Wrong Direction Conehead

The mayor must have noticed CPD is suddenly short manpower again, this time by five injured Officers:

• Mayor Brandon Johnson decried an early Sunday morning ‘unauthorized large gathering’ apparently involving teens that ended with a car veering into five Chicago police officers, injuring them, as they were dispersing the crowd on the Near West Side.

  Police have not announced any charges Monday against the driver, 18, who was arrested.

  “Unauthorized large gatherings can quickly become dangerous, and early this morning, after curfew hours, we saw that firsthand,” the mayor posted on X Sunday night.

And where does Conehead think the responsibility lies?

• Johnson said the people who participated in violent behavior should be held accountable, but many people, including city leaders and community members, have a responsibility to look out for young people.

Um....the government isn't a parent moron. Government isn't supposed to "look out for" people (or folks) breaking the law - they're supposed to look out for everyone else attempting to peacefully and peaceably go about their lives.

Who the City should be looking out for are their employees i.e. the Officers attempting to enforce the Ordinances and Laws passed by the elected representatives. That means maintaining adequate manpower numbers and maintaining equipment required to do their jobs. 

You don't fund a fire department and give them a bucket with a hole in it (though Chicago is headed that way.) You are supposed to give them a working water system, hydrants, attachments, trucks and pumps so that they can save lives and property.

Same with the police. You don't give them a list of Laws that everyone is supposed to abide by, and then underfund / defund them, disband units that could have responded effectively, hide equipment that used to work (gas teams, LRAD, etc) and take away all the options to defend themselves. Politicians doing that would rightfully be called idiots, morons, progressives and assholes.