Rep. Darin LaHood. R-Ill, condemned the 'unacceptable' violence in the Windy City and Democrat leaders who do 'nothing about it' and 'demoralize' police.
. It's an embarrassment to the state of Illinois. This type of violence from youth running through Chicago, unfortunately, this is becoming more and more routine. I spent 10 years as a state and federal prosecutor. I worked as a prosecutor in Chicago. This is simply unacceptable. But yet we have Democrat democratically elected leaders in Chicago that continue to do nothing about it. We are losing families. We are losing businesses out of Chicago.
I would worry about it when you have a mayor coming in that refuses to support law enforcement. I mean, talk to any police officer in Chicago, Bill. They're literally demoralized because nobody none of these people that were involved in the violence you just showed there get arrested. They don't have to show up in court. No one gets charged. And he's talking about having safe places for youth. You have to listen to law enforcement. This happens so routinely in Chicago now.
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