blood, death and misery in their wake," Lightfoot said, according to the report. If successful in their legal efforts, the city could thwart gangs’ activities by seizing property, such as weapons, money and vehicles.
"What we are proposing is a tool in civil courts that gives us the opportunity to go after those gangs that are wreaking havoc," Lightfoot reportedly said, "and in particular, take away the profit motive from them by seizing assets that they have been able to purchase because of their violent activity in our neighborhoods."
The Chicago Police Department has been outspoken about its struggle combating gun violence, especially at the hands of violent gangs, in recent months.
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Oh I’m sure the gang members will show up in court (snort)!
Say what?
Ohh no Dawg, I gotta subpoena.
My first thought as well.
The old fish-eyed fool would have better luck making Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx do her job.
NO NO Youre suppose to sue them... You have to pay them for not shooting anyone... I havent shot anyone in Chicago all day, wheres mine... Gimme dat...
And they write this stuff deadpan.
it’s spelled RICO!!!
That plus whatever genetic problems she has. Nothing that looks and acts like that is normal.
What you said.
She be crossed with a goggle eyed perch.
Reminds me of the bad movie “Dagon” from a H.P. Lovecraft story.
Doing everything short of actually arresting and prosecuting them she means.
They’ll hire the biggest lib ambulance chaser they can find,get an enormous settlement from the city and split it with Lightfoot...the perfect lib scam
It’s a win/win for a democrat. Defund the police and hire lawyers to sue criminals. It generates money better than traffic tickets. Of course, criminals will just have to raise their prices, and pass the cost on to the consumer.
Looks like mayor general gial ackbar is using her empty head again
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Gial_Ackbar?file=Admiral_Ackbar_RH.png
a plan that would allow city attorneys to take legal action against gang affiliated offenders,
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I thought arresting, convicting, and incarceration was legal action.
The gangs already pay off the politicians. That is how they stay in business. The democrats are signaling they want a bigger cut of the action.
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