Chicago alderman says police are ‘handcuffed’ from stopping teen takeovers under Mayor Brandon Johnson
One Chicago The city councilman is sounding the alarm after a recent wave of teen takeovers under Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson, saying police stopping them is “handcuffed.”
Chicago Councilman Raymond LopezOne Democrat told Fox News Digital that if the mayor can’t get his head around the situation, the city faces a “very long, very brutal” summer of youth and street takeover. He said policies in Chicago prevent police from properly handling the teen takeovers seen in recent months.
“I do not believe Mayor Brandon Johnson is doing enough to prevent these activities,” Lopez said. “What we’re seeing is that Chicago has now become a destination for illegal street takeovers like this where hundreds of young people are encouraged to come down to a place, and whether it’s to do mob action, whether they like the term or not, for illegal street takeovers with our vehicles or other criminal activity, people know to come here.”
““They know they can get away with it, and they know that most of the time our police officers get handcuffed themselves for stopping and intervening in these incidents,” he said.
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Lopez, Chicago police officers the teens are not allowed to “fully engage” with those involved in their takeover and do what is necessary to stop them.
“We never did what was necessary to give our officers the authority to fully deal with these people, to lock them up, to surround them so they couldn’t escape, to arrest them, to seize their vehicles. law “And we never really kept track of who was behind the promotion of these events on social media. “We know these are being spread online through Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and others, yet we are doing next to nothing to find out who is at the origin of these posts from these meetings.”
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Lopez’s remarks came after no arrests were made Takeover of South Side street highlighted complaints about a lack of accountability from organizers over the weekend.
Video taken over the weekend from Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood shows a large group of people surrounding a burning car. ABC 7 News. It was seen that a person threw a flaming object into the car and the object exploded seconds later.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Weeks avoided using the term “takeover” in a social media post, instead warning residents about a possible “youth trend” occurring on the city’s South Side.
“Chicago, there are credible reports that a youth trend is forming in Chicago Hyde Park “Later today,” Johnson wrote to X.parentsKnow where your kids are going tonight. DO NOT allow your children to attend one of these meetings; these dangerous and often turn to violence.”
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“Together we can keep our youth and communities safe,” Johnson added.
From a video Youth takeover on March 30 It showed a large crowd of people climbing onto cars, filling the streets and sidewalks, and dancing at intersections.
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During this youth takeover, three curfew violations reported A 16-year-old girl was arrested on charges of illegal possession of weapons and unlawful behavior.
Jason Hale, a resident of Chicago Hyde Park, said: fox 32 He said his car was one of 30 vehicles in his area that were damaged when young people took over.
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“Yeah, bad. The bodywork is terrible, terrible. Damage worth a thousand, dents everywhere, footprints everywhere,” he said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Johnson’s office for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price contributed to this report.
Original article source: Chicago city councilman says police are ‘handcuffed’ on stopping teen takeovers under Mayor Brandon Johnson
