Chicago Mayor Unhinged: Law Enforcement a ‘Sickness’ That Needs to Be ‘Eradicated'
In epic flub, Mayor Johnson tells the world his true view of police
Extremist Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's rhetoric gets worse and more extreme with every week. And now the self-professed "progressive" is calling law enforcement a "sickness" that needs to be "eradicated."
Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 17, Johnson was attempting to talk about his public safety plan when he went off on yet another wild tirade.
Johnson started off with a lie on his lips before he even got to the name calling.
"We’re offering a better pathway so we don’t have 970 people murdered in our city every single year," Johnson said, using a number that is far, far higher than the number of deaths the city has experienced for decades.
Chicago’s murder rate is nothing to sneeze at, of course, and hundreds dying every year is a disaster. But making it seem worse is a strange choice to make for a mayor who is trying to claim that crime is down. Still, it's been many years since the murder rate even passed 800. In 2024, for instance, Chicago ended the year with 610 total homicides. In 2023, it was worse with 650. In 2022 it was worse still with 738. But it hasn't approached even 800 since 2016.
So, what is this man talking about?
Oh, but he’s got more: “I get so sick and tired of people believing that the only thing that black and brown and poor people get to get in this city are badges,” he continued. Johnson finished with: "People want jobs."
Well, that isn't really off point. But Johnson's destruction of Chicago's business sector sure as heck isn't fixing that problem. For instance, Chicago had 44,840 licensed businesses in 2024 but his regime has coincided with a steady loss, going from 46,372 when he took office in 2023 to 44,840 by last year's end. And this year will see another fall in businesses.
"I get so sick and tired of people in the country and in this city that believe that the only thing that you can offer black people and poor people is jails, incarceration, incarceration, and police officers," he continued.
"Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities," he bellowed nearly at the top of his voice in faux outrage and insisted he was going to "eradicate" it.
Calling police and law enforcement a "sickness" that needs to be eradicated did not sit well with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Seven President John Catanzara.
Catanzara blasted Johnson for sitting safely behind police protection as he calls cops a "sickness." Catanzara added that police are "protecting [Johnson's home] for him and his family. Yet he calls law enforcement a sickness. What a hypocrite."
In other comments, Catanzara said Johnson was a "piece of garbage.
"He has always hated us. He still hates us. He just can’t say what he wants too publicly. But two days ago, the truth came out a little bit because he lost control," Johnson said. "And believe him when he says it, that he believes we are a sickness. That’s just who he is."
Alderman Brendan Reilly (42) also struck back at the mayor for his obscene accusation that cops are a "sickness."
Johnson's irresponsible, shrill, dangerous rhetoric seems to get worse every month. Aside from his thoughtless characterization of law enforcement, Johnson's words directly contradict what an overwhelming majority of Chicago's black residents want: More police officers. In a late-August poll conducted by M3 Strategies, 86 percent of black residents surveyed said they want the city to hire more police. In the same poll, 84 percent of Hispanics support the hire of more officers. It's quite clear minorities in Chicago don't view the Chicago Police Department as part of a sickness.
Regardless, if Johnson wants to reduce crime, he should advocate for an end to the cash bail ban, demand that judges stop releasing dangerous criminals back out onto the streets and increase police presence in the most dangerous neighborhoods.
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