Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot opens up on Black on Black crime in the Windy City.
Does anyone on the left care?
I come to this conversation as a former federal prosecutor. I come to this as a former defense attorney, I am the sister of a returning resident,but I know that there are people in my city that are wreaking havoc every day and need to be off the streets.
That is reality
What do we say to, not only the victims of crime, but the people who are terrified about crimes in their neighborhood, most of whom look like us.
If we say, yeah, the police department is spending all this time and resources to arrest, put a case on, and the judges and the prosecutors say, you know what? We are going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again.
Lightfoot asked if somebody musters the courage to come forward and identify the person who just shot up their neighborhood, and then sees Pookie walking bold as day back on the street two days later, what does that say to them?
You are telling them that the criminal justice system does not care about victims and witnesses.
And if we do not call that out every single day with these prosecutors and with these judges, many of whom do not live in our cities and do not care about what is happening, then we are going to lose an opportunity to advocate for the victims and the witnesses and the residents who just want and deserve peace.
We gotta say it, she added. We gotta say it.
To the left Black onBlack crime in Chicago is just collateral damage.
Sadly, Lightfoot came to the truth after it was too late to make a difference.
