{"id":932487,"date":"2021-10-28T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=932487"},"modified":"2021-10-28T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:13:43","slug":"chicago-mayor-lightfoot-no-question-coronavirus-to-blame-for-recent-rise-in-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-no-question-coronavirus-to-blame-for-recent-rise-in-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Lightfoot: &#039;No Question&#039; Coronavirus to Blame for Recent Rise in Violence"},"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\">26<\/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-mayor-lightfoot-no-question-coronavirus-to-blame-for-recent-rise-in-violence%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=932487&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\/10\/latest-Lori-Lightfoot-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Thursday on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) attributed the recent uptick in violence in the United States\u2019 major cities such as hers to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot claimed there was \u201cno question\u201d there was a \u201cCOVID-related impact on the public safety system.\u201d She also emphasized the need to fight the root causes of violence in cities like Chicago, which she said was poverty, lack of jobs and lack of hope.<\/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>\u201c[W]e are making progress in Chicago,\u201d Lightfoot outlined. \u201cWe have a homicide clearance rate that\u2019s about 45%. Certainly below what we expect, but better than we\u2019ve been in about five or six years. We cleared more murders this year than we have in the last 10 years. So, we\u2019re seeing progress being made, but there\u2019s no question that the COVID-related impact on the public safety system in Chicago, in New York, in L.A., D.C. and other cities across the country is real. And what we\u2019ve got to continue to do is make sure that we\u2019re demanding of our courts and our prosecutors that they hold violent people accountable and keep them off our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge issue for us in Chicago, and we have to continue fighting that fight,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd then we\u2019ve also got to play the long game at getting at the root causes of the violence, which is poverty, lack of investment, lack of jobs and \u2026 lack of hope. We got to disrupt the pipeline of young souls that are going to the streets and subject to the predatory tactics of the gangs by giving them hope in a future that isn\u2019t minding somebody\u2019s corner spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) attributed the recent uptick in violence in the United States\u2019 major cities such as hers to the coronavirus pandemic. 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