Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends insulting text messages to FOP president: 'I don't take back one word t

[apnu]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday defended sending a series of insulting text messages to Chicago FOP President John Catanzara in which she called him a “clown,” “fraud,” “cartoon character” and “liar,” saying the comments were justified because he supported President Donald Trump sending “troops” into the city.

At an unrelated news conference, Lightfoot acknowledged sending Catanzara the texts and said she sent them with the expectation that he would make them public.

“In the middle of everything that’s going on, in a craven political move, this man waved his hand to President Trump and invited him to bring federal troops into our city,” Lightfoot said. “Federal troops into our city, a la Portland. How is that responsible? How does that make sense? What he should be doing is focusing on the things that are actually important to his members.”

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-fop-clown-texts-20200722-fbh6dus2tfbktjfouw47zgsi3a-story.html

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Additionally the article states:

Catanzara was elected to head the local FOP, which has thousands of members, earlier this year. From the time he started with the department in January 1995 through mid-2017, Catanzara amassed at least 35 complaints alleging misconduct, records obtained by the Tribune show.

[LizBeth]

1. I thought yesterday she waved Trump on staying with the crime and not protesters?

What happened, now shifted to protesters? What did she expect? Wow.

[scarletwoman]

7. She said she'd accept help from the FBI and DEA for drug-related crimes, not the DHS thugs. (nt)

[LizBeth]

8. I see. Thank you for the crisp clarification.

[Cha]

32. This post is really helpful on that bit of confusion, too.. I know was..

Thekaspervote (10,543 posts)

11. Mayor Lightfoot agreed to allow FBI, DEA and REAL police investigators in NOT the goons as

Seen in Portland. They will be identified with badges and work with the city police. She also said she knows and trust the federal person she spoke with.

She made it very clear that dotard’s goons would not be roaming the city streets as in Portland. And, if that happens she would be in court immediately. Dotard is spinning his lies to hurt her and make it look as thou he wore down a strong woman mayor of a major liberal city...he did not! Don’t bite on it..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2544722

[bucolic_frolic]

2. It's not his job

It's the mayor's job, or the governor's job.

[ancianita]

9. Lacking written permission from the mayor, their entry should have been blocked at Midway Airport.

[Squeaky41]

3. Chicago War Zone

She's responding more powerfully than Portland has to Police Union thuggery.
Great leader.

[Red Mountain]

4. It sounds like to me

she's open to accepting RESPONSIBLE Federal help. More resources provided through existing channels.

It's not as if that help was nonexistent before.

She's not inviting thugs to beat, gas and arrest without probable cause.


Is this a Trump campaign ploy? Of course. It's pathetically transparent.

Doesn't mean she shouldn't use the largesse to help where she needs help. They need help if that's what it amounts to. Nobody needs to die to maintain purity.

I just hope she doesn't let whatever help that materializes silence her criticism of the administration.


And frankly, I think that whatever help is provided is unlikely to provide quantifiable results prior to the election so is unlikely to turn into a Trump campaign ad.

[oswaldactedalone]

5. Mayor Lightfoot

is so badass. Love how tough and smart she is.

[TygrBright]

6. In the long tradition of tough Chicago mayors.

Daley, Harrison, Kelly... Chicago doesn't go in for "mealymouth" in its public servants.

amusedly,
Bright

[pwb]

10. FOP is not a union it is an organization.

And has no authority over any city police. Another stretch by pukes to create fake confusion..

[LogicFirst]

11. Apparently, the police union thinks it runs the city.

That would make it a "police" city as in Russia. Just what Trump wants. If he gets enough police power in enough cities, he will militarize to stay in the WH.

[mucifer]

12. It's really hard to live in Chicago now. So much violence. So much suffering. I hope someone

can figure out solutions. It's not getting better.

That said ef the police union. They are horrible. They supported jon burge after knowing he and his squad tortured hundreds of black men into false confessions.

[oldsoftie]

18. The solutions needed will be ignored. The wrong ox gets gored.

Its like that in almost every city. Nobody wants to do whats REALLY needed because the "wrong" people either get pissed off, cant make any money from the solution, or both

[Firestorm49]

13. God, I hate acronyms.

I commend all of you who know WTF every acronym means. I googled FOP and came up with all kind of stupid results. I’m tired of googling acronyms.

Is it a crime to explain the acronym just after it’s first use so those as stupid as I can ramble on with a smile our face?

Freedom of the Press? Fight on, Patsy? 🧐

[Habibi]

16. Fraternal Order of Police?

I think?

[TomSlick]

22. Correct.

In many municipalities, the FOP is the police union. In others, it is simply the police "club."

[Firestorm49]

33. THANK YOU

[RainCaster]

17. So WTF does FOP mean?

I/m a long time member of this group and FOP only means masturbation to the English. Is there another meaning we can apply here?
TIA

[oldsoftie]

19. I thought that was 'Fap"

[RainCaster]

20. You're right- my mistake

Too much tequila before 5:00PM. (shrug)

[oldsoftie]

21. Ha!

[Traildogbob]

25. You enjoy that damn tequila

What Else have we got to smile about?✌🏼Cheers!

[Hotler]

31. I think tomorrow is national tequila day. nt

[TomSlick]

23. Fraternal Order of Police.

[Traildogbob]

26. Fascist Orders of Putin.

[TomSlick]

28. You give the average FOP chapter too much credit.

Most FOP members could not tell you who Putin is. At their best, FOP chapters are police unions. At their worst, they are branch offices of the Klan.

[Traildogbob]

30. Good point!

[greenjar_01]

14. The Mayor owes zero respect to the head of the police union, much less the FOP

They can pound sand.

[Lonestarblue]

15. The Fraternal Order of Police needs to be decertified.

It is not a union, it is a domestic terrorist organization with the goal of illegally attacking minorities, manufacturing “evidence” to justify their actions, and preventing law and order. It seems no better than the KKK.

[VA_Jill]

34. Let the church say

AMEN!

[BadGimp]

24. I kinda agree with her

[JonLP24]

27. This was meant to private

You probably hear see similar language from elected officials behind closed doors. What I like is she is trying to hold them accountable behind closed doors. A mayor could have a private relationship with the police department but say something different publicly. A mayor has a lot of control over a police department so they could reform things if they wanted to.

[apnu]

29. Later in the article Lightfoot said she expected it to get out.

She admits sending the texts expecting them to get out like this. Lori don’t play.

[VA_Jill]

35. She's right

F*ck those guys all the way OFF!!