Chicago’s finest, that is her police department’s officers, are in Charlotte, courtesy of the taxpayer. In the mean time Chicago’s citizens continue get gunned down in Mayor Emanuel’s gun-free safety zone, from ABC News [1]:
Only days after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked for federal agents and U.S. Marshals to help combat the city’s wave of violence, about 50 Chicago police officers have arrived in Charlotte to work perimeter security details for a week at the Democratic National Convention.
The Chicago officers, in their distinctive uniforms and checkerboard-brimmed hats, said they had been instructed not to talk with reporters about their out-of-town assignment.
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Last Friday, Mayor Emanuel and Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy publicly asked for federal help in targeting neighborhoods that have been hit hardest by the city’s wave of violence.
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Chicago’s homicide rate is about 31 percent higher than last year, with 346 reported killings as of August 19, according to figures provided by the Chicago police.
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She said the officers sent to Charlotte will be paid through a special federal grant of $50 million for convention security. “No funds from the city of Chicago are involved,” Stratton said.
Mayor Emanuel does not care to protect his own citizens, but does see git to protect democrat officials.
President Obama uses federal tax dollars to pay off his political supporters.
It seems Da Mayor finest are fat. The national diet and exercise guru, Mrs Obama should Amtrax back to Chicago to shape up the Chicago PD.