Mayor Lori Lightfoot sought to reassure residents that their safety is her top priority while also criticizing Cook County judges for pre-trial releases of some alleged offenders.
After Chicago experienced its worst year of violent crime in more than two decades, Mayor Lori Lightfoot again sought to reassure residents that their safety is her top priority while also criticizing Cook County judges for pretrial releases of some alleged offenders.
, did not break new ground or offer fresh strategies. Instead, Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown hit a series of familiar themes as they discussed spiking violence.Lightfoot and Brown talked about the need to improve living conditions in neighborhoods, hire detectives to help solve crimes and work more closely with federal agents on investigations.
In the letter, dated Dec. 29, Lightfoot argues that while a mix of tactics must be used to address what causes violence, the “ballooning release of violent and dangerous people on EM is definitely one of those drivers.” In the letter, Lightfoot, citing the most recent information available from the sheriff’s office, said 3,400 people are currently released on electronic monitoring and that 2,300 have a “crime of violence” as their lead offense, including 90 accused of murder and 40 of attempted murder. The breakdown of charges also includes 1,480 gun possession cases, though most appear to include aggravating circumstances like being a felon in possession of a weapon.
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