mauserme Posted July 28, 2020 at 05:45 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 05:45 PM https://www.unitedworkingfamilies.org/news/2020/7/24/open-letter-to-mayor-lori-lightfoot-and-cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-on-federal-deployment-1 July 25, 2020Dear Mayor Lightfoot and Sheriff Dart,We are writing to you to ask that the City of Chicago and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office cease cooperation with the federal agents being deployed by the Trump administration. Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated both his callous disregard for Black, indigenous, and immigrant lives, and his increasing inclination towards fascism and authoritarianism.We grieve deeply the lives lost to gun violence in Chicago, including the terrible mass shooting on Monday night, the young children killed this summer, and the lives lost every day this year to less fanfare but no less tragedy--429 homicides total at the time of writing.At the same time, we are clear that we cannot police ourselves out of this terrible situation. Chicago has more police officers per capita than any other major city in the US, but it has not made us the safest city in the US by any measure. Breaking the cycle of violence means that the city must invest in jobs, housing, schools, and healing, not prisons and police--and definitely not cooperation with a dangerous, racist, and repressive Presidential administration.The ethnonationalist and fascist tendencies of the Trump administration have been well-documented, from his suggestion on Monday that he will not concede the election to encouraging violence against his political opponents, peddling conspiracy theories that fuel white nationalist terrorism, and cracking down on the freedom of the press. We DO NOT trust any promises that President Trump has made or will make about their deployment.We ask that you immediately cease any existing or planned city police and county sheriff cooperation with the federal agents that President Trump has pledged to send to Chicago. This means: Do not allow these federal agents (including DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Homeland Security, and FBI) to use city police or county sheriff property, staff, or other resources, including offices, parking lots, police stations, or the Cook County Jail.Cease all information- and database-sharing with federal law enforcement agencies including DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Homeland Security, and FBI.Do not allow federal agents to assume custody of anyone who is being held in custody of the Chicago Police Department or the Cook County Sheriff, including at Cook County Jail.Expand existing sanctuary zones (schools, hospitals, places of worship) to include other city properties, including library and park buildings, where federal agents are not permitted to enter, detain, or interrogate civilians. Signed,Illinois Senate Majority Leader Senator Kim Lightford, Chair of the Joint Black CaucusIllinois House Majority Leader Representative Greg Harris*Illinois Senate Majority Caucus Chair Senator Mattie HunterIllinois Senate Deputy Majority Caucus Chair Senator Jacqueline CollinsIllinois Senate Majority Caucus Whip Senator Omar Aquino, Co-Chair of the Illinois Legislative Latino CaucusIllinois Senator Ram Villivalam, Co-Chair of the Asian-American CaucusIllinois Senator Emil Jones*Illinois Senator Robert PetersIllinois Senator Heather SteansIllinois Senator Patricia Van PeltIllinois Senator Celina VillanuevaIllinois Representative Will Guzzardi, Co-Chair of the Progressive CaucusIllinois Representative Theresa Mah, Co-Chair of the Progressive CaucusIllinois Representative Kam BucknerIllinois Representative Kelly CassidyIllinois Representative Lakesia CollinsIllinois Representative Sonya HarperIllinois Representative Delia RamirezIllinois Representative Lamont RobinsonIllinois Representative Nick SmithIllinois Representative Curtis TarverIllinois Representative Emanuel “Chris” Welch*Cook County Commissioner Alma AnayaCook County Commissioner Dennis DeerCook County Commissioner Bridget Degnen*Cook County Commissioner Brandon JohnsonAld. Maria HaddenAld. Daniel La SpataAld. Roberto Maldonado*Ald. Matt MartinAld. Carlos Ramirez RosaAld. Michael RodriguezAld. Rossana Rodriguez SanchezAld. Byron Sigcho-LopezAld. Jeanette TaylorAld. Andre VasquezLaw Office of the Cook County Public Defender*33rd Ward Working Families40th United Independent Political Organization*Action Center on Race and the EconomyBlack Lives Matter ChicagoBlack Roots AllianceChicago Alliance Against Racist and Political RepressionChicago Community Bond FundChicago Teachers UnionCook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600El Foro Del PuebloEquity and Transformation (EAT)Grassroots CollaborativeHealthy IllinoisJane Addams Senior CaucusLift the BanNational Lawyers Guild ChicagoNorthside Action for JusticeOrganized Communities Against DeportationsThe People’s LobbyResist. Reimagine. Rebuild. Chicago CoalitionSouthsiders Organized for Unity and LiberationTrinity United Church of ChristUE Western RegionUnited Working FamiliesUnited Nations Association of Chicago*indicates name added after initial release of the letter on July 25, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawman Posted July 28, 2020 at 05:54 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 05:54 PM Not conceding an election before a single vote is cast makes one ethnonationalist and fascist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbacs Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:07 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:07 PM These always come with the “we must invest more” in these communities. We need to offer more jobsWe need more medical assistanceWe need places where these folks can run and be covered from being subject to the laws of the world And lastly it would only be in their favor to “outlaw” the Federal against since the local sheriff, CPD, prosecutors, etc have been neutered to the point of near non existence in Illinois Not something THEY can do to the Federal agentsThose agents would actually be able to enforce laws on the