Written by R. Cort Kirkwood
As Chicago braces for another weekend of wanton gunfire, mayhem, and murder, the city has announced that headshrinkers will answer 911 calls for “mental health emergencies.”
In other words, the Sun-Times reported, if someone calls 911 because his neighbor crows “I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” in the wee, small hours every morning, a burly cop with a stun gun and a Glock 9mm might not be the right medicine.… Continue Reading
Tags: 911 Center, Chicago, Chicago Police, Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement, George Floyd, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Laquan McDonald, Lori Lightfoot, mental health emergencies, Quintonio LeGrier, Rahm Emanuel
Crime Culture, Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | 
July 17, 2021 4:00 AM | 
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
Why aren’t Republicans pounding the lectern with righteous indignation about violent gun felons being let off easy by the judicial system the same way Democrats engage in cerebral gyrations over guns? Democrats have sob stories for their gun control agenda. Republicans need to look no farther than Chicago as the poster child for criminal control.
On June 23, 2017, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stood beside then-Gov. Bruce Rauner and celebrated the passage of a bill stiffening sentences on gun felons.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Guglielmi, Bruce Rauner, Carol Howard, Chicago Police, Chicago Tribune, Eddie Johnson, Illinois Department of Corrections, jailbreak, Joaquin Urcino, John Kass
Crime Culture, Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | September 9, 2019 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Chicago: A Hellhole for Parole, Free Bail, and Jailbreak for Violent Gun Felons
Written by Russ Stewart
Chicago doesn’t need a new police superintendent. It already has one: the American Civil Liberties Union. It is “Superintendent ACLU,” and the “ACLU Rule” governs on-street activity and monitors police conduct.
Every time a police officer makes a traffic stop, questions a suspect or talks to anybody on the street, a seven-page “stop card” must be prepared and filed, and a copy is forwarded to the ACLU. Every “contact” must be given a written receipt, which goes into the police department’s database.… Continue Reading
