AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG PLUS FOR LIVING IN THE "WINDY CITY"

 

 

Well, if you're one of those who are 'lucky' enough to reside in Chicago, besides now living in what is the murder capital of the universe, 506 homicides in 2012, you now have something new to contend with. It's being reported that the city police are now in the process of changing their response time to 911 calls. You see, starting this week, the cops who folks are supposed to be able to rely on, because the Democrats want to leave residents unable to protect themselves, will no longer be responding in big to such trivial things like criminal damage to property, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries, or other crimes where the suspect is no longer on the scene, and the victim isn’t in immediate danger. The stated rationale is that the move will supposedly free up the equivalent of 44 police officers a day for patrol duties. Somehow 44 cops in a city the size of Chicago just doesn't sound like much.

 

Jim Williams, who is I guess is and enterprising reporter for a local TV station, went seeking out some Chicagoans to get their perspective on this latest development and he found some who think it’s the wrong move for the police. On one block where burglars broke into a home on Christmas Day, Carmen Curio has a strong opinion on the city’s new 911 response plan. "I think that’s ridiculous. I think if there’s a burglary, they’ve got to come. It’s what we pay for. They have to come," she said. Ald. Nick Sposato (36th) said the constituents in his Northwest Side ward pay high property taxes, so it’s not asking too much for a police visit after a traumatic break-in. "People are upset; they want to talk to a police officer. They want to know something is being done to prevent this in the future," Sposato said. Ok, these folks voted for Rahm "Dead Fish" Emanuel, right? What did they expect?

 

Chicago's Police Supt. Some clone by the name of Garry McCarthy, insisted crime prevention "in the future" happens when officers are on patrol, not when they're tied up taking reports at the scene of non-violent incidents. He said, "I don’t mean to be flippant here, because I’ve been the victim of a burglary at least three or four times." Then this dope then went on to say, "I’d rather have the officer on street, where he can prevent the shooting." Police said they will still respond to 911 burglary calls as long as the suspect is still at the scene, or they’re if they're convinced that the criminal can be arrested right away. If they're convinced? Ok, so how does some terrorized homeowner go about trying to convince the cops that the bad guy is still on the scene without potentially putting themselves in danger trying to determine that? What an idiotic idea!

 

Sounding more like he was patting himself on the back, more than anything else, McCarthy said, "You’re upset; you’re violated. It’s happened to me. So, you’ve got to weigh it, and I’m making tough decisions." Droning on about his ability to make the tough decisions, he said, "I’m making a tough decision, but I’d rather have that officer on the street, doing something to prevent the next shooting than – honestly – making somebody feel better, because they’re responding rather than talking to them over the phone." But is he making those decisions for no other reason than as way to deal with Chicago's financial woes. McCarthy said Chicago police respond to 70 percent of 911 calls, compared to 30 to 50 percent in other cities. Police said officers will always take information about crimes at district stations, or over the phone – even if officers don’t respond in person. Whoopee!

 

Oh to be an imbecilic city dweller! Ya know, they vote for those who are nothing more than 'in your face' Socialists, and then they have the nerve to whine when their city proceeds to fall in all around them. Let's face it, the conditions in the majority of our cities all across our land is a direct reflection of those repeatedly put in charge to run them. They are bastions of liberalism so, therefore, how can anyone be surprised by how they turn out? And with all of these various rat experiments now taking place in this country, and nearly all of them arriving at the same conclusion, that socialism never works, wouldn't you think that that would be enough to demonstrate to any reasonably intelligent person, that the direction in which Barry is now taking us, will ultimately end in the same way, but only on a much grander scale. This plan of Barry's is not going to end well except for Barry and others like him. The rest of us will be pretty much goners.



WHAT MORE PROOF DO WE NEED THAT STRICTER GUN LAWS JUST DON'T WORK…

 

 



These days with loudmouthed liberals everywhere you look literally screaming about the need for stricter gun laws, we have at the same time the third most populous city in these United States serving as the perfect example of why those stricter guns laws do absolutely nothing to reduce the level of gun violence. You see, with a couple days still left in this month, there have already been over 40 homicides in the city of Chicago. And should this pace continue, the city will equal, and quite possibly even surpass, last year's total of 506 murders. A point that we can use to illustrate just how alarming Chicago's homicide rate is, New York City has twice the population, yet only three recorded homicides. That's pretty scary, especially if you happen to live in Chicago. A violent weekend has given Chicago its highest January murder total since 2002, when 45 people were killed. And considering that the month isn't over yet, that figure could be eclipsed. Authorities attribute the city's growing homicide rate to gang violence and the availability of guns. Wait, how's that possible? I thought stricter gun laws would prevent all this. Isn't that what Barry keeps telling us? Wasn’t that the same claim made by that moron, Cuomo, in New York when he recently signed new gun laws into effect in New York?

