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In Appalling Statement, Chicago Mayor Blames City's Soaring Murder Toll on Police Not Being Aggressive EnoughWe have allowed our police department to get fetal and it is having a direct consequence, Emanuel told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. They have pulled back from the ability to interdict . . . they dont want to be a news story themselves, they dont want their career ended early, and its having an impact.
FTPOS
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Sadly, not a surprise from him.
SamKnause
(13,091 posts)repercussions we refuse to do our jobs.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Violent crime rates soared after Baltimore and Ferguson. From what I gather on Twitter, they aren't willing to take the risk. Easier to just pretend to investigate, arrest nobody and shove it into the unsolved case files.
There really isn't any way to prove how diligently each individual officer is policing crime, so there is no easy solution. Body cameras are a good start though.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)That is their right. On the other hand, it is not his job to simply be a stenographer for them and echo every bitch they raise. He doesn't work for the police department, he works for the citizens.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)if that clown hadn't been in the White House.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)for when announced rahm was i knew we had been hoodwinked
enough
(13,256 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)A corrupt, authoritarian asshole and completely SHPOS.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)Yes, it is an awful thing to say.
does the D party have so many of these sociopaths in top positions?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Oh, that's right . . . Al From, the DLC and the CLINTONS sold the party to them piecemeal so as to feather their own nests and ride that corporate gravy train of $$$$$. How could I have forgotten?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Just like rahms head of cps.