Restore Respect for Police

In Chicago, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx continues to let criminals run free rather than prosecuting them. While police officers are risking their lives to clean up the streets and protect our communities, she allows criminals arrested for serious crimes like aggravated battery, homicide, and even sex crimes to walk the streets. Recently, rioters and looters shot at police and burned parts of the city to the ground. Chicago police arrested them, and Kim Foxx’s office let them go.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is backwards and had dangerous rhetoric against police officers and calls on pro-police supporters to take a stand. New York City Mayor and failed Presidential candidate Bill de Blasio continues to let his city down. After years of anti-police rhetoric and sacrificing his city’s law enforcement for the “benefit” of his political career, it’s time to say “enough is enough” and stand up for police officers.

Chicago has seen a 139% jump in murders in 2020, according to the city’s police department. Violence continues every weekend, prompting Mayor Lori Lightfoot to say, “it feels like we’re loosing the streets.” However, Lightfoot’s own actions play a large role in contributing to the current situation. She has consistently blamed police for violence and threatened to take away the very power that police need to restore law and order to the city’s neighborhoods.

In the months following George Floyd’s death, cities and towns across the U.S. are examining how police are funded and whether those funds are allocated in the best way for their communities. The call to defund the police is one of the greatest issues facing law enforcement at this moment. Defunding the police is not the answer, the are other ways to reallocate funding. We’ve created a special page for you to get the facts on defunding the police.