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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Very disappointed in Lightfoot here. Police accountability is important, but that’s the long game.
The immediate and fundamental job of Government is to protect the public and the public’s property against crime and lawlessness. She failed. In fact, even while asking police to fight off these looters she’s telling people to call 311 if they feel like they’ve been mishandled by the police, effectively throwing her own officers under the bus  This is not how you stop marauders and violent rioters.
A Mayor Daley would’ve deployed the resources available to him to prevent it from reaching this point much more swiftly. Overall Lightfoot is still a decent mayor, but she is absolutely the wrong type of person you want running the show right now. |
I'm not sure Daley's response to 1968 riots is something we'd want to emulate. I found it strange the the police mostly ignored the looters and surrounded the peaceful protestors instead, for the most part. I'm not suggesting large-scale arrests---mere presence is enough to scatter most looters. There is probably a reasonable explanation, but it's not a good look... especially the looting on 35th street a block away from the CPD HQ.