 

The Chicago Police Department reports that it has already seized 574 guns so far this month, and 124 in the last week. According to Deputy Commissioner Al Wysingers, that's over three times the amount recovered in Los Angeles and New York. At a press conference a day after meeting with Barry "Almighty" in the White House along with police chiefs from Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo. — sites of horrible gun related tragedies last year — Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy expressed concern and regret for the wave of gun violence as January draws to a close. Seven people were killed last Saturday alone. "It's disappointing," said McCarthy, who defended what he referred to as being his crime prevention strategies while noting that he had sat down with some of the "brightest minds" in the country for four hours in Washington and heard little advice beyond what he's already been doing. "You don't throw out everything you're doing because you had a bad couple of days," McCarthy told reporters. "And unfortunately today's (Tuesday) a bad day, too." By Tuesday evening, three people had been slain, all in broad daylight. So tell me again how it is that more restrictive gun laws to anything to make anyone safer.

 

So with two days still left in the month, this marked the second consecutive January in which Chicago has hit the rather troublesome milestone of at least 40 homicides, despite the fact that it has some of the stricter gun laws in the entire country. The 40 homicides last January represented a jump of 43 percent from the 28 homicides suffered in January 2011. While Chicago never quite recovered over the remainder of that year from what was even a sharper jump in violence over the first quarter of 2012, homicides fell or were flat in the year's last four months. Crime experts caution that it's way too early to suggest the disappointing January numbers mean that violence in Chicago will continue at a similar pace throughout this year. But Arthur Lurigio, a criminologist, said the January numbers sure aren't very encouraging. "It certainly bodes ill for this year's projected homicide figures because it appears to be a continuation of the violent trends observed through many months of 2012," says Lurigio, a professor at Loyola University Chicago. The city's homicide woes continue to draw unwanted attention for both this idiot McCarthy and his corrupt boss, Mayor Rahm "Dead Fish" Emanuel.


Through Monday, Chicago's West Side Harrison District leads the city in homicides with seven, three on Saturday alone, followed by the South Side's Englewood District with five. While it is clearly too early to draw any conclusions, those numbers could be unsettling for police officials because throughout 2012, 'Dead Fish" and McCarthy had touted those two districts as success stories after they flooded "conflict zones" in both with additional officers a year ago. University of Chicago criminologist Jens Ludwig said one plausible explanation for the January homicide numbers could be the budget problems confronting cities throughout the country. Emanuel's budget for 2013 calls for the hiring of an additional 500 police officers, but the police union contends that that number falls far short of the void created by cops retiring. Ludwig suggested big cities such as Chicago could use help from the federal government. "Cities can't run budget deficits when economic conditions turn down, which means that usually cities have to scale back police spending at the very time you'd want them to, if anything, increase the number of police on the streets," Ludwig said. "Only the federal government can help solve this with their ability to run budget deficits during economic downturns."

 

Right! Now there's a freakin brilliant solution that only a liberal could come up with. Let's just have the federal government, which is broke, start bailing out the cities that are also broke. Now I suppose in the world of Barack Hussein Obama that makes all the sense in the world! But let me ask you something, why is it that every time some scummy city, and I'm not just talking about Chicago here, it could apply to any scummy city, that the first place cuts are ALWAYS made, are to the police and fire departments. How about all of those over paid political hacks being the first ones to take a hit every once and a while? How much is old "Dead Fish" Emanuel raking in on an annual basis. After all, I'm sure that during his time in Washington he was able to acquire and to then set aside a tidy little sum of cash! And the same goes for the federal government. It's always the troops in the field who are first made to deal with no pay raises, or shortages of gear while those involved in creating the situation that results in such craziness continue to take home their big fat salaries. The first ones who must be made to feel the pain are those who muck everything up. Why should they be allowed to escape unscathed the effects of the polices that they themselves create and/or put into place?