CHICAGO POLICE COMMISSIONER DAVID BROWN AGAIN TAKES SWIPE AT THE COURT SYSTEM AS HE ADDRESSES HOLIDAY WEEKEND VIOLENCE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE Jeremy Gorner July 7, 2021.
I APPLAUD THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN BLAMING THE COURTS BECAUSE WHAT HE DOES NOT REALIZE BEING AN OUTSIDER FROM ILLINOIS, HE AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.
THEIR ARE A NUMBER OF BLACK AND BROWN PERSONS IN AUTHORITY HATE WHO THEY ARE HATE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO HELP SUPPORT RACISM AND KEEP THEIR OWN ETHNIC GROUPS OPPRESSED AND THEY WON'T OPEN THEIR MOUTHS AND SAY SHIT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITIES OR TRY TO HELP ANYONE.
BECAUSE COMMISSIONER BROWN IS A BLACK MAN IN AUTHORITY AND HAS POWER MANY OF THE RACIST POLITICIANS AND INFERIOR MINDED COLORED PERSONS BEHOLDING TO THEIR ANGLO-SAXON LEADERS SEEMS TO BE UNDERMINING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO DO IN ADDRESSING THE SERIES OF CRIMES HAPPENING IN THIS CITY.
FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE ALL HUMAN TAKE ANY PERSON WHO IS TIRELESSLY WORKING 12-16 HOURS A DAY ARRESTING CRIMINALS FROM RAPE, CARJACKINGS ARMED ROBBERIES ETC AND BEFORE THE OFFICERS CAN COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK ON THE ASSAILANTS, THEY ARE BACK ON THE FUCKING STREETS, AT SOME POINT, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE A LET THE MOTHER FUCKERS KILL EACH OTHER, SHIT IT'S A FUCKING WASTE OF TIME LOCKING THEIR ASSES UP!!!
THE ABOVE IS A HUMAN REALITY BECAUSE IF I AM A POLICE OFFICER, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW, I WOULD FEEL NO IT MAY NOT BE RIGHT BUT, THIS IS REALITY EVERY POLICE OFFICER WANT TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES SAFELY.
WHAT THE COMMISSIONER DAVID BROWN AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DON'T KNOW IS THAT MANY OF THE BLACK AND BROWN OLD ASSES SOME YOUNG ARE DEALING WITH COLORED PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKENED TO HOUSE NIGGERS, OR ENSLAVED INDIVIDUALS, THEY CAN NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS UNLESS, THEY ARE TOLD WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.
THE TYPE OF HATE AND KILLINGS YOU ARE ADDRESSING EVERYDAY IN THE STREETS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF NIGGERS AND RACIST YOU SEE IN UNIFORMS NOW DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME A LOT OF WHITES ARE NOT RACISTS AND A LOT OF BLACKS DEFINETLY DON'T LOVE BLACK PEOPLE AND MANY OF THEM ARE JUDGES AND ARE IN THE STREETS KILLING OFF ONE ANOTHER AND THIS IS HOW THE RACIST LEGAL SYSTEM OF JUDGES ARE ABLE TO UNDERMINE YOU AND THE MAYOR'S AUTHORITY TRYING TO MAKE YOU GUYS LOOK INCOMPETENT.
EVERYTHING THE COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR HAS SAID ABOUT RACISM CORRUPTION, ABOUT THE COURTS, I HAVE SAID AND DOCUMENTED IN ALL OF MY LEGAL BRIEFS IN FEDERAL COURT AND STATE COURTS, BUT BECAUSE OF MY SKIN COLOR NOBODY GAVE A RATS ASS ABOUT THE RACISM OR RACIAL INJUSTICES LEVIED AT ME FROM CORRUPT JUDGES BECAUSE OF THEIR POLITCAL ASSOCIATIONS TO ALLEGED WHITE NATIONALISTS GROUPS.
