Meanwhile, in Chicago...

[George K]

So racist that the city elected (checks notes....) a Black mayor - again.

[Mik]

Who shows every likelihood of following in Lightfoot's footsteps.

[George K]

@Mik said in Meanwhile, in Chicago...:

Who shows every likelihood of following in Lightfoot's footsteps.

Oh, no. She's look like a member of the John Birch Society compared to Brandon (no, not that Brandon). Remember, she was a federal prosecutor. One has to wonder why, considering her role in the past, she acted the way she did. Was she beholden to someone?

Silly me...it's Chinatown Chicago, Jake Mik.

[George K]

Whatever you're doing at 8PM (CDT), drop it...

[Jolly]

I was at church.

Heaven and Eternal Damnation are more important than Lightfoot the Lesbian.

[taiwan_girl]

She did a terrible job as mayor from what I have read and heard.

Imagine, a policitican blaming outside forces for losing the election rather than accepting responsibility.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, in Chicago...:

I was at church.

I was rearranging my sock drawer.

[Jolly]

Got a worldclass mandolin player and a bluegrass gospel trio in your sock drawer?

[George K]

The first woman to be elected mayor of Chicago was Jane Byrne. She served as the city's mayor from 1979 to 1983.

The first black mayor of Chicago was Harold Washington. He was elected in 1983 and served until his death in 1987.

Shut up, Lori....

[Copper]

Ya, well if I was a black woman, we wouldn't be having these discussions.

[kluurs]

Chicago enterprise at work. gang work

[Horace]

@kluurs said in Meanwhile, in Chicago...:

Chicago enterprise at work. gang work

Disgusting. It's such chaos going to events, with the parking. I recently experienced it at the Rodeo in Houston. I can imagine enterprising scammers taking advantage.

[George K]

In his inaugural speech:

"The tears of Adam Toledo’s parents are made of the same sorrow of Officer Preston’s parents," Johnson said. "To the family of Officer Preston, my heart is with you."

Adam Toledo was a 13 year old gangbanger who was shot by police after dropping his gun while running away from police.

Body cam footage of Toledo's shooting, released on April 15, 2021, showed that Toledo was unarmed at the moment he was shot. The video shows officer Stillman chasing Toledo into the alleyway and yelling at him to stop.[44][47] Toledo slows down and stops as Stillman catches up to him.[44][47] In footage taken from another angle, Toledo appears to throw a pistol behind a fence just before turning to face the officer (body cam footage shows a pistol being recovered behind the fence two minutes after the shooting).[44][45] Stillman yells "Show me your fucking hands" and "drop it" while flashing a strobe flashlight at him.[44] Toledo turns around with his empty hands in the air, and Stillman then shoots Toledo as he does so.

According to the CPD, there were 838 milliseconds (0.838 or 5⁄6 of a second) "between gun shown in hand and single shot".

Areanah Preston was an off-duty Chicago cop who was shot and killed by 4 kids (youngest 16, iirc) while on the way home from her shift.

Officer Preston, who has just returned home in uniform after her shift, is fatally shot standing in front of her home in the 8100 block of South Blackstone. Video surveillance from the scene shows the suspects running towards Preston and "muzzle flashes" from at least two guns. After she was shot, one of the suspects ran back and took Preston's gun. That gun has not been recovered. Frazier told investigators that all four of them were armed.

One of these things is not like the other.