Monday, July 13, 2020

After bloody weekend, city’s top cop asks for patience

Yea, ok
The weekend saw 64 shootings, 13 of them fatal.

By Stefano Esposito Jul 13, 2020, 11:17am CDT
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said Monday gun violence is a complex problem that can’t only be addressed by the police. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file



After a particularly bloody weekend that saw 64 people shot, 13 fatally, the city’s police superintendent Monday asked for patience from the public as he prepares to implement his crime-fighting strategies.

“At some point, I’ll welcome the criticism, but not before it starts. It’s not even created yet,” Supt. David Brown said, talking to reporters at police headquarters.

Last week, Chicago police announced it will create a citywide violent crime unit after three consecutive weekends with at least 65 people shot and multiple children killed.

The specialized unit is meant “to tackle violent crime and create community partnerships in some of our most challenging areas,” the department said.

“The ultimate goal of the Chicago Police Department’s organizational restructuring that began earlier this year has always been to bolster police resources under the authority of district commanders, while also being able to address spikes in violent crime citywide,” the department said at the time.

On Monday, Brown criticized a reporter for “conflating” the weekend’s events with the planned program.

“Don’t be so jaded. Have some optimism. It’s Monday,” he said. “We can’t quit. We can’t give up.”

“Stand by, you’ll see community policing on steroids in this department.”

As he has said repeatedly in the past, Brown called the issue of gun violence a complex problem that can’t only be addressed by the police.

“I’ll be here every Monday answering questions about the weekend, but if I’m the only one answering questions ..., then nothing will change,” he said.

Brown said young people in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods need to have legitimate options to “participate in the American dream, see a future.”

“They need a real opportunity to learn a trade, to be part of the capitalist market and not driven to only see the drug market as the only legitimate way to make money,” he said.

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/13/2020

    The problem is Kim foxx.
    If you won't prosecute you won't stop then

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  2. Anonymous7/13/2020

    It will not stop until 32 degree weather sets upon us.

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  3. Anonymous7/13/2020

    now you wish you voted for Bill daley?????

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    1. No, because he'd ignore Northside crime, like his like brother did during the last decade of his reign.
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  4. Anonymous7/13/2020

    Why don't you give them all a trophy and tell them you love them and they're number one. This is all bullshit. This is all on you Brown, the governor, the mayor, the states attorney and other so called civic leaders. You all have disgraced this city and this country. What do you expect when you let violent criminals out of jail early? Letting the civil unrest escalate and then demonize the police? Crime will rise. This city is not a world class city anymore. It is a war zone and the murder capital of the country. It is a international embarrassment and a shithole. You should allow the President to send in his team and straighten out the chaos and mayhem you've allowed to fester before anymore innocent people are slaughtered. And if you don't I hope the President sends them in anyway. As leaders, you have all failed us. There is no more time for patience.

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    1. Anonymous7/14/2020

      TRIFECTA AT WORK!!

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  5. Anonymous7/13/2020

    Patience that's all you have..... Superintendo Brownie is an IDIOT. Innocent people are being murdered and shot each day... F your patience.

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  6. Anonymous7/13/2020

    So what's needed is taxpayer funded programs. Why didn't someone think of this before. This man is a genius.

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  7. Anonymous7/14/2020

    Everybody knows what the real issue is but is afraid to talk about it.

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  8. Taxpayer funded programs won't work. ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

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