Not long ago Chicago voters showed their previous lefty mayor the door and replaced her with somebody even more to the Left who objects to using words like "mob" to describe, well, a mob:
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.”
Shockingly, electing a mayor who would say something like that hasn't done much to lower the crime rate in Chicago. That means other ideas must be put forward, and one City Council member supports having limited shooting hours.
No, seriously:
In crime-plagued Chicago, city council member has a plan: Let's designate 12 hours of each day for murders and not do any shooting the other 12. From @DailyMail: https://t.co/SOdoVznQZf
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 19, 2023
You can't make this stuff up (because unfortunately you don't have to).
From The Daily Mail:
A Chicago politician and a community group desperate to slow the city's spiraling crime problem is begging for 12 hours a day where people don't shoot their guns.
Alder Maria Hadden, a Democrat, boosted a proposal by the group Native Sons calling for 'The People's Ordinance' - a ceasefire between 9am and 9pm.
'PROTECT THE YOUTH NO SLIDING WILE THE SUN IS OUT' reads the all-caps promo, titled United For A Safe Summer.
They're asking for the refrain from gunshots to reduce risk to Chicagoans who are 'not involved in high risk activities.'
'We have to start somewhere,' Tatiana Atkins, co-founder of Native Sons, told CWB Chicago.
Proponents call it "The People's Ordinance" because "The Purge" was A) already taken, and B) didn't have enough of a communist ring to it.
Every night at 9 o'clock Windy City residents would hear this warning:It would be like the purge, but daily
— Frank Winters (@hot_winters) August 19, 2023
This would be a much better solution, but unfortunately, it's not catching on:
Stop electing morons https://t.co/e3AqMdAt1W
— Rob O'Donnell (@odonnell_r) August 19, 2023
If only!
Have a great weekend, everybody!
