Johnson’s ‘silly’ kids comment emboldens criminal teens

“Silly decisions.” That’s what Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson called the dangerous, violent acts by Chicago’s youth a week ago that left two teens shot, a couple attacked, and property damage to cars, buses and more.

“They’re young. Sometimes they make silly decisions,” Johnson said as he doubled down on his previous calls for the public to not “demonize” those hundreds of teens who violently took over Chicago’s streets. He says he doesn’t condone the violence, but that these youth have been “starved of opportunities in their own communities.” 

It’s madness for Johnson to equate typical teen stupidity with the kind of violence that Chicago’s youth inflicted during their “takeover.” By excusing those actions, he’s essentially justifying the range of crime Chicago’s youth have imposed on residents across the city.

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