Over two dozen police officers turned their backs when greeted by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over the weekend at the hospital where an officer remains in critical condition.
Police Officer Ella French, 29, was shot and killed during a traffic stop Saturday night, while her partner battles for his life at the University of Chicago Medical Center. As Lightfoot visited the hospital on Saturday night, 30 officers angrily turned their backs to her when she approached them, according to reports.
“It looked like it had been choreographed,” a source told reporters.
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Foxnews.com reports: The male officer’s father, who is a retired Chicago cop, also gave the mayor an earful when she tried to talk to him, sources told the Sun-Times. She reportedly remained calm and attentive while he blamed her for what happened.
The mayor’s press office provided a statement to Fox News, saying, “In a time of tragedy, emotions run high and that is to be expected.”
“The Mayor spoke to a range of officers that tragic night and sensed the overwhelming sentiment was about concern for their fallen colleagues,” the statement read. “As the Mayor stated yesterday, now is not the time for divisive and toxic rhetoric or reporting. This is a time for us to come together as a city. We have a common enemy and it is the conditions that breed the violence and the manifestations of violence, namely illegal guns, and gangs. The Mayor is focused on healing the wounds and will reject any and all that try to use this moment to drive further divisions in our city.”
Dozens of shooting incidents across Chicago over the weekend left 13 people dead and 73 injured.
In the period beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and ending at midnight Sunday, the Chicago Police Department recorded 54 shooting incidents, statistics show.
Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown said Sunday that French, her partner and another officer were fired upon after approaching a vehicle with three occupants during a traffic stop in West Englewood on Saturday. Three suspects are currently in police custody.
Lightfoot declared Sunday a day of mourning and called for all flags to be flown at half-staff. In an earlier statement, she told critics of her treatment of police to “just stop.”
“There are some who say we do not do enough for the police and that we are handcuffing them from doing their jobs. There are others who say we do too much for the police and that we never hold them accountable for what they do, particularly in Black and brown neighborhoods,” Lightfoot said. “All of this, I say, stop. Just stop. This constant strife is not what we need in this moment. Of course, we have to continue the journey to achieve constitutional and accountable policing. That cannot be in debate at this point.”
Lightfoot concluded her statement by calling on Chicagoans to “say thank you” when they see a police officer in public, adding, “We owe them a debt of gratitude that we will never truly be able to truly repay.”
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
Lightfoot is no doubt a large part of the problem but police in that area have long been known for systemic corruption. It’s the little things that destroy effective, honest policing …… like torture (yes, read up on it), secret detention facilities and business shakedowns for “protection”.
These officers are reaping what they have sown for many, many decades.
I hope you’ll be the next one shot .
Not fatally, just one bullet in your spine so you’ll be crippled for the rest of your life . . .
Jeez buddy — I’m simply pointing out the corruption. Lightfoot and Chicago PD deserve each other. Two completely corrupt peas in a corrupt pod. I also point out that Lightfoot is a complete RACIST for refusing to interview with white reporters.
I’m sad that you stoop to Ad hominem attacks. Fact is: We can’t stop the effects of corruption until we deal with the source. Those facts show that corruption has reached a point all across this nation that it can no longer be saved. This regime needs to be stomped to extinction.
Sadly agreed !
Sorry for misunderstanding Your intention .
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Ther was some misunderstanding between us what we cleared .
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