THEIR IS NOT ONE COLORED MAN IN THIS CITY TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE JUDGES IN THE COURTS IF A COLORED MAN SAYS ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT A REDNECK RACIST JUDGE, THEY WILL NOT BE PRACTICING LAW LOOK UP NIGERIAN BROTHER LANRE AMU A DE PAUL GRADUATE FROM LAW SCHOOL WITH AN ENGENEERING DEGREE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ONE OF YOUR RETIREES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOW A NIGGER JUDGE WHO IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THE VERY CARJACKERS BEING RELEASED EVERYTIME IFF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPREHEND THEM IS HELPING RACIST ATTORNEYS STEAL HER FAMILIES HOME.
BECAUSE THE ILLINOIS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY MEMBERS ALLEGEDLY BELONGING TO THE KU KLUX KLAN, NAZI OR WHITE NATIONALIST FRATERNAL GROUPS NOBODY IS SAYING SHIT!!!
A FEDERAL JUDGE IS SO RACIST AND ARROGANT THEY KNOW THEY CONTROL THE COURTS AND THE NIGGERS THEY HAVE APPOINTED TO CERTAIN POSITIONS WHO IS GOING TO DARE STOP THEM?
RACISM, NIGGERCISM AND HATE IS SO REAL THEIR ARE THOSE WHO MUCH RATHER SEE CHICAGO PLAGUED WITH UNCONTROLLABLE VIOLENCE AND DEATHS LEADING TO GENOCIDES OF THE COLORED RACES THAN TO SEE ANY COMPETENT MAN OR WOMAN TRY AND LEAD CHICAGO AS INTELLIGENT PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS CITY OR STATE DON'T RECOGNIZE FREEMEN OR WOMEN OF COLOR OR RESPECT ANY COLORED INDEPENDENT MINDED PERSON OF COLOR BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT A THREAT TO THEIR VERY EXISTENCE------THEIR INCOME------THEIR POWER.
I AM MERELY GOING TO SHARE 7 PAGES OUT OF 22 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NOTICE OF APPEAL FILED ON JULY THE 8TH-- BECAUSE RACIST JUDGES ARE NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY LYNCH COLORED MEN AND RAPE WOMEN OF COLOR LOOK AT HOW THEY HAVE INFILTRATED THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND IS USING UNLAWFUL APPLICATIONS OF THE LAWS TO JUSTIFY THE SAME HATRED AND HAS MOLDED CERTAIN COLORED NIGGERS TO FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS IN DESTROYING THEIR OWN ETHNICITY.
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
NORTHERN
DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN
DIVISION
NOTICE OF APPEAL
To: Registered Agent:
Grace A. Gorka
US Bank Natl. Assoc.
190 S. LaSalle,
Chg. IL 60603
COURTESY COPIES
TO THE FOLLOWING:
Hon Mayor Lori Lightfoot
City Hall 7th
floor
Chicago, IL.
60601
Said case
demonstrates within the parameter of the laws how the Illinois legal system is
under siege, as stated in earlier affidavits, the Ku Klux Klan, pursuant to the
act of 1871 Section 1 (42 U.S.C.) Remarks of Rep. Cobb) (“None but Democrats
belong or can belong to these societies”)
PLEASE BE ADVISED that on July
8, 2019, A Notice of Appeal and
Jurisdictional Statement has been filed before the Northern District of
Illinois .
Respectfully Submitted
______________________
Monzella Y. Johnson
5217
S. Ingleside Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60615
Dated
July 8, 2021
|
MONZELLA
Y. JOHNSON
U.S. BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED
TRUST MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-NC3; UBS REAL ESTATE
SECURITIES INC.; MORTGAGE ASSET SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS, INC.; WELLS
FARGO BANK, N.A.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, AKA “MERS”
Defendant. |
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) |
______________________ H. Gary
Feinerman Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cummings
Civil
Action No. 21cv-
02707
|
Jurisdictional Statement
Order entered: June 30, 2021
Notice of Appeal filed: July 8, 2021
Statutes: Democratic Judges violating
United States Supreme Court Rulings Enforcing “Jim Crow Laws” “Trespassing upon
the Laws” “No Jurisdiction on case, Order being Void a “Nullity” Obstruction of
Justice ” Committing Fraud, Engaging in Treason Like Offenses, Judges
Committing Perjury, Judges aiding and abetting in a Criminal Conspiracy, Judge
committing Unequal Protection of the Laws Violations, Judge acting outside of
the Immunity provisions of his Oath, as “Private Citizens” outlawed by the
United States Supreme Court as they used
their robes and jurisdiction to aid and assist Terrorist Democratic Judges and
Public Officials in covering-up Criminal Civil Rights Violations, Disparate
Unequal Protection of the Laws, Racial Hate Crimes, Slander and Defamation of
Character, Civil Rights Violations, Racial Terrorism Conspiracy, Public,
Political, Fraternal Corruption Conspiracies by Democrats, and other Un-Constitutional
Lawless Violations, Violation of Canon Ethics : A judge shall uphold the integrity
and independence of the judiciary. Canon
2: A
judge shall
avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all of the judge's
activities. Canon 3: A
judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially and diligently.
