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Woke Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has secret unit of 70 cops protecting her in addition to her 20-officer bodyguard detail: 660 cops retired in 2021 under the one-time Defund the Police advocate
Daily Mail ^
| March 28, 2022
| Alex Hammer
Posted on 06/27/2022 9:41:20 AM PDT by Perseverando
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, once an advocate for Defund the Police, has a secret group of cops protecting her alongside her bodyguard, it's been revealed
The unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant are providing protection for the city’s mayor together with her bodyguard detail of about 20 officers
The revelation comes after Lightfoot proposed slashing $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during Defund the Police protests
The proposal was later scaled back and $59 million of the budget was cut She has since denounced the movement and pleaded with the AG to send ATF agents to the city for six months after it saw its murder rate jump to 25-year high
One-time Defund the Police advocate Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a secret group of Chicago cops known as Unit 544 protecting her alongside her bodyguards, it has been revealed.
The unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant are provide round-the-clock protection for the city’s mayor, together with her bodyguard detail of about 20 men, The Chicago Sun Times has revealed, citing city records.
The revelation comes as crime in the Windy City has surged to frightening new rates not seen in half a decade, and after Lightfoot proposed slashing a whopping $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during the Defund the Police protests.
The proposal was later scaled back and 3.33 percent of the budget – or $59 million – was cut.
It also comes amid news 660 cops retired in 2021 - almost twice as many as in 2018. The mass retirements came in the same year Lightfoot announced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city employees.
Lightfoot, 59, has since denounced the movement and in December pleaded with Attorney General Merrick Garland to
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; bidenvoters; bulldagger; chicago; chicagopolice; defundthepolice; demagogicparty; dyke; guncontrol; illinois; lightfoot; lorilightfoot; merrickgarland; rkba; unit544
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"Light in the Loafers" says: Guns for me, but not for thee.
Killings in Chicago? What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?
To: Perseverando
we are certain that all 90 of her taxpayer-paid policemen guarding her... have no weapons ... consistent with how she wants to disarm (and render defenseless!) all the good citizens of Chicago
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posted on
06/27/2022 9:50:13 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
(“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: Perseverando
So, how much does that cost to keep beetlejuice alive/safe?
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posted on
06/27/2022 9:50:50 AM PDT
by
Karliner
(Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
To: Karliner
Anything greater than zero is too high.
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posted on
06/27/2022 9:51:58 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Perseverando
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posted on
06/27/2022 9:54:37 AM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
To: Perseverando
Strip her of all security and throw her to the wolves. Let her find out what she helped create.
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posted on
06/27/2022 9:58:40 AM PDT
by
Lucky2
(#Let's Go Brandon, #FJB)
To: Karliner
So, how much does that cost to keep beetlejuice alive/safe?
Comrade! Please know that it makes Napoleon, er, Beetlejuice physically ill to find herself and her wife constantly surrounded by police. She cannot stand the sight or smell of them! She is willing to make this sacrifice because she knows that her work is vital to the people of Chicago. She also knows that the people of Chicago, at least those not gunned down in under-policed areas, are grateful to her for her sacrifice.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:04:50 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Perseverando
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has secret unit of 70 cops protecting her And the cop's excuse for doing this for America's enemies?
Pay, benefits and pensions!
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:05:46 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Perseverando
I assume none of these body guards carry weapons.
So many morons keep voting for democrat plantation owners.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:09:49 AM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
To: Perseverando
If one needs that much security, perhaps one should re-evaluate one’s position.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:12:05 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: Perseverando
She is getting the maximum out of her entitlement. With three certified victim statuses it’s a wonder she doesn’t expect to be treated like a queen.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:15:29 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(To get the USA back - we have to recover from the current wave of insanity.)
To: stars & stripes forever
So these 70 A@@holes are Groot’s Posse?
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:18:41 AM PDT
by
OHPatriot
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Perseverando
She could always get a job scaring babies after her time as mayor.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:25:43 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(What did the cook say when the rat fell into the chowder? "Better luck next time.")
To: Lucky2
Strip her of all security and throw her to the wolves. Let her find out what she helped create.Chicago Body Count
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:34:06 AM PDT
by
Perseverando
(Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
To: Perseverando
Ninty-one LEO’s DEDICATED to her????
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:41:19 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
To: Perseverando
Bribery works. Those ‘cops’ are making bank.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:59:02 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: dragnet2
Yep. Armed thugs hired with your taxpayer dollars to do the lefty’s biding.
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posted on
06/27/2022 10:59:18 AM PDT
by
curious7
To: Perseverando
90 bodyguards? Does the Secret Service even have that many guarding Biden?
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:11:58 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: hanamizu
da, spasibo comrade. I should be more careful asking such questions.
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posted on
06/27/2022 11:12:24 AM PDT
by
Karliner
(Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
To: Perseverando
The Democrats are so stupid. If they used Lightfoot as the
missing link, they’d win every discussion on evolution vs
creation.
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posted on
06/27/2022 12:46:03 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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