There have been 53 shootings in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, together with 11 fatalities.
It seems the governor’s plan to deploy yellow-vested ‘peacekeepers’ to discourage violence and crime didn’t work out too properly.
Brandon Johnson, town’s new mayor, launched an announcement, and blamed the violence on ‘group disinvestment’ and poverty.
ABC 7 Information in Chicago reported:
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses Memorial Day weekend violence in metropolis
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed for the primary time a surge in lethal gun violence in Chicago following the Memorial Day weekend.
Fifty-three folks had been shot, 11 fatally, over the vacation weekend.
“What we noticed this weekend was a manifestation of group disinvestment, poverty, trauma that our metropolis has struggled with far too lengthy,” Johnson mentioned.
Regardless of the surge in gun violence and admitting some changes are being made shifting ahead, metropolis leaders touted what officers had been capable of accomplish this weekend.
Interim CPD Superintendent Fred Waller mentioned 152 unlawful weapons had been recovered this weekend with 4,900 weapons taken off the streets thus far this 12 months.
“It pains me realizing that too a lot of our residents have seen or skilled this proliferation of gun violence. Nobody ought to concern for their very own security in their very own neighborhood,” Waller mentioned.
That is completely absurd.
In Chicago, 41 folks shot, 11 killed throughout Memorial Day weekend.
Mayor says the shootings resulted from the trauma of “disinvestment.” https://t.co/yWVs5UBFYJ pic.twitter.com/5Ut7nS8qr4
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) Could 31, 2023
FIRST FAIL? In his first check as Mayor, Chicago beneath @Brandon4Chicago noticed a minimum of 53 shootings and 10 fatalities – besting Lori Lightfoot’s horrible report, making it probably the most violent Memorial Day weekend in 8 years. However – get this – within the final 7 days, Chicago has additionally seen a… pic.twitter.com/vnahgAjgDm
— Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter (@Williamjkelly) Could 30, 2023
By final evening.
I suppose all these group orgs touted by BLM Brandon that had been going to maintain the foolish youngsters busy at barbeques with egg tosses and three-legged races don’t get the job finished.
A metropolis of unserious folks is a harmful place.https://t.co/1oMfIyLRZu
— Dan Proft (@DanProft) Could 28, 2023
Johnson has to make use of this foolish excuse.
It’s not just like the violence could be blamed on a scarcity of gun management legal guidelines.
