Dump Monkey's now eating their own... again.

[Ken8521]

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Star Member Purveyor (25,046 posts)

Emanuel Blames Chicago Crime Uptick On Officers Second-Guessing Themselves

Source: Chicago Tribune

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday stood by his contention that Chicago police officers are becoming "fetal" out of concern they will get in trouble for actions during arrests, blaming officers second-guessing themselves in the wake of high-profile incidents for rising crime rates in Chicago and elsewhere.

Last week, the mayor was part of a meeting in Washington, D.C., with Attorney General Loretta Lynch and a group of mayors and police officials from across the nation to discuss a spike in homicides and other crime.

"We have allowed our Police Department to get fetal, and it is having a direct consequence. They have pulled back from the ability to interdict … they don't want to be a news story themselves, they don't want their career ended early, and it's having an impact," Emanuel said, according to the Washington Post.

On Monday, Emanuel pointed to that tentativeness as one of the causes of an increase in crime here this year. "What happened post-Baltimore, what happened post-Ferguson is having an impact," Emanuel said. "And I still believe recent events over the last year or 18 months have had an impact. And officers will tell you that. And I tried to speak up for the good officers that are doing community policing that make up the men and women of the Chicago Police Department."

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-fetal-police-met-20151012-story.html

Star Member marym625 (15,890 posts)
3. What an ass!

Well, the Dem's do use a Donkey for their party's symbol.

OldRedneck (748 posts)
4. Let's see if I understand this . . .

Cops are assessing a situation before opening fire.

Sounds to me like a good thing.

Why does Rahm have a problem with it?

Let's see, since the 10th, a quick Google shows only 3 killed and 17 wounded in the shooting gallery of Illinois.

This has serious potential for hilarity.  People with brains have been saying forever this was going to happen.  I can't blame the officers.  Oh well, at least Chicago's minimum wage is going to $10 next year, so these hard working thugs will stop robbing and killing to take care of their illegitimate children.

      

[98ZJUSMC]

Wait, .... last week it was guns, wasn't it?  Well, duh.  You put Cops under a microscope, you have all of your blue hell holes vilifying them and sacrificing them at the Altar of Political Correctness with false accusations.  What do you expect?

[SVPete]

Holy @#$%! One of BHO's former loyal sycophants is speaking the truth to one of BHO's current loyal sycophants! HERESY!!! DU-folk are understandably in a jiggly fury at this betrayal!

Were Secret Service record checked, BHO has probably spent more time since January, 2009 at Martha's Vineyard and on golf courses than in his "home town" of Chicago. I doubt he gives a @#$% about crime in Chi-Town or the city's police officers.

[thundley4]

OldRedneck (748 posts)
4. Let's see if I understand this . . .

Cops are assessing a situation before opening fire.

Sounds to me like a good thing.

Why does Rahm have a problem with it?

That isn't what is happening. Cops are ignoring confrontations with criminals because they get no support from city leaders.  Chicago cops will soon be like Detroit cops. They will only respond when there is a body to draw a chalkline around. 

[samspade]

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Well, the Dem's do use a Donkey for their party's symbol.


Let's see, since the 10th, a quick Google shows only 3 killed and 17 wounded in the shooting gallery of Illinois.

This has serious potential for hilarity.  People with brains have been saying forever this was going to happen.  I can't blame the officers.  Oh well, at least Chicago's minimum wage is going to $10 next year, so these hard working thugs will stop robbing and killing to take care of their illegitimate children.

Frankly having to worry about getting in trouble for doing the job given you by having those who politicize the whole thing will cause most people to balk at doing the job required.

[FaC]

They have pulled back from the ability to interdict … they don't want to be a news story themselves, they don't want their career ended early, and it's having an impact," Emanuel said, according to the Washington Post.

The law of unintended consequences is both very real and an absolute bitch...