Posted on 05/25/2024 7:57:40 AM PDT by Salman
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The holiday has historically marked a spike of street violence in the city, lasting throughout the summer. Though Chicago violence has decreased in recent years, dozens were shot over the last Memorial Day weekend.
“I will not rest and my administration will not rest until we tackle this problem and stop the violence,” Johnson said at a news conference inside the Chicago Cultural Center.
Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said the department will put additional officers on the street by canceling certain days off and adding overtime hours, but he said that the effort would be “strategic” and “deliberate.” The practice has drawn scrutiny in years past.
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Officials also encouraged parents to be watchful of their children once school lets out. It was unclear if Johnson planned to implement a youth curfew downtown, a tactic employed over the past two summers. In May 2022, a 16-year-old was fatally shot near the Bean, leading to a temporary ban on unaccompanied minors in the Millennium Park after 6 p.m.
“There are ongoing conversations around how we create safe spaces, as well as time for our young people,” Johnson said. “We have to make sure that we’re keeping people safe, but we also have to make sure that we’re not placing restrictions that ultimately lead to a deeper level of frustration that could manifest in another part of the city.”
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“Chicago’s summer safety plan”
Step 1......stay the hell out of Chicago.
Step 2......see Step 1
“Please, no violence between 6am and 8pm.”
*Wait for this to appear again.
Wait until the Democrats have their convention this summer for the violence and mayhem to really start up.
Daily Caller:
“Violence Is Coming To DNC, Officials Fear”
“Over 70 organizations have joined a coalition called ‘March on the DNC’ and plan to protest President Joe Biden for being ‘complicit in the genocide’ of Palestinians.”
Hizzoner will be cowering under his desk.
Summer safety plans might sound like a good idea. But will they have any positive impact?
Will the youth gangs who perpetrate so many shootings hold off and respect the plan? Will the mindset of those who are disrespected, change and they won’t go shoot someone as a response to being disrespected?
I’m betting that he and his administration aren’t going to be getting much rest.
So whats the over/under for the weekend? I’d put it around 50.
“...we also have to make sure that we’re not placing restrictions that ultimately lead to a deeper level of frustration that could manifest in another part of the city.”
So what is the betting odds on how many get shot in Chicago this holiday weekend?
Now, watch the bloodiest Memorial Day in years about to happen.
Memorial Day weekend, that is.
If they only had 100 more gun laws, I’m sure things would improve.
The only common sense gun law says: Everyone be trained & armed at all times. An armed society is a polite society.
When I read the headline, I had to see if it was a Bee article!
Have they ever thought about just asking folks nicely to obey and just trusting their natural goodwill toward men? /major sarc
And just think, by convention time Obama may already have brought the 800,000 Palestinian “refugees” over here from Gaza. Fun times were had by all.
“my administration will not rest until we tackle this problem and stop the violence,”
Will he resign if he fails?
Nope.
No consequences equals lots of talk and no successful action.
“Wait until the Democrats have their convention this summer for the violence and mayhem to really start up.”
when i read the headline, i assumed the article was referring to a plan to deal with the expected convention violence ... but no, just another non-plan regarding ordinary, garden-variety chi-town mayhem ...
Can’t attack a problem you deny exists.
What’s the over/under for shootings and homicides this weekend for Chicago. And can they set a new holiday weekend record?
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