Ald. Ray Lopez today:
"Lost in all of this is that we had over 2 dozen people shot in the City of Chicago this Memorial Day Weekend despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on anti-violence measures."
"Leadership is failing in this city right now."
Lopez is right: @ChicagosMayor will never support any form of legal penalties for those who engage in mob actions.
🚨 JOHNSON CUTS KELLY’S MIC AFTER QUESTIONS ON TEEN TAKEOVERS, ROME TRIP
From today's presser: Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago is safe. Tell that to the families living through violent teen takeovers across the city. Memorial Day weekend ended with 39 people shot and 2 dead. Police officers were rammed by cars and sent to the hospital.
I asked Johnson about his failed policies which have allowed these criminal teens to harm innocent people. And let's be honest - because I was - these are violent black teens.
Before I could finish, Johnson and his staff tried talking over me. Then his press secretary cut my microphone when I asked who was actually funding Johnson’s luxury trip to Rome. When I confronted her about it, she lied.
Moments later, Johnson admitted the trip is being funded by World Business Chicago — the organization HE chairs.
Johnson looked into the cameras and claimed Chicago is “not for sale.”
But I think Mayor Johnson is for sale. That’s the opinion of this reporter. #thatreporter
@JennyGooz She needs to be removed. We need people in place who are putting children learning above politics! Politics do not belong in the school. Let kids be kids again!!!
News of impending cuts to staff in the CPS budget didn't go over well with the CTU.
CPS' budget is over $700M in the hole.
Paul Vallas explains how the CPS budget, even though it has yet to be released, is unlikely to contain needed structural reforms.
https://t.co/TBIlp7PPEw
Police Officer John G. Bartholomew #12963
End of Watch: April 25, 2026
Officer Bartholomew dedicated his life to protecting his fellow Chicagoans. Above all, he was a beloved father, husband, son and brother. We promise to ensure his sacrifice will never be forgotten.
There are so many things that can be said.
The level of emptiness one must have is sad enough, but then to actually publish it?
Shallow, self-aggrandizing, and truly despicable attempt to make something about you.
Q: “Will you take this opportunity to apologize to Sheridan’s parents for the policies that you promoted that directly caused her death? That suspect would not be in the city, would not be in the country, but for your policies.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson: No.
🚨 JUST IN: Calls are ramping up for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to RESIGN after he basically told Sheridan Gorman's family to SCREW OFF, he will CONTINUE fighting ICE despite her being killed by an illegal
"This tragedy won't deter us!"
Vile SCUM.
🚨#BREAKING: Watch as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils a city snowplow named ‘Abolish ICE,’ selected through a public naming contest
This comes Less than a week after 18-year-old Loyola student Sheridan Gorman was murdered in his city by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant.
🚨 WTF?! Just DAYS after an illegal alien kiIIed 18 year old college girl Sheridan Gorman in Chicago, the city’s Mayor, Brandon Johnson, just unveiled a new salt truck with “ABOLISH ICE” on the side
These people are BEYOND deranged.
What a scumbag.
Absolutely vile statement by an alderman. Essentially justifying a cold-blooded murder of a college student minding her business.
Merely being startled isn't a reason for killing someone.
This woman should not be in charge of anything, let alone represent an entire community in Chicago.