Arguing that a mayor who 'cannot keep us safe' is a mayor Chicago 'cannot afford to keep,' U.S. Rep. Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia on Friday unveiled a sweeping plan to stop the violent crime that is foremost on the minds of voters.
Arguing that a mayor who "cannot keep us safe" is a mayor Chicago "cannot afford to keep," U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia on Friday unveiled a sweeping plan to stop the violent crime that is foremost on the minds of voters.Arguing that a mayor who "cannot keep us safe" is a mayor Chicago "cannot afford to keep," U.S. Rep.
"While she was … pointing fingers and hurling insults, Chicagoans were dying. There are no words for … the shattered families, for the children senselessly shot as they walk out of school, for the people dealing with the trauma of carjackings and armed robberies. A mayor who cannot keep us safe is a mayor we cannot afford to keep."
He also promised to implement hiring and retention incentives for officers and take proven violence prevention programs "to scale" in Chicago’s 15 most violent neighborhoods."I know some people are surprised to hear a guy like me who spent decades as a community activist, community builder supporting hiring police officers. But building the violence prevention programs in Little Village was only possible by having an understanding with police," Garcia said.
Nearly two years ago, a model designed by the University of Chicago Crime Lab called for a radical approach to the perennial demand to assign more Chicago Police Department officers in those violent neighborhoods most in need of steadily diminishing police resources. Garcia accused Lightfoot and her hand-picked police Supt. David Brown, whom he has vowed to dump, of "burying" that report and fudging response time to make them look better than they really are.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Things to do around Chicago: Events for MLK Day, puppets and ‘Chicago’ the musicalCelebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Chicago History Museum, with Deeply Rooted or with events in Evanston.
Read more »
Mayor candidate Jesús ‘Chuy’ García vows more neighborhood patrol teams and outreach — and a new police superintendent — in public safety planUS Rep. Jesús ‘Chuy’ García vows more neighborhood patrol teams and outreach — and a new police superintendent — in public safety plan
Read more »
US Rep. Jesús ‘Chuy’ García vows more neighborhood patrol teams and outreach — and a new police superintendent — in public safety planU.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García released a public safety plan for Chicago on Friday, his first comprehensive set of campaign promises in his bid to unseat Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the Feb. 28 election.
Read more »
Chicago Mayor’s ‘Unethical’ Plea for Campaign Volunteers Stuns TeachersChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign apparently violated her own ethics policy after emailing Chicago Public Schools teachers Wednesday, urging them to convince students to earn class credit and volunteer for her upcoming re-election campaign.
Read more »
Chicago mayor ripped by the ACLU for 'inappropriately coercive' email to city school teachersChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's re-election campaign was criticized for sending an email to Chicago Public School teachers, encouraging them to give students 'credit' for volunteering on the campaign.
Read more »
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says political outreach email to teachers was a ‘mistake,’ blames staffer“I’ll repeat again, the outreach to the CPS teachers via their emails was a mistake, should not have happened, and is not going to happen again,” she reiterated.
Read more »