Surprised Chicago STILL has a Police force thanks to all the support they DON’T get.
Chicago’s problems and low arrest rates are the results of poor political decisions.
Mayor Emanuel stupidly ordered (at least) three crucial measures that undermined the effectiveness of the Chicago Police Department:
1) Closed detective bureaus in Chicago’s highest-crime districts and relocated many to distant locations.
2) Dumbly disbanded many gang task forces.
3) The imbecilic liberal acted in collusion with the ACLU, instituted new, voluminous forms that have to be filled out each time police question someone in a criminal investigation. This mountain of paperwork gives police less time to patrol neighborhoods.
The state of Illinois is adding its own paperwork. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is now trying to require consent decrees after the Trump administration abandoned the Obama administration’s proposed.
A draft decree leaked in July contained a long form that Chicago police officers would have to complete anytime that they point a weapon at someone or even draw it.
REALITY CHECK: In some parts of the city late at night, it has been standard practice for police to draw their guns when they are investigating disturbances.