Posted on 05/05/2024 9:36:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chicago, like so many of our major cities, is out of control. Homelessness, smash-and-grab robberies, carjackings, gangs effectively taking over parts of the city - Chicago is in free fall. On Sunday, another incident in Chicago's meltdown was revealed when the Chicago Police Department canceled the city's Cinco de Mayo parade "out of an abundance of caution," due to gang violence and large-scale fighting in the area of the parade.
Families in Democrat-run Chicago hoping to enjoy a Cinco de Mayo parade will have to wait until next year – after the city canceled the festivities due to "gang violence."
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) announced Sunday that the Cinco de Mayo Parade was canceled "out of an abundance of caution… to protect the safety of all in attendance, including families and children."
Families were forced to pack up and head home after reports of large-scale fights in the area.
"This decision was made in agreement between CPD’s 10th District, elected officials, and parade organizers, following gang violence in the area," CPD said in a statement.
This is the really alarming bit, that the story - or the Chicago PD - almost seems to downplay:
The department said it arrested multiple people on unspecified gun charges.
Chicago is a mess. The city has suffered from years, nay, decades of incompetent government, brought about mostly by the citizenry voting out one incompetent city official only to vote in an even less competent city official. What's worse is that Cook County and Chicago, as is the case in many blue states, essentially control the rest of the state politically--meaning that all of Illinois suffers under these incompetent politicians.
As of this writing, there have been four people killed and 23 wounded by gunfire in Chicago this weekend alone, ranging in age from 17 to 49. This is a spring weekend in the Windy City for you, folks. At the moment the numbers above were noted, the list was still being updated. It's likely that by midnight on Sunday, the number will have gone up.
The Chicago Police is doing the best it can with what it is allowed to work with, and canceling the parade was probably the right call. But it's a sad pass we've come to when the town that has been referred to as America's Second City is so out of control, that the police can't guarantee the safety of the general public while they attend a parade.
Government, at every level, has two primary purposes: To protect the citizens' liberty and to protect the citizens' property. In this Chicago has failed, and continues to fail. It's time the voters in the Windy City hire a better class of public servant.
In the course of human history it has been shown those willing to do violence will always win over those that are not.
What we are seeing is the eroding of fear from the law of those who are inclined to commit crimes. This is the result of our liberal legal system that will punish attempts to interfere with criminal behavior be it police or private citizens.
It is easier to steal from the public treasury when there is chaos then when everything is ran smoothly. There are some who want the chaos that criminals provide.
Seeeeeeee.... Even the Mexicans can’t have nice things/
Just a warm up for the DemocRAT convention.
“Theft: Accounting for 73.5% of all offenses.”
Later on you could be sent to Australia for stealing bread. If I were Australian today, I would get some mucho bragging rights for having such a despicable thieving ancestor/
Pierogi festival! That's awesome, I heart me some pierogis
Crime prevention is not a true police function.
LOL bump!
In Chicago i believe districts 4,6 and 10 are the worst crime wise
This parade was in district 10
Because it’ll be soooo much better next year... Right???
Inequality of citizenship causes societal failure
Black cops eschew the Hispanic population as a threat to their corruption
Cannot wait for the Dem Convention!
White supremacists at it again.
That’s what they want. They will elect them again. I don’t feel sorry for them.
Wait - whut?
They don’t want to allow any more of that “Mostly Peaceful” mayhem this year - what racists....
Cant wait for the DNC convention fat tub pritzger and the retarded DEI mayor, ENJOY
Why would the US even want a Cinco de Mayo celebration as it has no US connections. The US had their own Civil War going at that time. It is like the US celebrating some obscure battle in the Middle East or Europe that has no connections to the US.
It is if you practice “broken windows” law enforcement. There is unequivocal empirical evidence that it does work, so if it is done with with the end goal of crime prevention, I would disagree with you.
No such luck. The gangs are there to stay, baby.
One of my memories that stood out was going to a Burger King and being able to get a beer with my burger. That was the first and last time I ever did that.
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