Next Chicago mayor excuses rioters: Expect more victims of violence
April 18, 2023
Brandon Johnson asked critics to not demonize the teenagers who rioted in Chicago.
We watched a mob of teens riot through the streets of downtown Chicago over the weekend.
For three straight days, one of the safest places to visit in my hometown wasn’t.
Young people destroyed property, beat up other teens and even assaulted tourists.
First, teens wrecked a $120,000 Tesla, and police reported some were engaging in “reckless and disruptive behavior.”
The riot soon escalated, and, of course, gunfire erupted, striking two teen boys, who are in stable condition.
Fifteen people — nine adults and six juveniles — were arrested late Saturday night while hundreds, possibly 1,000, gathered near Millennium Park and proceeded to run through Chicago’s downtown, leaving a trail of violence and destruction.
A similar situation unfolded a day earlier at 31st Street Beach, where a 14-year-old was shot during a large gathering billed as a “teen trend” meetup.
Many are under the false impression that regular discussion of the violent crime plaguing America’s greatest cities (like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles) by media outlets like Fox News and The New York Post — and congressional leaders like Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Burgess Owens (R-UT) — is political. It isn’t.
Teens wrecked a $120,000 Tesla, and police reported some were engaging in “reckless and disruptive behavior.”
The escalating soft-on-crime policies we’ve seen from progressives across the country have paved the way for genuine lawlessness.
Crimes — in many cities — simply aren’t punished anymore.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “Day One” memo — in which he instructed his subordinates to not prosecute low-level crimes and only jail (pretrial detention) the most serious offenders — is a perfect example of the kind of policies quickly sinking this country into chaos.
When there is little, or no, fear of criminal repercussions, “low level” crimes like theft, vandalism, arson and assault become much easier to commit.
How did such crimes become less punishable than a speeding ticket?
Leaders like Alvin Bragg is how.
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson — another cut from the same cloth — had this to say about the downtown riot: “In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city.
“However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities.”
Not once did he mention law and order or reveal the punishment for this behavior in the future.
Not once did he show us he would be a tough-on-crime mayor in a city that so desperately needs it.
Two more teens were shot, and the incoming mayor excuses violence.
His implication? These kids didn’t have a choice. They’re victims of their environment.
I grew up in the same environment. Or a worse one.
Raised on the South Side by a single mom addicted to drugs, I spent my fair share in some of the roughest government projects Chicago’s ever had.
There was no hot water at times.
Two teens were shot in the midst of the violence.
There were rats in the hallways and walls.
I walked past the gangs and drug-sellers to and from school every day, then to and from work.
But I never once ran down Michigan Avenue smashing windows and punching strangers.
I had a grandfather who instilled the worth of a hard day’s work.
A grandmother who taught the value of real faith.
Family and friends who showed the power of support.
I worked hard in local politics and eventually got a degree and headed to DC as a lobbyist.
Not because I’m special or exceptional.
Not at all.
There are thousands who did, and do, the same every day.
The rioters aren’t victims.
They’re lawbreakers.
The sooner men like Brandon Johnson and Alvin Bragg understand — or admit — that, the sooner the real victims will get their deserved safety and justice.
But whenever someone’s brave enough to speak out against such behavior, he or she is often demonized as some kind of conservative plant.
As if Americans no longer have a right to safety and law and order.
Video captured hundreds of teens joining up for the mayhem.
The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Monday in New York City on crime.
Many of the witnesses confirmed it wasn’t about politics, as Democrats claim.
And one in particular accused of being a prop wouldn’t allow Democrats to lie.
Madeline Brame, who lost her son to a stabbing attack in 2018, condemns Bragg for going “soft” on the perpetrators.
Brame’s son was a 35-year-old father of three and Army veteran stabbed to death by strangers in an altercation outside an apartment building.
Two of the attackers struck a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors, and one is already out on time served.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) assured Brame: “Your experiences are devastating, but the problem is [this field hearing] is a charade to cover up for an abuse of power that they are going around talking incessantly outside of this hearing about, Donald Trump.”
“Don’t insult my intelligence!” shouted Madeline Brame at Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman when he said the hearing was a “cover up for an abuse of power that they are
going around talking incessantly outside of this hearing about, Donald
Trump.”
The mother of a murdered son shouted back: “Don’t insult my intelligence!”
She speaks for all of us. Stop insulting America’s awareness and our united cries for justice.
The only victims here are all those suffering from Democrats’ failed policies.
That’s why many Chicagoans don’t have much hope Brandon Johnson will provide the law and order the city needs.
With him pacifying the riots, Chicago is likely to have a summer of hell with an empty-suit mayor who will allow criminals to control the streets.
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