{"id":1137037,"date":"2021-12-21T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137037"},"modified":"2021-12-21T09:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:34:13","slug":"mayor-lori-lightfoot-seeks-atfs-help-as-chicago-homicides-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-lori-lightfoot-seeks-atfs-help-as-chicago-homicides-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Lori Lightfoot Seeks ATF&#039;s Help as Chicago Homicides Surge"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmayor-lori-lightfoot-seeks-atfs-help-as-chicago-homicides-surge%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=1137037&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lori-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is seeking help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in the face of surging homicides and continued gun crime.<\/p>\n<p>On December 17, 2021, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/17\/over-800-homicides-year-to-date-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">reported<\/a> that Chicago had surpassed 800 homicides for the year.<\/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>HeyJackass.com now <a href=\"https:\/\/heyjackass.com\/\">notes<\/a> the city has exceeded 830 homicides and there is still over a week to go in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 830+ homicides, over 780 were carried out with firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/23-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">observed<\/a> that 23 people were shot during the past weekend alone in Lightfoot\u2019s Chicago, while over 30 were shot, six fatally, during the first weekend in December, and nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/28\/chicago-thanksgiving-weekend-nearly-40-shot-into-sunday-morning\/\">40 were shot<\/a> Thursday through Sunday morning of Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lightfoot is seeking federal help to curb the violence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6901408450704\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chicago Killing Fields yield their gruesome weekly harvest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pHTdA6OS73\">https:\/\/t.co\/pHTdA6OS73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1438995538876186630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, NBC 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/lightfoot-seeks-additional-help-from-atf-marshals-to-curb-violence-in-chicago\/2712045\/\">reported<\/a> that \u201cLightfoot formally requested that United States Attorney General Merrick Garland detail Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives&nbsp;agents in Chicago for six months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC 5 pointed to a <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> report showing \u201cmurders have been increasing in the city for two straight years now, and shootings have been rising at an even faster rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On July 26, 2020, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2020\/07\/26\/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-we-will-not-allow-federal-troops-in-our-city\/\">noted<\/a>&nbsp;Lightfoot rejected President Trump\u2019s offer to send federal help into Chicago to get surging crime under control.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot told CNN\u201ds <em>State of Union<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>I have drawn a very hard line. We\u2019ll not allow federal troops in our city. We will not tolerate unnamed agents taking people off the street, violating their rights and holding them in custody. That\u2019s not happening here in Chicago. So I have drawn a very, very tight line and made it clear to every federal authority that I\u2019ve spoken with, and they understand that if they cross that line, we will not hesitate to use every tool at our disposal to stop troops and unwanted agents in our city.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is seeking help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in the face of surging homicides and continued gun crime. 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