{"id":1995801,"date":"2023-08-09T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-up-a-big-crime-problem\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:18:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:18:04","slug":"letts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-up-a-big-crime-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-up-a-big-crime-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor&#8217;s weak rhetoric fails to hide a significant crime issue."},"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%2Fletts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-up-a-big-crime-problem%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=1995801&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--><h2>Chicago Mayor&#8217;s Lame \u2062Word Games Can&#8217;t Cover Up \u2064a Big \u2063Crime \u200cProblem<\/h2>\n<p>As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">public service<\/a> to Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, here \u200bis the\u2064 definition \u200bof \u201cmob\u201d (provided by Dictionary.com),\u2064 which he apparently\u2064 does not know:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Mob<\/em> (noun): 1. a disorderly or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-feds-prepare-to-make-disclosure-about-ray-epps-court-docs-say\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Feds Prepare To Make \u2018Disclosure\u2019 About Ray Epps, Court Docs Say\">riotous crowd<\/a> \u2062of people; 2.\u200d a crowd bent on or\u2062 engaged in \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-josh-hawleys-wife-describes-frightening-evening-of-assault-on-family-home\/\" title=\"Senator Josh Hawley\u2019s Wife Describes \u201cFrightening\u201d Evening Of \u201cAssault\u201d On Family Home\">lawless violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It does not, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-up-a-big-crime-problem\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor's weak rhetoric fails to hide a significant crime issue.\">mayor recently implied<\/a>, \u200chave to refer \u2063to \u2064the Mafia. And no matter what the definition is, Johnson\u2019s words do excuse criminal behavior.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of July, a mob swarmed through a Chicago \u20647-Eleven in what\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/south-loop-7-eleven-looted-40-arrested-teen-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBBM-TV<\/a> called\u200d a \u201cteen takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fBRc49ypQsM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video footage<\/a> shows\u200d kids charging into the store, \u200dknocking over displays and \u200drunning\u200b out \u200dwith stolen \u2063merchandise. In some cases, \u2062the teens were just there to destroy\u2062 things and wreak\u2064 havoc.<\/p>\n<p>To their credit, Chicago police \u2064responded quickly and arrested 40 \u2062of the alleged participants. Some of the apprehended teens have parents who will undoubtedly punish them. However, they also need to face charges and consequences for\u200b their actions. Whether this will happen \u200dremains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>If\u200d it was up to\u200b Johnson,\u200d though, the looters \u2063would probably be set free with an \u2062apology from the city.<\/p>\n<p>When Johnson \u200dwas \u2064questioned\u2064 about the looting, rather than thank the police and \u200btalk about what\u200c the city would do \u2064to stop these\u200b raids \u2062from happening, the mayor took issue with a reporter \u200cwho said the\u2063 teenagers had participated in\u200d a \u201cmob\u2063 action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not appropriate,\u201d Johnson told the reporter. \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about mob actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important\u2062 that we speak of these dynamics \u200bin\u2063 an appropriate \u2062way. This is\u200c not to obfuscate what has\u200b actually taken place, but we have to be very\u200c careful when we\u2062 use language to describe certain behavior. There\u2019s history in this city. \u200cI mean, to refer \u2062to\u200d children as, \u2063like, baby Al Capones is not appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson instead referred \u200bto the criminal mobs \u200das \u201clarge gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Imagine being lectured by \u2063a guy who \u200bthinks \u2063\u201cmob action\u201d has \u2062anything to do with \u2063Al \u200bCapone. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SX2cYNIIzm\">pic.twitter.com\/SX2cYNIIzm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 16th &#038;\u2062 17th \u2062District\u200c Chicago Police Scanner\u200b (@CPD1617Scanner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPD1617Scanner\/status\/1686868651121459200?\">August\u200b 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>People \u200cquickly\u200c criticized Johnson for missing the point, perhaps \u2064on purpose. \u201cGot \u2064it. Referring to \u2064the mobs of\u200c looting criminals as\u2063 a mob is \u200cthe\u2062 problem. Thanks, Mayor,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeDanneskjold\/status\/1686883560613965824?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fraternal Order of Police president John Catanzara \u200dsaid\u200c the action was not a\u2064 \u201cteen takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was \u2062looting. It was mob action,\u201d\u00a0Catanzara said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2023\/8\/4\/23820756\/john-catanzara-brandon-johnson-teen-looting-south-loop-teen-trend-al-capones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is renaming \u2063anybody little mini Al Capones. \u200dBut they \u200ccertainly, in\u200c many \u2064cases, had the same terrorizing effect\u2063 that Al Capone had 100 \u2064years \u200dago with these \u2018teen takeovers,\u2019 where they think they can do whatever they want with no repercussions, no parental supervision and no accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These teens are not\u2064 \u201cbaby Al Capones,\u201d but they\u2063 are criminals and need to be treated as such under the\u2064 law.<\/p>\n<p>One has to wonder if the mayor objects to\u200b the term \u201cflash mob\u201d \u2063as if\u200b it is supposed to refer\u200b to\u2064 Mafia bosses unexpectedly \u2062bursting into song and dance.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/letts-chicago-mayors-lame-word-games-cant-cover-big-crime-problem\/\">Letts: \u200bChicago \u2064Mayor&#8217;s Lame Word Games Can&#8217;t\u2063 Cover Up a Big Crime Problem<\/a> \u2063 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a public service, here&#8217;s Dictionary.com&#8217;s definition of &#8220;mob&#8221; for Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago: disorderly crowd engaged in lawless violence. Contrary to the mayor&#8217;s implication, it doesn&#8217;t have to be limited to just a riotous crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2175,"featured_media":1995802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995801","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\/2175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}