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Originally Posted by the urban politician
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This piece is complete bullshit, Chicago will NEVER address its violent crime problem without first addressing the ineffectiveness of the Chicago Police Department, a department with abysmal clearance rates across the board. Police officers on the street WILL NOT reduce violence, they never have. There is a fundamental misconception that the presences of police reduce violence. Police don't reduce violence, they respond to it and the Chicago Police Department has a failing track record. What incentives do violent offenders have to stop committing crimes when 70% of the time they will not be caught? The editorial board says well "it'll take generations to heal...but we don't have time" and many well-meaning people will attribute the Chicago Police Department failing to "no snitching". The members of the communities most affected by violence DO NOT trust the Chicago Police Department to keep them safe when they report a crime. Additionally, these communities have been over-policed and often abused by the Chicago Police Department. It's a vicious cycle that begins and ends with the Chicago Police Department. It is the responsibility of the government leaders to establish trust in these communities not the other way around.
The writers of this article do not give a fuck about the folks being killed, this article is just doing the bidding of the police union. What this article is advocating for is the status quo. It is advocating continuing to waste taxpayers' money on a dysfunctional and ineffective police department instead of making the necessary reforms needed to make the City safer. This approach has not led to a reduction in violence in the past why would anyone expect it would now? If the Chicago Police Department needs more staff its detectives not officers.