Chicago mayor takes offense to use of word 'mob' to describe a criminal mob

This won't surprise you, but with a new mayor that's even more to the Left of the previous mayor, crime in Chicago is getting worse instead of better.

This is not rocket science. When you don't arrest criminals, you get more crime. https://t.co/0uSDY69PDZ
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) August 3, 2023

Among Chicago's crime problem is a spike in robberies:

Near West’s robberies are up 50% this year. Last week, the district had 26 robberies, up 100% from the same week last year. In the 28 days ending July 30, the district had 94 robberies, up 77% from 2022.
Shakespeare had 12 robberies last week, up 50% from the same week last year. For the 28 days ending July 30, there were 56 cases, up 60% from the same period in 2022.
Both districts have been slammed with armed robberies day after day for weeks, even after the Illinois State Police engaged one group in a pursuit, resulting in four arrests. Earlier in July, a career-risking CPD supervisor granted officers under his command to chase a group of robbers. The crew was captured and prosecutors charged one of them with robbery.
Last month, Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) assured residents that Chicago police had a “concrete and collaborative plan” to address the ongoing robbery problem, even as police say just one of the roving bands of criminals may be responsible for more than 60 holdups.

Most voters in the Windy City must have been liking stuff like that, as the most recent mayoral election indicated:

Chicago had a mayoral election in which the choice was between a candidate who would allow more crime and a candidate who would not. Voters chose more crime. https://t.co/QEVaiakzCZ
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 3, 2023

Meanwhile, according to the new Chicago mayor, the problem isn't the rampant crime, but rather the word used to describe the out-of-control criminals.

Chicago Mayor upset with use of the word 'mob' to describe hundreds of teens showing up and looting stores.https://t.co/UK4oqd4tqT pic.twitter.com/gVWEQ7ACyE
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) August 3, 2023

Gee, why isn't crime under control in Chicago? It's a total mystery:

Large youth gatherings downtown have vexed Chicago police and other city leaders for the last decade, often springing up via social media flyers during warm summer months and sometimes turning violent. The mayor, who despite pushback has continued to vow that he will never demonize youth, elaborated Wednesday that his administration has “intercepted” other attempts at large gatherings that “could have been even more severe,” while also taking umbrage with the teens being described as a “mob.”
“That’s not appropriate. We’re not talking about mob actions,” Johnson said. “We have to be careful when we use language to describe certain behavior. There’s a history in this city, and, I mean, to refer to children as like baby Al Capones is not appropriate.”

So the problem isn't with the criminals, but rather with the word(s) used to describe them? It's hard to get more leftist than that brand of leftism.