Liberal Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is telling Chicago citizens that even if threatened they should not take matters into their hands. They should instead wait and let the police handle it. So what are homeowners just supposed to tell the home invaders or potential assaulters ‘time-out’?
“Obviously we’re aware of the fact that Illinois is a concealed carry state, and that many people have weapons at their disposal in their homes and their businesses,” Lightfoot responded. “Do not take matters into your own hands. Call the police.”
She added that “tragedy” happens when people pick up guns as if they were police officers — and oddly cited the Ahmaud Arbery killing in Georgia, which had nothing to with self-defense against attackers and rioters.
“Do not pick up arms and try to be the police. If there’s a problem, call 911. We will respond,” Lightfoot said before adding, “I urge people to show strength and do not take matters into your own hands.”
Chicago’s 911 center received 65,000 calls in one 24-hour period over the weekend — 50,000 more than normal, Lightfoot said Monday, according to WTTW-TV.
About 10,000 of those calls were for looting alone, the mayor added to the station, noting that operators fielded over 2,000 calls in just 30 minutes at one point.
“The police department was responding as best they could,” Lightfoot said, WTTW reported. “The challenge was, it was everywhere. Everywhere. The violence and looting spread like a wildfire.”
The police are overwhelmed right now just trying to handle the protests and all of the looting/ criminal activity that comes with it. And Mayor Lightfoot thinks it’s somehow wise to tell residents to wait on the police? How is that going to work? If police are all tied up with these protests how long is the wait going to be before help arrives? Because the way it sounds these residents are practically are their own and “best they could” is not going to be good enough when the family’s lives are at stake. Lightfoot, needs to start caring about lawful citizens as opposed to trying to protect the criminals from harm.
Thats one stupid mayor among many.
We have the right to protect ourselves from lawlessness and those who intend to do us harm. It’s called the Second Amendment.
And I imagine, to follow her own guidelines, she will dismiss her own security guards and rely on police 911 calls.
The mayor is trash. And is proof positive that set asides for affirmative action was a bad thing. And has crippled the black community.
Wait a minute, Mayor Lightweight. Instead of defending ourselves, we’re supposed to call the police, which all you liberals are denouncing as a hopelessly racist organization? Doublespeak is alive in Chicago. Weakness in the face of aggression is now “strength”? Just let the aggressors do whatever they are planing to do? Sounds like something coming from a person who has her own armed bodyguards. Would you be saying the same thing for yourself if attacked without them? Hmmmm?
Yeah, the smart Chicago citizens will surely listen to that mayor, I’m sure. Call for a cop, when they had 65,000 911 calls over the weekend.
She unintentionally attests to the relevancy of a pro-Second Amendment slogan: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Last week, with rioting and looting in our city (downstate Illinois), for the first time in my nice subdivision, I heard people wishing they had a gun. I can only imagine what it’s like in Chicago.
The smart Chicago citizens will move away to some place not run by stupid people. Smart Chicago citizens are evidently outnumbered or idiots like Lightfoot would not be in office.
I’ll bet if this piece of Leftist trash were home & someone was breaking down her door to get inside, she’d shoot the heck out of them! “Do as I say, not as I do!”.
These liberal do not have a brain at all. They take an oath to up hold the constitution then they lie and run down America. I do not understand how anyone can vote for these people.
TAKE HER SECURITY AWAY……
Just ANOTHER freeking Idiot Liberal-progressive Socialist at work….. NOBODY is going to invade my home ( or my vehicle ) or rob or assault myself or any family, friend or relative if I can help it- period!
Time for the city council to pass a law insuring law abiding people for ALL property lost or stolen during riots. Or do the socialist Democrats believe rioters have the right to loot?
My advice to law abiding citizens, arm yourselves no matter what the law says and if attacked with lethal force or have your home or business broken into, SHOOT TO KILL. Better to be tried by 12 rather than carried by 6.
Lightin the head has a 75 man security detail. I suggest she defund these first. In fact she should defund the entire police force and allow the citizens of Chicago to enjoy the culture she has created. I think in about ten years the population will have killed and eaten the entire city. Its what progressives do, but Chicago has always been a special progressive sort of place Alinsky loved.
With babbling idiots like this in office it’s easy to understand why the term; “progressive Logic” is considered one of the worlds Ultimate Oxymorons!!
Yeah, citizens, subjugate yourselves to my power. You are not allowed to protect yourself.
Talk about “privelege”, this is the epitome.
I will give up my right and ability to protect myself when YOU DO TOO Mayor Lightfoot. Full stop.
screw you The police are unless at this time the only thing you got is to defend your self real stupid mayor
Having lived in Illinois, I would have to agree with Mayor Lightfoot. I will show strength. I will take my weapon and let the police handle the after-incident investigation…after having protected my family and friends while patiently awaiting the arrival of the police officers who are responding.