Plaintiff is appealing
to the Court of Appeals, for a Reversal
Sanctions and Remand with instructions notifying Federal authorities based on
the foregoing stated above:
Plaintiff has Due-Diligently been fighting to
keep their home from unlawfully being stolen from them in the disguise as
foreclosure before the Supreme Court of Illinois, District Court and Court of Appeals for over 13 years racist
political judges appointed by Alderman Edward Burke have systematically “Trespassed upon the Laws” entering Orders
that are “VOID” a “NULLITY” pursuant to the laws of the United States Supreme
Court as judges used their robes and unlawful authority to maintain a
Democratic “Lynching” of the laws on the Appellants as senior citizens in that
every Black and Brown person in the Democratic Party kept their mouths shut
because they are powerless over Anglo Saxon men in the Democratic Party and they
are only figureheads.
Plaintiff is appealing
to the Court of Appeals, because Anglo Saxon
judges in the Democratic party have systematically ignored that they were
the victims of an “Organized Conspiracy” perpetrated by Democratic judges acting
as “Private Citizens” controlling the Criminal Enterprise in all of the courts
controlled by Democrats, in that Judge Feinerman closed his eyes to all
Terrorist Treason offenses accompanied by an affidavit unimpeached by every
attorney.
“Grounds warranting a motion to
reconsider include (1) an intervening change in the controlling law, (2) new
evidence previously unavailable, and (3) the need to correct clear error or
prevent manifest injustice.” Id. (citing Brumark Case 1:07-cv-00644-WDM-KLM
Document 158 Filed 08/25/2009 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 6 1 Although the Tenth
Circuit does not allow citation to unpublished opinions for precedential value,
unpublished opinions may be cited for persuasive value. 10th Cir. R. 32.1. 3
Corp. v. Samson Resources Corp., 57 F.3d 941, 948 (10th Cir. 1995)).
A-
That
Judge Feinerman had knowledge affidavits of Defendant US Bank being served via
Registered Agent said Judge entered an ORDER, May 21, 2021, “Initial
Status Hearing” July 19,2021 at 9:15 am, “Initial Status Report” shall be
filed by July 12, 2021”.
B-
Plaintiff
filed a Motion to Disqualify Judge Gary Feinerman and all Northern District
Judges and Seventh Circuit Judges Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8
and 9(b); {28 USCA 144 (b) (1)} Filed Jun 7, 2021, Judge Feinerman became a
“Private Citizen” entered an order where Defendant never Denied or
Objected to any of the pleadings pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “Motion
to disqualify judge is denied. “Plaintiff does not set forth legitimate grounds
for Disqualifying District Judge Feinerman”. (DENIED June 10, 2021).
C-
That
Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil
Procedures w/ Affidavit June 16, 2021. Judge Feinerman became a “Private
Citizen” (after Defendant admitted to all of the Pleadings of Judges colluding
with them in said “Criminal Organized Conspiracy”) DENIED June 22, 2021, “the
Summary Judgment, Motion for Summary Judgment is denied for failure to comply
with Local Rule 56.1. The Motion hearing set for 7/19/2021 is stricken.”
