The law enforcement community ought to consider harnessing the awesome power of its unified voice to get sheriffs and other individuals on board with supporting the police chiefs' position on banning assault weapons nationwide, writes Ted Slowik.
A large photo of police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso sits on a stand along with blue and white flowers before the start of his funeral Mass on Thursday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago.
Earlier this week, Cook County Board member Sean Morrison of Palos Park criticized State’s Attorney Kim Foxx over how her office handled last year’s incident. People wait to enter Blake-Lamb funeral home Wednesday in Oak Lawn for the visitation for Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso who was fatally shot in Chicago last week.
From carjackings throughout the city to store lootings along Michigan Avenue, there’s a sense that Chicago has been too soft on criminals. Young offenders in particular seem to be caught, mollycoddled and released only to offend again once they discover there is no pain from a slap on the wrist.I agree with Morrison and mayors of communities throughout the south and southwest suburbs who believe prosecutors must do more to curb shoplifting and other property crimes.
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