Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is in talks with United Nations officials to explore the possibility of putting UN troops on the streets of Chicago to address the city’s horrendous gun violence problem.
Boykin flew to New York last week to meet with UN assistant secretary-general for peacebuilding support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to discuss the issue.
“The United Nations has a track record of protecting minority populations,” Boykin said before the meeting. “There was tribal warfare between the Tutsis and the Hutus in Africa, and they deployed peacekeeping troops there to help save those populations and reduce the bloodshed. We have to do something — black people in Chicago make up 30 percent of the population but 80 percent of those who are killed by gun violence.”
Boykin said that UN peacekeepers would be more suited to patrolling the streets than the U.S. National Guard because they are better “trained” for the role.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel did not directly address any potential role for the United Nations in Chicago when asked by reporters.
The idea of deploying UN peacekeepers on U.S. soil is likely to rile many on the right who have warned about international forces conducting gun confiscation operations domestically for decades.
Earlier this year, President Trump suggested deploying the National Guard in troubled areas of Chicago, but his idea was fiercely opposed by Democrats.
“What the hell is going on in Chicago?” asked Trump during a speech last week, as he drew attention to statistics suggesting that violent crime across the country is on the rise again.
Chicagoans should brace themselves. It looks like this is going to happen.
ReplyDeleteBoykin sounds about as smart as maxine waters.
ReplyDeleteSo if this happens, and one of these street ruffians gets shot and eliminated, do the Black lives matter groups assemble outside the UN to protest? And who does the family of the expired file their lawsuit against?
ReplyDeleteCpd needs help
ReplyDeleteWill the "Soda Tax" come back so we can pay the UN Troops?
ReplyDeleteWHAT???? "minority populations that are getting genocided"... well ifin there is geniciden going on i aint seen none..
ReplyDeleteBoykin is a proud CPS graduate.
ReplyDeleteNO EFFING WAY!
ReplyDeleteCPD just not up to the job anymore.
ReplyDeleteCPD needs help from the suburbs and maybe the suburban auxiliary depts.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The CPD needs help. Response times in the 19th Ward are outrageous.
DeleteHow about contracting with Oak Lawn to handle the Mt. Greenwood RAPS, Evergreen to handle the Beverly RAPS, and Blue Island or Calumet Park to handle the Morgan Park RAPS?
Bring back the neighborhood watch
DeleteI agree also. Suburban police is the way to go. They seem to do a lot more and make more arrests.
DeleteLets have EP patrol our neighborhood.
DeleteIt's not genocide if your own people kill you
ReplyDeleteThey need AC-130 Specter gunships and A10s over 007
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