TRUMP PROMISES TOUGHER POLICING IN CHICAGO
MAYOR WELCOMES FEDS, BUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AS WELL, AND CHICAGO WILL REMAIN
A SANCTUARY CITY
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By NWV Senior Political News Writer, Jim Kouri Rahm Emanuel Rather Have More Gun Control
President
Donald Trump once again warned Democratic Party officials in Chicago --
especially Mayor Rahm Emanuel -- and the news media that if they can’t
stop the Windy City's climbing murder and violent crime rate, Trump’s
Washington, D.C. team will take action to protect the people — whites,
blacks, Latinos and Asians — from the street predators, gang-bangers
and other criminals.
Mayor
Emanuel said that he welcomes the chance to partner with federal agencies
to curb violence in Chicago. Then he said that illegal immigrants are
welcome, as well and his city will remain a sanctuary. He also blamed
the high crime rate on the relative ease with which the people in Chicago
purchase illegal weapons including assault rifles. He blames other states
in the region that have less-stringent gun control policies.
While
a number of conservatives claim that policing and crimefighting policies
and actions -- the police function -- are relegated to the individual
states, it has become commonplace for the U.S. Department of Justice to
go into cities, towns and counties to investigate local cops and police
agencies.
Trump
believes that these so-called police racism and misconduct cases are at
best unnecessary, at worst they are fraudulent based on political correctness
and the liberal-left's anti-police, anti-military standards.
Trump
spoke about The Windy City’s crime and violence after the Chicago
Police Department released year-end crime stats on New Year’s Day.
It showed that Chicago’s homicide numbers were worse than the larger
cities of New York and Los Angeles combined.
“Chicago
murder rate is record setting – 4,331 shooting victims with 762
murders in 2016. If Mayor can’t do it he must ask for Federal help!”
the future White House occupant tweeted.
During
his campaign against race-baiting Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump often
highlighted the plight of blacks in Chicago. He promised them a safer,
economically sound community free from gangs, drugs and violence. Whenever
he asked for their votes, Trump would say, “Give me a chance [as
president]. What have you got to lose?”
2016
Chicago Crime Statistics Released
Chicago,
Illinois, released its annual crime report for 2016, arguably one of the
most violent years for big cities in more than a decade. According to
the statistics, there were 762
homicides in 2016 with a daily average of two murders. It is the most
killings committed in that city in more than two decades.
Chicago,
which has the third largest city population in the country, also witnessed
upwards of 1,000 more shooting incidents than it experienced in 2015,
according to statistics provided by the beleaguered Chicago Police Department.
“The
numbers are staggering especially the dozens of shootings and monthly
death tolls that weren’t seen in perhaps 20 years. The increase
in last year’s homicides compared to 2015, when 485 were reported,
is the largest spike in 60 years,” noted Chicago’s Top Cop
Edward “Eddie” Johnson.
Police
Superintendent Johnson said during a press conference on New Year’s
Day, “Chicago is among many U.S. cities that have [seen] a spike
in violence, including [a spike] in attacks on police.”
He told
reporters that the anger at police over their alleged use of excessive
force, especially deadly physical force, has actually “emboldened
criminals” to commit even more violent crimes.
While
Johnson doesn’t say it — being a good Democrat in a city practically
bought and paid for by the Democratic Party Machine — many believe
that President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Attorney
General Eric Holder, and former Obama White House minion, now Chicago’s
mayor, Rahm Emmanuel may share a large part of the blame for increased
friction between minorities and law enforcement.
He also
said it’s becoming clearer to criminals that they have little to
fear from the criminal justice system, which is run by mostly liberal
Democrats. For example, not a week goes by without a news story describing
another large-scale prison release by Obama, including those illegal aliens
released after serving time for violent crimes who remain on the streets
of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and other large U.S. cities.
Ironically,
it’s those cities that consider themselves “sanctuary cities”
that are seeing the highest increases in street crime. But rather than
address that issue, Attorney General Loretta Lynch spends millions of
tax dollars and man-hours investigating police departments and officers.
Also
on Sunday, the CBS News show 60 Minutes made “some outlandish,
and illogical accusations” against the Chicago
Police Department: The report blamed the police officers for the increase
in Chicago’s murder rate and violent crimes such as armed robberies,
rapes, aggravated assaults and other serious offenses.
According
to officials at the organization Blue Lives Matter, “The introduction
to the [60 Minutes] segment described Chicago as being a city that more
closely resembles a ‘war zone’ as opposed to one of America’s
great cities.” They also said, “It’s [being] widely
reported that Chicago had 762 murders, and 1,400 people wounded by gun
shots during the year 2016. And 60 Minutes described the Chicago Police
Department as being an agency on its heels.”
Blue
Lives Matter is a media company, founded and run entirely by active
and retired law enforcement officers.
“The
segment was hosted by CBS Correspondent Bill Whitaker who wasted no time
pinpointing what he described as being an “alarming cause”
for the drastic uptick in murders on the streets of Chicago. Whitaker
passionately (some might say ignorantly) placed the full blame at the
feet of the courageous men and women who proudly wear the badge and patrol
this described “war zone that is Chicago,” the group wrote
in their statement.
Blue
Lives Matter’s officials stated:
“Bill
Whitaker revealed some statistics that were obtained from inside the Chicago
Police Department. The data reveals an annual comparison of 2016 and 2015
pertaining to the police activity levels. It also showed that in August
2015 police officers stopped and questioned 49,257 people as a result
of pro-active policing measures. A year later that number decreased to
8,859, which is about an 80% decline in people stopped and questioned.”
The
data used by Whitaker can be found in the full transcript provided by
CBS
60 Minutes.