books as written. And these same elected officials sit by and watch a ranking CPD member kill himself today and think nothing they have done could/would be apart of this! Sick, absolutely sick and mind numbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odinson Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:13 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:13 PM Aren't all these signatories supposed to working towards investing in jobs, housing, schools, and healing for the people of Chicago? I don't think they are doing a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeghl Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:29 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:29 PM Naturally, the BLM bunch signed....they don't want to face, you know, actual trial and prison time, for their actions. They're getting a pass from Groot, P-Winkle, Dart and Brown to riot and loot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:31 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 06:31 PM What a list of allstars. If I had nothing but time to kill, I'd add up all the years each senator and/or rep has in office, likely adds up to centuries, and ask how long they need? To Bubbacks point, it's always mo' money, mo' money. If there were any accountability for it, maybe I'd jump on board. Chicago has spent billions over the years and nothing changes, the definition of insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragsbo Posted July 28, 2020 at 07:25 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 07:25 PM You expected something different from this bunch?????? Really?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmagloo Posted July 28, 2020 at 08:09 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 08:09 PM Scum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Observer Posted July 28, 2020 at 08:32 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 08:32 PM "At the same time, we are clear that we cannot police ourselves out of this terrible situation. Chicago has more police officers per capita than any other major city in the US, but it has not made us the safest city in the US by any measure". They are right in that policing, alone, will not solve the problem. Chicago has, proportionally, the 4th largest force, after Atlantic City, Myrtle Beach, and the District of Columbia. If they spent more time and energy in encouraging their constituents to obey the law, stop abusing drugs and alcohol, stay in school and apply themselves, respect the life and rights of others, there would be much less need for additional officers. https://www.governing.com/gov-data/safety-justice/police-officers-per-capita-rates-employment-for-city-departments.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billzfx4 Posted July 28, 2020 at 08:54 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 08:54 PM All those signatures are a real shopping list for the Fed's to start digging into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanc Posted July 28, 2020 at 09:14 PM Share Posted July 28, 2020 at 09:14 PM At the same time, we are clear that we cannot police ourselves out of this terrible situation. Chicago has more police officers per capita than any other major city in the US, but it has not made us the safest city in the US by any measure. If they would prosecute and keep convicted felons in jail, that might compliment the actions of said police. That's the problem with these folks, they don't get that half measures don't get you half the results, that gets you nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mab22 Posted July 29, 2020 at 03:39 AM Share Posted July 29, 2020 at 03:39 AM Based on that Letter “I” am rethinking what “I” own to protect my family come November when he wins and they go absolutely bananas! Why isn’t my state congress person attached to that letter, doesn’t Crespo care about his party unity or is he just collecting a check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermgk Posted July 29, 2020 at 01:18 PM Share Posted July 29, 2020 at 01:18 PM Interesting note. Only a minority, 20% of Alderman, signed. Hmmm. Also, the far left Dems are scared, as they are losing the 'propoganda' war on this. Polls show support for BLM dropping daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoRonin70 Posted July 29, 2020 at 09:24 PM Share Posted July 29, 2020 at 09:24 PM https://www.unitedworkingfamilies.org/news/2020/7/24/open-letter-to-mayor-lori-lightfoot-and-cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-on-federal-deployment-1 We ask that you immediately cease any existing or planned city police and county sheriff cooperation with the federal agents . . . Hey, didn't another pair of Democratic politicians say something like that, too? Back in Little Rock and Tuscaloosa, or something like that, wasn't it? These guys, I think it was . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjs81866 Posted July 30, 2020 at 02:26 PM Share Posted July 30, 2020 at 02:26 PM I guess I know the answer already but I don't know who votes for these inhuman idiots. I can't find the space in my mind where I can look at any of this objectively. Everything the liberals stand for is just a train wreck and a plane crash but yet some people still think it's the path forward. I'll never be able to wrap my head around it, frankly i don't know anyone who can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richp Posted July 30, 2020 at 03:15 PM Share Posted July 30, 2020 at 03:15 PM I guess I know the answer already but I don't know who votes for these inhuman idiots. I can't find the space in my mind where I can look at any of this objectively. Everything the liberals stand for is just a train wreck and a plane crash but yet some people still think it's the path forward. I'll never be able to wrap my head around it, frankly i don't know anyone who can.The problem increasingly has been that in Illinois, the Republicans don't offer an effective, credible, reliable alternative. So at some level a lot of folks just let inertia carry them on in the dysfunctional direction we have been going. Rich Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinois_buckeye