D-
That
Plaintiff filed a Motion for Reconsideration due to Fraud & Misrepresentations
to the court Vacate all Judgments due to Democratic Judges entering orders
being “VOID” A “NULLITY” case being “FRAUDULENT” JUDGES “TRESPASSING UPON THE
LAWS” ENGAGING IN TRESON OFFENSES ACTING AS “PRIVATE CITIZENS”, June 28, 2021,
Judge Feinerman demonstrated and corroborated his Racist Bias animus hatred at
the Plaintiffs, DENIED said Motion, “Motion for reconsideration is denied.
Plaintiff is not entitled to the relief sought on the motion”. (Denied June
30, 2021)
E-
That
said Judge Feinerman has demonstrated unequivocally using his robe and jurisdiction
to racially OPPRESS, LYNCH INNOCENT PERSONS OF COLOR, AS IF THEY WERE ROPES,
DOGS OR WATERHOSES BY APPLYING UNLAWFUL APPLICATIONS OF THE LAWS IN AN
TYRANNICAL TERRORIST MANNER, not fearing any retributions because of his
fraternal brethren in the Seventh Circuit, allegedly will DENY ANY DOCUMENT Pro
Se’s or individuals of color who presents valid legal claims before that
circuit they will be SYSTEMATICALLY DISMISSED.
F-
That
Plaintiff and other innocent Litigants of color cases seem to have appeared
before JUDGES ALLEGEDLY DESCRIBED AS MEMBERS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, NAZI
FRATERNAL ORDER OR WHITE NATIONALIST MEMBERS who are systematically
ORCHESTRATING THE VIOLENCE RACISM AND CORRUPTION IN THIS CITY AND STATE as
outlined in the aforementioned history of cases.
G-
“Any judge who does not comply
with his oath to the Constitution of the United States wars against that
Constitution and engages in acts in violation of the Supreme Law of the Land.
The judge is engaged in acts of treason. Having taken at least two, if not
three oaths of office to support the Constitution of the United States, and the
Constitution of the State of Illinois, any judge who has acted in violation of
the Constitution is engaged in an act or acts of treason. If a judge does not
fully comply with the Constitution, then his orders are void, In re Sawyer, 124 U.S. 200 (1888)
he/she is without jurisdiction , and he/she has engaged in an act or acts of
treason.”
H-
That Fed Rule Civ P. 8 and 9 require
plaintiffs to particularize their allegations of "fraud
on the court" in as short, plain, and direct a way as is
reasonable. Plaintiff complied with said rule but the court was a law unto
himself.
I-
Posner: ABA Journal (September 11, 2017)
Most judges regard pro se litigants as
'kind of trash not worth the time' Posner, 78, told the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin last week that he decided to retire
because of conflicts with his colleagues over the treatment of pro se
litigants, who represent themselves. In a new interview with the New York Times, Posner elaborated on his concerns about the
treatment of such litigants.
A-
“The basic thing
is that most judges regard these people as kind of trash not worth the time of
a federal judge,” Posner said.
In the 7th Circuit, staff lawyers review appeals from pro
se litigants, and their recommendations are generally rubber-stamped by judges,
he noted.
Posner wanted to give the pro se litigants a better shake
by reviewing all of the staff attorney memos before they went to the panel of
judges. Posner had approval from the director of the staff attorney program.
“But the judges, my colleagues, all 11 of them, turned it down and refused to
give me any significant role. I was very frustrated by that,” Posner said.
Posner has written about the pro se issue in an upcoming
book, and its publication “would be particularly awkward” if he remained on the
court because it “implicitly or explicitly” criticizes the other judges, he
said.
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“PRIOR HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC
RACIAL HATE CRIMES OF JUDGES OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE UPHOLDING “ORGANIZED
CRIMINAL TERRORIST ACTS OF ANGLO-SAXON JUDGES WHEN SAID PLAINTIFFS WERE BEFORE
THE COURTS AS A DEFENDANT”
1.) That pursuant to
Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration filed November 4, 2016 judge Yeghiayan
became complicit in an “Organized Conspiracy” by “Trespassing upon
the Laws” using his robe and judicial authority to cover-up the “Treason
Offenses” engaged upon by other Democratic judges and operatives in the
Terrorist Criminal Enterprise in Cook County.
