Patricia Fox testified her daughter Carissa Aspnes remains minimally conscious after a hit-and-run in Aurora, Colorado
Florida is ground zero for conservative values in America, the next governor either protects what’s been built here or lets it erode.
The people of Chicago deserve leaders who show up, not just at election time, but when it matters most
We march for every family whose grief was treated as collateral damage by the people who were supposed to protect them
On Wednesday, Feb. 18, my younger brother Christian would have turned 22 years old.
It’s hard to believe that in just a few months, it will be four years since he was tragically murdered on the South Side of Chicago. Christian had just graduated from high school. He had his whole life ahead of him. He dreamed of attending UCLA. We even took a college tour together.
Instead, on June 24, 2022, my brother was murdered while standing with friends on a city street.
This past Labor Day weekend in Chicago, the butcher’s bill was 58 people shot, dozens injured and eight killed due to gun violence, compared to 55 people shot and eight killed during the 4th of July weekend.
So far this year, Chicago’s butcher’s bill is averaging about one murder a day, according to the Chicago Police Department, which has already reported nearly 1,000 shootings, 278 murders, and 1,094 sexual assaults, not to mention significant problems with burglary, theft and carjackings.
At this rate, Chicago remains the murder capital of America, or as Trump recently said, “the most dangerous city in the world.” This is unacceptable and intolerable.
“On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order ending cashless bail nationwide and creating rapid-response National Guard units that can be deployed to any city in need.”
“Chicago, which Trump has aptly said ‘is a killing field right now,’ is one of the candidates.”
“It’s high time to act against the dereliction of duty we’ve seen from Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.”
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