Brandon Johnson fails his first ‘big
test’ as mayor
Posted By: NorthernDog, 5/30/2023 6:27:51 PM
Last Thursday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held an event with law enforcement personnel and other “community leaders” to unveil his Memorial Day weekend “safety plan.” Holiday weekends in Chicago are notoriously violent, so Johnson’s attempt to curb it constituted his first “big test” as mayor. The consistent and senseless violence on holiday weekends is also why it was disappointing to hear so little substance during the event. Johnson briefly discussed how the Office of Emergency Management and Communications would “monitor citywide events and weather conditions” and all relevant agencies would coordinate with one another. He also tweeted that Chicago police
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Final tally for holiday weekend: 57 shot, 11 dead, no arrests. It's going to be a long, hot summer.