2.) That judge Yeghiayan had his law clerk to
call the Defendant’s on Oct. 24, 2016 at 9:00am telling them to be in court
Nov. 3, 2016 at 9:00am.
3.) That Defendant’s appeared in court
pursuant to the judge’s directive and learned he had dismissed the case Nov. 2,
2016 remanding the matter back to the Criminal Enterprise of Cook County.
TO FURTHER AMPLIFY DEMOCRATIC JUDGE
YEGHIAYAN’S participation in what is now described as
a Hate Crime corroborating his role in an “Organized Criminal Conspiracy”
aiding and assisting the Plaintiff’s in trying to steal their home
4.)
That Defendant’s filed the proper Motion Objecting Plaintiff’ Motion
for Remand due to Fraud & Misrepresentations to the Court, in that Pars 1-6 articulates well pleaded-facts
that corroborates Democratic Operatives engaging in an “Organized Criminal
Conspiracy” trying to steal the Defendant’s home it is now in its eleventh
year and every Democratic judge has closed their eyes to judges Trespassing
upon the laws in this matter.
5.) Pursuant
to Par 7 of the aforementioned
Motion, hereto attached, Gr Ex A, B, C
and D, Corroborate the veracity that
Democratic judges has taken seize of the courts in a Terrorist manner and is
systematically engaging in “Treason Offenses” enforcing Jim Crow Laws
in the courts;
A- Pursuant to Gr Ex A Defendant’s Original Petition Notice of Removal from
State Jurisdiction, filed April 19, 2019 Judge Robert W. Gettleman, 19 CV 02668, that every Racist Anglo
Saxon judge in the Democratic Party unlawfully “Trespassed upon the Laws”
ignored every Affidavit Motions Defendant properly plead before the courts and
Denied every document that corroborated his innocence, that no court had
jurisdiction on him for 31 years. Said woman was allegedly impregnated by her
biological father framed the Plaintiff to keep her father from going back to jail
and losing his Police Officers position.
B- In furtherance to the above, Page 9 of the document Par 10 A, B Page 8 Line 1 Joseph V.
Roddy asked Plaintiff, Did you also file answer interrogatories’ which were
sworn to under oath by you, on April 1986?” Line 2 Francoise’s reply “Yes I did.”
Lines
4-6 And that indicated, exactly, the time you lived with Mr. Hightower and
had intercourse with defendant, is that correct, Line 7 “Yes, it did”.
C- Pursuant to Gr Ex B Motion to Reinstate case due to
Democratic Judges/Attorneys Trespassing upon the Laws Committing Treason Acting
as Private Citizens Making the District Court Order “Void a Nullity” filed
September 19, 2018, Judge Charles R. Norgle, Sr. case 93 CV 01609, Page 6 Par 5C
“Plaintiff filed a Motion to Disqualify Judge Patrick McGann and appeared
before Judge Michael j. Hogan, or William Maddux (March 10, 1994) who stated, “Plaintiff was a very bright kid in that everything
he has said in his Complaint is in fact true but up here we do things
differently, he was not supposed to be bringing these issues up here on his own,
he needed his union or a sponsor.”
D- Said judges admitted “Treason
and Trespassing upon the Laws” were in fact a normal practice in Cook
County and implied his skin color was the prohibiting factor granting him any
relief, in that Par E validates the
verity of this assertion.
6.) Pursuant to Gr Ex C Motion to Supplement Motion that Corroborates Democratic Judges Engaging in an Active “Organized Conspiracy” “Fraud”
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown again takes swipe at court system as he addresses holiday weekend violence
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown talks with the media July 5, 2021, outside Stroger Hospital, where two officers were brought after being shot while dispersing a crowd in the 100 block of North Long Avenue.
After at least 108 people were shot — 17 fatally — during the extended holiday weekend, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown on Tuesday insisted his department did its part in fighting the violence while casting blame once again on Cook County’s judicial system.
“Finger-pointing is your word that you use,” Brown said to the media during a news conference at Chicago police headquarters. “I’m ready to debate about: Do we continue to release violent people in our courts into these communities?”
