Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends insulting text messages to FOP president: 'I don't take back one word t
Source: Chicago Tribune
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday defended sending a series of insulting text messages to Chicago FOP President John Catanzara in which she called him a clown, fraud, cartoon character and liar, saying the comments were justified because he supported President Donald Trump sending troops into the city.
At an unrelated news conference, Lightfoot acknowledged sending Catanzara the texts and said she sent them with the expectation that he would make them public.
In the middle of everything thats going on, in a craven political move, this man waved his hand to President Trump and invited him to bring federal troops into our city, Lightfoot said. Federal troops into our city, a la Portland. How is that responsible? How does that make sense? What he should be doing is focusing on the things that are actually important to his members.
Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-fop-clown-texts-20200722-fbh6dus2tfbktjfouw47zgsi3a-story.html
Additionally the article states:
Catanzara was elected to head the local FOP, which has thousands of members, earlier this year. From the time he started with the department in January 1995 through mid-2017, Catanzara amassed at least 35 complaints alleging misconduct, records obtained by the Tribune show.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)What happened, now shifted to protesters? What did she expect? Wow.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)11. Mayor Lightfoot agreed to allow FBI, DEA and REAL police investigators in NOT the goons as
Seen in Portland. They will be identified with badges and work with the city police. She also said she knows and trust the federal person she spoke with.
She made it very clear that dotards goons would not be roaming the city streets as in Portland. And, if that happens she would be in court immediately. Dotard is spinning his lies to hurt her and make it look as thou he wore down a strong woman mayor of a major liberal city...he did not! Dont bite on it..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2544722
bucolic_frolic
(43,443 posts)It's the mayor's job, or the governor's job.
ancianita
(36,207 posts)Squeaky41
(169 posts)She's responding more powerfully than Portland has to Police Union thuggery.
Great leader.
Red Mountain
(1,739 posts)she's open to accepting RESPONSIBLE Federal help. More resources provided through existing channels.
It's not as if that help was nonexistent before.
She's not inviting thugs to beat, gas and arrest without probable cause.
Is this a Trump campaign ploy? Of course. It's pathetically transparent.
Doesn't mean she shouldn't use the largesse to help where she needs help. They need help if that's what it amounts to. Nobody needs to die to maintain purity.
I just hope she doesn't let whatever help that materializes silence her criticism of the administration.
And frankly, I think that whatever help is provided is unlikely to provide quantifiable results prior to the election so is unlikely to turn into a Trump campaign ad.
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)is so badass. Love how tough and smart she is.
TygrBright
(20,776 posts)Daley, Harrison, Kelly... Chicago doesn't go in for "mealymouth" in its public servants.
amusedly,
Bright
pwb
(11,304 posts)And has no authority over any city police. Another stretch by pukes to create fake confusion..
LogicFirst
(573 posts)That would make it a "police" city as in Russia. Just what Trump wants. If he gets enough police power in enough cities, he will militarize to stay in the WH.
mucifer
(23,598 posts)can figure out solutions. It's not getting better.
That said ef the police union. They are horrible. They supported jon burge after knowing he and his squad tortured hundreds of black men into false confessions.
oldsoftie
(12,658 posts)Its like that in almost every city. Nobody wants to do whats REALLY needed because the "wrong" people either get pissed off, cant make any money from the solution, or both
Firestorm49
(4,038 posts)I commend all of you who know WTF every acronym means. I googled FOP and came up with all kind of stupid results. Im tired of googling acronyms.
Is it a crime to explain the acronym just after its first use so those as stupid as I can ramble on with a smile our face?
Freedom of the Press? Fight on, Patsy? 🧐
Habibi
(3,598 posts)I think?
TomSlick
(11,126 posts)In many municipalities, the FOP is the police union. In others, it is simply the police "club."
Firestorm49
(4,038 posts)RainCaster
(10,942 posts)I/m a long time member of this group and FOP only means masturbation to the English. Is there another meaning we can apply here?
TIA
oldsoftie
(12,658 posts)RainCaster
(10,942 posts)Too much tequila before 5:00PM. (shrug)
oldsoftie
(12,658 posts)Traildogbob
(8,868 posts)What Else have we got to smile about?✌🏼Cheers!
Hotler
(11,473 posts)TomSlick
(11,126 posts)Traildogbob
(8,868 posts)TomSlick
(11,126 posts)Most FOP members could not tell you who Putin is. At their best, FOP chapters are police unions. At their worst, they are branch offices of the Klan.
Traildogbob
(8,868 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)They can pound sand.
Lonestarblue
(10,139 posts)It is not a union, it is a domestic terrorist organization with the goal of illegally attacking minorities, manufacturing evidence to justify their actions, and preventing law and order. It seems no better than the KKK.
VA_Jill
(10,041 posts)AMEN!
BadGimp
(4,022 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)You probably hear see similar language from elected officials behind closed doors. What I like is she is trying to hold them accountable behind closed doors. A mayor could have a private relationship with the police department but say something different publicly. A mayor has a lot of control over a police department so they could reform things if they wanted to.
apnu
(8,759 posts)She admits sending the texts expecting them to get out like this. Lori dont play.
VA_Jill
(10,041 posts)F*ck those guys all the way OFF!!