“Chicago’s new Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, during his Monday inauguration speech, compared the recent murder of a city police officer to the 2021 shooting death of an armed teen by police.
Johnson, who has come under fire over his past comments expressing support for the “defund the police movement,” told the crowd at the inauguration, “The tears of Adam Toledo’s parents are made of the same sorrow as those of Officer Preston’s parents.”
He was referencing 24-year-old Chicago police officer Areanah Preston, who was tragically shot to death outside her South Side home on May 6 after returning from a night shift, and 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot by a police officer while armed during a foot pursuit in March 2021.”
I can see an older Chicago cop hanging on to qualify for a pension. But why would any sharp young person consider joining the Chicago police?
I can’t think of a single reason. Which means that going forward, Chicago will have to scrape the bottom of the barrel.