The message from Brown wasn’t new. In recent times when Chicago has finished an especially violent weekend, he has often complained that what he believes is a too-lenient criminal justice system is putting too many suspects back on the street.
Brown said too many criminal defendants are out on bail and electronic monitoring for serious offenses, even murders. Court officials and crime experts have pushed back on that narrative with data that suggests issues in the bond system are not a root cause of the problem.
The shootings through the holiday weekend happened all over the city from Friday afternoon through early Tuesday morning, and mostly on the South and West sides, areas of Chicago that have long struggled with economic desperation, drug addiction, gang activity and other problems. Despite implementing departmentwide day-off cancellations and 12-hour shifts, the city still finished with at least 108 people shot.
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When asked whether the Police Department’s strategies under his leadership are ineffective, Brown was quick to point out how Chicago’s rise in violence over the last year and a half is part of a nationwide trend seen in other major cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Houston.
But his rationale inevitably drifted into a discussion about what he perceives as an ineffective judicial system.
“We get into this conversation about effectiveness. We can take guns off the street. We can charge people with murder. But again I want to ask you a question in this (media) gallery. How many people think it’s OK to have over 90 people on electronic monitoring that we’ve charged with murder released back to our communities. Just show of hands, who thinks that’s a good idea?” Brown asked, without specifying a time frame for his claim about 90 defendants.
When no reporters raised their hands, Brown said, after a brief pause: “For the record, no one raised their hands in the media gallery and thought it was a good idea to release over 90 people” — comments that prompted reporters to raise their voices and tell him it is not their job to react to his statements in such a way.
“It creates this idea of lawlessness for people in the community who know someone murdered someone and yet they see them again the following days as if nothing happens,” said Brown. “Secondly, because these people murdered someone, the victim and their associates retaliate indiscriminately on where they are. … They are the targets for retaliation. … The courts ... have created an unsafe environment for large crowd gatherings because you’ve released people charged with murder back into these same communities where they committed this heinous crime.”
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ office on Tuesday issued a statement seeking to deflect the criticism.
The public “must remember that bail reform, instituted by the Circuit Court of Cook County in 2017, is based on the constitutional principle that people should not be punished by imprisonment before they are tried, unless they pose a significant danger to the community,” the statement read.
It also included a comment from Evans.
“Looking at individual tragic cases in isolation may contribute to the speculation that releasing individuals before trial rather than incarcerating them — whether by placing them on Electronic Monitoring (EM) or other forms of supervision — means an increase in crime,” Evans said in the statement. “But speculation based on isolated cases is not the same as reality based on a complete picture, and research has shown that bail reform has not led to an increase in crime.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot addressed the violence at a separate media event Tuesday, saying the Police Department rethinks its strategy “every single day” by reviewing data and hot spots as leaders consider officer deployments. Addressing victims, Lightfoot said, “I want you to know we are doing absolutely everything we can to stem the violence.”
She also had a message for the rest of Chicago, she said.
“We must rally around our neighbors who are living in areas of our city that are under siege by violence. We can’t ignore them. We can’t forget them. We can’t just say, ‘There but for the grace of God go I,’” the mayor said. “We all have a responsibility, all of us — not just a mayor, not just a police department — all of us have a responsibility. And in particular, we must hold our neighbors in our hearts, our minds and our prayers.”
Young people need to be urged to put down their guns, Lightfoot said. “We have to love them.”
But quoting her mother, she added: “We also must hold them accountable. We also must show them the way to a different kind of life by setting an example, by giving them real opportunities that they can grasp in their hand and choose to take a different path.”
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx took to Twitter on Tuesday to say the number of shootings, killings and children who were shot over the holiday weekend was “horrifying” and “community, law enforcement and the courts” must work together to address violence.“
”Finger-pointing instead of talking honestly about the violence plaguing our city doesn’t help bring solutions that make our communities safer,” Foxx, whose office is tasked with charging suspects accused of violence in Chicago, tweeted in an apparent reference to Brown’s comments at Tuesday morning’s news conference. “It starts with apprehending those who pull the trigger; police must make an arrest before a case reaches the courthouse door.”
