Criminals and Democrats in Chicago
How glad is Chicago’s criminal element to see new Mayor Brandon Johnson? The gangs, the thugs, and other criminals have been busy since Mayor Brandon Johnson took office on May 15. Crime has shot up an astonishing 38% — a sign that whatever Johnson is going to do about crime and public safety, he’d better get busy.
Vehicle thefts spiked by 153%, aggravated battery is up 17%, burglary jumped by 12%, and even shootings rose 5%. A few weeks ago, carjackings got so bad the Chicago Police Department had to issue a “community alert urging residents to be more vigilant about their surroundings and to always be on the lookout for suspicious activity when entering or leaving vehicles.”
The lone exception to this pattern is murders, which went down by 5%. In raw numbers, it means there were only three fewer people killed.
Thank the Lord for small favors. Note that shootings still rose 5% while murders are down, indicating that Chicago’s gangs still need some target practice before the summer gets into full swing.
It should be obvious that my tongue is planted firmly in my cheek in pretending to blame Johnson for the increase in crime. Chicago’s crime has risen 56% over the last four years, according to the Examiner’s Jack Elbaum, and Johnson hasn’t been in office long enough to do anything. But that number alone should be a call to rally the police, the citizens, and activists to unite in an effort to retake control of their city from a criminal element that doesn’t care if they live or die in their turf wars and endless vendettas.
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“We need to be making sure that we are solving violent crimes,” Johnson said. “That will work as a deterrence, so that is important.”
The force of 1,300 detectives in the city probably had to ask Johnson to repeat himself. Johnson, who supported the “defund the police” movement, wanted to disband many of the specialized units that worked to solve violent crime. He changed his tune while running for office and said he never supported defunding the police.
Johnson is a man in serious denial bordering on delusion. He says there needs to be a better “characterization” of Chicago’s young people.
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There appear to be few Democrats who have a handle on the crime problem. They tend to see it as a social problem rather than a criminal problem requiring policing and punishment. Anyone who thinks defunding the police or replacing them with social workers is going to fix the crime problem is delusional.
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