Posted July 30, 2020 at 04:53 PM Share Posted July 30, 2020 at 04:53 PM I'm wondering though if Illinois could go red this election. I know in some of the Facebook groups there seem to be a lot of Chicago folks ticked at handling of current situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richp Posted July 30, 2020 at 05:28 PM Share Posted July 30, 2020 at 05:28 PM I'm wondering though if Illinois could go red this election. I know in some of the Facebook groups there seem to be a lot of Chicago folks ticked at handling of current situations.Dream on... Rich phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Pucker Posted August 1, 2020 at 04:14 PM Share Posted August 1, 2020 at 04:14 PM "Breaking the cycle of violence means that the city must invest in jobs, housing, schools, and healing,....." You'd think by now that there'd be some collective awareness of how utterly stupid this sounds. Year after year after year for decades trillions of $$$ has been directed towards solving, or at least alleviating, problems in inner cities across America. And what's been the result? The title of the letter should have been "We, the Undersigned, are fools ignorant of history and completely devoid of fresh ideas." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skolnick Posted August 1, 2020 at 05:10 PM Share Posted August 1, 2020 at 05:10 PM I'm wondering though if Illinois could go red this election. I know in some of the Facebook groups there seem to be a lot of Chicago folks ticked at handling of current situations. Dream on... For those of you old enough to remember, in 1986 Jim Thompson ran against Adlai Stevenson for the second time. The winner for the Lt. Governor spot on the Democratic ticket was a LaRouche candidate. Rather than run on a ticket with a LaRouche candidate, Stevenson ditched the Democratic Party and formed a new party called the "Solidarity Party". The idea was to cash in on the rising popularity of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement in Poland. Anyway, there was no Democratic candidate for Governor that year. The 1986 ballot contained a blank space for the Democratic candidate. That blank space was not endorsed by any organization, newspapers, politician, or whatever. There were no volunteers, no fund raisers, no commercials, no lawn signs, etc. The blank space was not invited to appear in the debates. With all that going against him, her, or it, the blank space still received 208,830 votes (mostly from Chicago) because some citizens simply vote the way they vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmagloo Posted August 1, 2020 at 10:46 PM Share Posted August 1, 2020 at 10:46 PM I'm wondering though if Illinois could go red this election. I know in some of the Facebook groups there seem to be a lot of Chicago folks ticked at handling of current situations. Dream on... For those of you old enough to remember, in 1986 Jim Thompson ran against Adlai Stevenson for the second time. The winner for the Lt. Governor spot on the Democratic ticket was a LaRouche candidate. Rather than run on a ticket with a LaRouche candidate, Stevenson ditched the Democratic Party and formed a new party called the "Solidarity Party". The idea was to cash in on the rising popularity of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement in Poland. Anyway, there was no Democratic candidate for Governor that year. The 1986 ballot contained a blank space for the Democratic candidate. That blank space was not endorsed by any organization, newspapers, politician, or whatever. There were no volunteers, no fund raisers, no commercials, no lawn signs, etc. The blank space was not invited to appear in the debates. With all that going against him, her, or it, the blank space still received 208,830 votes (mostly from Chicago) because some citizens simply vote the way they vote. Actually, the 208K were most likely dead people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctman800 Posted August 1, 2020 at 10:47 PM Share Posted August 1, 2020 at 10:47 PM Anyway, there was no Democratic candidate for Governor that year. The 1986 ballot contained a blank space for the Democratic candidate. That blank space was not endorsed by any organization, newspapers, politician, or whatever. There were no volunteers, no fund raisers, no commercials, no lawn signs, etc. The blank space was not invited to appear in the debates. With all that going against him, her, or it, the blank space still received 208,830 votes (mostly from Chicago) because some citizens simply vote the way they vote. I remember that year, it was still when there was a box at the top of the ballot so you could vote straight party. My friend a die hard "D" because his union told him to be just hit the box and he was done. Guess it must be nice in a way, never bother to have a real thought, just do what you are told. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeghl Posted August 4, 2020 at 02:14 PM Share Posted August 4, 2020 at 02:14 PM I remember that year, it was still when there was a box at the top of the ballot so you could vote straight party. My friend a die hard "D" because his union told him to be just hit the box and he was done. --->Guess it must be nice in a way, never bother to have a real thought, just do what you are told.<--- Jim. And there, you have distilled the entire goal of the Democrat party down to one sentence. Bravo, Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmagloo Posted August 4, 2020 at 03:25 PM Share Posted August 4, 2020 at 03:25 PM I remember that year, it was still when there was a box at the top of the ballot so you could vote straight party. My friend a die hard "D" because his union told him to be just hit the box and he was done. --->Guess it must be nice in a way, never bother to have a real thought, just do what you are told.<--- Jim. And there, you have distilled the entire goal of the Democrat party down to one sentence. Bravo, Sir. x2. If I want my city services I'm paying for, I have to bow to the ward chief's who keeps the naughty & nice record. Disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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