Many of the weekend’s shootings occurred in the South Chicago and Calumet patrol districts, which encompass neighborhoods on the South and Far South Side, according to data. Others included the Ogden, Harrison and Austin Districts on the West Side.
On Saturday at 4:30 p.m. near 117th Street and Normal Avenue, a 5-year-old girl was shot accidentally in the right leg as someone apparently tried to scare a dog that bit the child, said Brendan Deenihan, CPD’s chief of detectives. The girl is in good condition, authorities said.
Also in the Calumet District, a 6-year-old girl and her mother were on East 119th Place at about 1 a.m. Sunday during a drive-by shooting, Deenihan said. The pair survived gunshot wounds.
Early Monday, Austin District Cmdr. Patrina Wines and a sergeant were shot while dispersing a crowd in the 100 block of North Long Avenue, police said. Wines was shot in the foot, the sergeant was shot in the thigh and the officers’ injuries were not life-threatening.
On Friday, before the start of the long holiday weekend, Brown was grilled by aldermen during a special City Council session about how his department is doing in fighting crime and violence.
During one tense exchange, Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, used Cook County data to challenge Brown’s assertions that the criminal justice system is to blame for increased violence, particularly with criminal defendants being released on bail or electronic home monitoring.
Brown stood his ground, relying on anecdotes to support his claim of a criminal justice system that’s too lenient. He cited the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams in April outside a McDonald’s restaurant on the West Side, and how one of the defendants in the case was on bail or electronic monitoring at the time of her killing.
While Ramirez-Rosa acknowledged that Brown’s anecdotes were “horrific,” he said the city should be basing public safety strategies on data. And he pushed back by accusing Brown of “pushing a bad narrative” and said if he continues to do that, then, Ramirez-Rosa said, “I’m going to have to say, Superintendent Brown, that you’re a liar.”
The office of Judge Evans, in its statement, cited a Loyola University study last year that said bail reform had not contributed to a rise in crime.
“In deciding to release some individuals charged with crime to (electronic monitoring), judges are guided by looking at the criminal backgrounds of defendants before them. Only those individuals judged to pose a clear and present danger to society are kept in jail before trial,” the statement read.
Fewer than 200 defendants in the most serious cases filed between fall 2017 and the end of last year were released pretrial, the statement said.
According to the office, “94% of murder defendants released pretrial were not charged with any new crime, and about 99% were not charged with a new violent offense.”
Through Monday, Chicago had recorded 362 homicides in 2021, two more than the same time last year, according to CPD statistics. This year’s figure is 42.52% higher than the same time frame in 2019.
The figure does not include homicides that take place on expressways and are the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Police.
Also through Monday, shootings — incidents where at least one person was shot fatally or nonfatally — were up by 11.78% over last year from 1,443 to 1,613, the statistics show. The 2021 shooting tally is up by 58.45% from the same time in 2019.
Myriad factors for the nation’s violence spike in 2021 have been discussed among law enforcement professionals and crime experts, and many often don’t agree.
Some in the law enforcement world — including Brown in his comments about Chicago — have blamed a lenient criminal justice system for repeat criminals. Scholars have pointed at lingering effects from last year’s spike, including the pandemic, which exacerbated tensions in already violent neighborhoods.
They’ve also cited the civil unrest, brought upon by the police killing of George Floyd, as possibly having an impact. The experts have also pointed to a possible relationship between huge sales in legal firearms across the country since the pandemic began with the amount of illegal guns confiscated by police on the streets.
Through Monday, Chicago police say they’ve recovered 6,184 guns, up by 26.36% over last year’s period, and a 13.68% rise from the same time in 2019.
During Monday’s news conference, Brown mentioned how his department has done its job on the streets, particularly citing the 6,000-plus guns that his officers have taken off the streets this year. But when asked how the communities around Chicago recognize those efforts, he said one thing can change that.
”The fourth branch of government. The media will change it,” said Brown. “Thomas Jefferson said I’d rather have media and no government than government and no media. It’s going to be the fourth branch of government that changes what happens in the courts.”
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