{"id":1102370,"date":"2021-12-09T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102370"},"modified":"2021-12-09T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:58:32","slug":"nolte-mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-chicago-retailers-for-not-fighting-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-chicago-retailers-for-not-fighting-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolte: Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blames Chicago Retailers for Not Fighting Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnolte-mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-chicago-retailers-for-not-fighting-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Victim-blaming Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Incompetent) blames retailers for the recent rash of organized retail thefts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the retailers downtown in Michigan Avenue, I will tell you, I\u2019m disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority,\u201d Lightfoot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1468696889721823238?s=20\">said<\/a>. \u201cFor example, we still have retailers that won\u2019t institute plans like having security officers in their stores. Making sure that they\u2019ve got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night, chaining high-end bags.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s my favorite part: \u201cThese purses seem to be something that is attracting a lot of organized retail theft units.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So if I\u2019m correctly interpreting this, the retail smash-and-grab epidemic is not the fault of the Democrats who run Chicago\u2019s government as an unopposed monopoly. Instead, it is retailers\u2019 fault, so they must now 1) create a private police force, 2) lock up all their merchandise, and 3) stop attracting crime with all their fancy merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s number-one job, the government\u2019s highest priority, is supposed to be protecting the God-given rights of its citizens. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s job number one. And here\u2019s failed Mayor Lightfoot blaming the victim for her own indifference and incompetence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7971014492754\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chicago Killing Fields yield their gruesome daily harvest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1GYgxRmyrn\">https:\/\/t.co\/1GYgxRmyrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1429940920657620993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the great truths of criminal justice is that you don\u2019t have to lock up a whole lot of people to decrease the crime rate. All you have to do is lock up the <em>right people<\/em>. A tiny part of the population is committing most of the crimes, and once they are locked up, the crime rate plummets. In other words, if you increase the incarceration rates by, say, five percent, and those are the <em>correct five percent<\/em>, you can decrease the crime rate by 20 or 25 percent.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats are letting <em>everyone<\/em> go. No matter how awful the crime or how unrepentant the criminal is, these criminals are still released to prey on the innocent.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not saying retailers don\u2019t have a certain responsibility to protect themselves. We all have a certain responsibility to discourage criminality, to not be victims. But Lightfoot is calling for retailers to chain up the high-end merchandise and increase the size of their private police forces. That\u2019s nuts. If you want to sell something, especially something like a high-end purse, people need to touch it, hold it, feel it, carry it\u2026 Women want to know what that looks like slung over their shoulders.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19065954\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1265066692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19065954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1265066692-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&nbsp;A window is shattered in front of the Fred\u2019s restaurant after looting broke out throughout downtown on August 10, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Police made several arrests during the night as widespread looting was reported downtown and other areas of the city. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19065770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1233853289.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19065770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1233853289-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden greets Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (L) as he disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at O\u2019Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, July 7, 2021, as he travels to promote his economic plans in Illinois. (SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cops aren\u2019t the problem. The cops know who these godforsaken thieves are. The cops have almost certainly arrested most of these punks. The problem is Democrats. Democrats continue to let these recidivist criminals loose. Democrats continue to empty the prisons and eliminate bail. And nothing in the world encourages criminality more than a lack of consequence for criminality. If you remove the consequences, you are essentially legalizing criminal behavior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The effects of this can be seen everywhere, not just in Chicago and not just retail theft.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve American cities, each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/08\/abc-news-shows-murder-surging-12-cities-doesnt-acknowledge-democrat-controlled\/\">governed by Democrats<\/a>, have broken their own homicide records. This is not an accident or a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>They told us criminal justice reform was about giving non-violent offenders another chance. I\u2019m all for that. But Democrats just opened up the jails and let everyone out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3253588516746\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As calls for Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot&#8217;s ouster continue to grow, the carnage and death tolls in her city continue to climb. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svKeXyBUYc\">https:\/\/t.co\/svKeXyBUYc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1396507426271203335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The good news is that this cannot stand. Only blight can follow. Crime destroys cities faster than anything. There is not even a close second place. Stores close. Jobs are lost. Good people of all skin colors move. All that\u2019s left are vacancies and rental units, and overpriced convenient stores where everything is locked up.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat Party will be wiped out in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>And I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow John Nolte on Twitter <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NolteNC\"><strong><em>@NolteNC<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>. <em>Follow his Facebook Page <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnNolteNC\/?skip_nax_wizard=true\"><strong><em>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victim-blaming Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Incompetent) blames retailers for the recent rash of organized retail thefts. \u201cSome of the retailers downtown in Michigan Avenue, I will tell you, I\u2019m disappointed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}