{"id":580479,"date":"2021-07-02T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=580479"},"modified":"2021-07-02T20:51:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:51:01","slug":"chicago-officials-slam-mayor-lori-lightfoot-for-citys-rising-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-officials-slam-mayor-lori-lightfoot-for-citys-rising-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago officials slam Mayor Lori Lightfoot for city\u2019s rising 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\">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%2Fchicago-officials-slam-mayor-lori-lightfoot-for-citys-rising-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=580479&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 id=\"attachment_2445161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2445161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets guests at an event held to celebrate Pride Month at the Center on Halstead on June 07, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:40 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Several Chicago city officials have called for an emergency meeting with Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) to demand she bring answers to the city\u2019s rising crime rates.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, 19 Chicago council members recently demanded a meeting with Lightfoot after the mayor falsely asserted the city\u2019s crime rates were declining. \u201cAll of our major indices show a decline in our crime, and our homicides and our shootings year over year are down,\u201d said the mayor on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Local reports said there have been 200 more people shot this year in Chicago than last year. Additionally, the city has seen a 55 percent increase in homicides since 2020.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s what is being done to keep our city residents safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zlzZWNjLBU\">https:\/\/t.co\/zlzZWNjLBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1411012168774873088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group is criticizing Lightfoot\u2019s previous efforts to combat crime and have stressed that residents \u201cwant answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/environmental-extremists-arrested-at-white-house\/\">Environmental Extremists Arrested At White House<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets guests at an event held to celebrate Pride Month at the Center on Halstead on June 07, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. 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