This'll End Well: Chicago's Mayor Wants 'Non Police Response' To Emergencies

Chicago ousted former mayor Lori Lightfoot because things weren't going well in the Windy City. They elected a guy pretty open about his love of communism, Brandon Johnson. And things are going even worse than before, and that's reflected in his tanking polling numbers. His solution? Remove the city's ShotSpotter system because it 'targets minorities' (who, statistically-speaking, are most often literally targeting fellow minorities). Apparently Johnson's interest in persons of color only applies to perpetrators, not victims. The technology doesn't know the race of the person who pulls the trigger, just that a shot has been fired. Just so we're clear: he's condemning audio technology for racism. Wow. So does that mean silencers are now 'anti-racist'? What's next, blocking every 911 call involving a black suspect just to keep arrest rates 'equitable'? But we digress.

And now it gets even worse: he wants a 'non-police response' to emergencies. Sending social workers to crime scenes doesn't end well for anyone. DELUSIONAL: After Chicago scraped its gunshot detection system, Mayor Johnson says the answer is, "a non-police response to respond to emergency." The only 'comprehensive approach' you need to crime is to put criminals in prison. Who does Mayor Johnson want to go to crime scenes? Optometrists!? The idea of sending social workers instead of police officers to de-escalate tense situations and pre-empt violent outcomes may have some merit. But once shots have already been fired, that (bullet) train has already left the station. To put it bluntly: Johnson isn't interested in lowering crime or keeping the people of Chicago safe. He's interested in playing racial politics. I’d like to feel sorry for Chicago but they keep voting for this and never connecting the dots.

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