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Chicago City Council will hold a special meeting on Friday, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office, days after four alderman called for such a meeting to ask the governor to declare a state of emergency over recent violence and looting - a proposal the mayor previously said was "grandstanding" before apparently reversing course.
The letter called for a special meeting of the Chicago City Council at 10 a.m. on Friday to take up a resolution calling for the state of emergency and to hear from city and Cook County officials on efforts to address "the rioting, looting, destruction, and most importantly, the safety of all Chicagoans."
In the resolution, the group of aldermen say Chicago "has never seen more violence, unrest and organized looting," alleging residents and visitors are "afraid to travel" throughout the city.
"Businesses across our City have been subject to unyielding criminals, many on the brink of failure contemplating their future in Chicago," the resolution reads, going on to say, "The continued attacks against Chicago's collective safety will impact our residential real estate, current and future investments in our communities, and our City's future economic development."
The resolution calls on [Gov] Pritzker to declare a state of emergency and deploy the Illinois National Guard to Chicago to assist the Chicago Police Department for not less than four months.
Their call and the meeting itself came more than a week after chaos and looting erupted in the city's downtown on Aug. 10, resulting in more than 100 arrests and leaving more than a dozen officers injured as groups broke into stores and stole merchandise in several neighborhoods, according to police.
ttps://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-city-council-to-hold-special-meeting-over-looting-violence-friday/2326070/
When asked about the four aldermen calling for the special meeting, Lightfoot said members of the group were "trying to seek media attention."
Two of the four "unfortunately have a history of grandstanding," Lightfoot said at an unrelated news conference, declining to say which aldermen she meant. "They don't listen, they don't ask questions and they're not really committed to answers."
I don't know what'll come out of this, Chicago is a really strange place these days and I suspect that a lot of people and businesses are leaving if they can afford to. But it is totally beyond me how any responsible elected official can deny the seriousness of what's going on every freakin' night in places like Chicago and not do something about it.
It's gotta be a political decision to avoid pissing off the BLM people, nothing else make any sense. To refuse to provide public safety and security which is their primary duty, just boggles the mind. Did any of the speakers at the Democrat Convention say something about stopping the violence in our big cities? Maybe I missed it. Calling in the Natl Guard is precisely what they should've done months ago when this shit first started.
The letter called for a special meeting of the Chicago City Council at 10 a.m. on Friday to take up a resolution calling for the state of emergency and to hear from city and Cook County officials on efforts to address "the rioting, looting, destruction, and most importantly, the safety of all Chicagoans."
In the resolution, the group of aldermen say Chicago "has never seen more violence, unrest and organized looting," alleging residents and visitors are "afraid to travel" throughout the city.
"Businesses across our City have been subject to unyielding criminals, many on the brink of failure contemplating their future in Chicago," the resolution reads, going on to say, "The continued attacks against Chicago's collective safety will impact our residential real estate, current and future investments in our communities, and our City's future economic development."
The resolution calls on [Gov] Pritzker to declare a state of emergency and deploy the Illinois National Guard to Chicago to assist the Chicago Police Department for not less than four months.
Their call and the meeting itself came more than a week after chaos and looting erupted in the city's downtown on Aug. 10, resulting in more than 100 arrests and leaving more than a dozen officers injured as groups broke into stores and stole merchandise in several neighborhoods, according to police.
ttps://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-city-council-to-hold-special-meeting-over-looting-violence-friday/2326070/
When asked about the four aldermen calling for the special meeting, Lightfoot said members of the group were "trying to seek media attention."
Two of the four "unfortunately have a history of grandstanding," Lightfoot said at an unrelated news conference, declining to say which aldermen she meant. "They don't listen, they don't ask questions and they're not really committed to answers."
I don't know what'll come out of this, Chicago is a really strange place these days and I suspect that a lot of people and businesses are leaving if they can afford to. But it is totally beyond me how any responsible elected official can deny the seriousness of what's going on every freakin' night in places like Chicago and not do something about it.
It's gotta be a political decision to avoid pissing off the BLM people, nothing else make any sense. To refuse to provide public safety and security which is their primary duty, just boggles the mind. Did any of the speakers at the Democrat Convention say something about stopping the violence in our big cities? Maybe I missed it. Calling in the Natl Guard is precisely what they should've done months ago when this shit first started.