Quote:Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot told media Wednesday that she is considering instituting a “momentous” change to Chicago police procedure following the police-involved shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo: requiring that Chicago Police Department officers receive express permission from a supervisor before engaging in a foot chase.

“No one should die as a result of a foot chase,” Lightfoot said, adding that the city plans to unveil the policy change “soon.”

Chicago officials confirmed to the city’s Fox affiliate that the mayor’s office plans on tacking foot chases as part of its “police reform” plan.

“Alderman Brian Hopkins says an official in the mayor’s office told him officers could soon be required prior to a foot chase to do what is now required before a vehicle chase: getting permission from higher-ups,” Fox 32 Chicago reported.

“Of course that raises obvious problems,” Hopkins added, per Fox 32. “In the time it would take to do that, the person you’re supposed to be chasing is actually long gone. The point would be moot then.”

It is not clear whether the policy would apply in situations where a suspect who flees from police on foot is clearly armed.

The city released police bodycam footage of the chase and confrontation that led to Toldeo’s death last week, triggering widespread backlash and protests. The video shows police, called to the city’s Little Village neighborhood just after 2:00 am to investigate possible gunshots and gang activity, chase after Toldeo, who turns out to be armed. Once the suspect is cornered, the police can be heard telling Toledo to drop his weapon, then one officer fires.

The interaction is difficult to parse out, but it appears Toledo drops his weapons and raises his hands just a split-second before the officer involved fires his weapon, per CNN.

Chicago’s mayor, it seems, believes the issue originated with the police who gave chase after spotting what they believed was an armed suspect, and not with Toledo.

“This is a tragedy that could have and should have been prevented had the police department had clear procedures governing the use of lethal force against children during foot chases,” one attorney urging reform said in a press conference, though it is not clear police were aware of Toledo’s age before the confrontation.

It is also not clear whether the city’s proposed change in police policy would help address what has become an ever-growing crisis of violence. Since last summer, Chicago has been suffering under a major spike in shootings and homicides, and nearly 1,000 people have been shot since the beginning of 2021. Just under 200 people — 171 — have been killed by gun violence.

Just last weekend, Chicago’s ABC affiliate notes, 24 people were shot and three people were killed in incidents across the city.

Arguably the most tragic gun-related incident involves a 7-year-old girl who was shot and killed while she and her 29-year-old father were waiting for their order in a McDonald’s drive-thru.

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Awww, when I read the headline I thought they were going to have to ask the perps for permission to chase them.

Cop: May I pursue?
Criminal: NO!
Cop: Gah, they never say yes! *stamps foot, kicks at dirt*

Wait stop.....

Hey Chief can I chase this guy on foot?
Um well, I guess..

Ok thanks - meh, never mind he is already 5 blocks away.

I had to make sure this wasn't the Babylon Bee. So, when one of Mayor Beetlejuice's constituents starts shooting people and then runs, the cops are supposed to ask permission before chasing?

Please, I hope every single officer in Chicago resigns and moves somewhere that appreciates them. Wall in Chiraq and let the thugs have at each other.

There are lots of communities where these police officers would find warm welcomes.

Sane communities can use all the protection we can get.

Why not require the cop to ask permission from the suspect? The result will be the same either way, the suspect will get away.

So this policy would have stopped the shooting of Adam Toledo? Does that mean chicago PD will not be chasing the suspects of shootings?

(04-21-2021 12:53 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  There are lots of communities where these police officers would find warm welcomes.

Sane communities can use all the protection we can get.

Then it's past time for these officers to pack up their stuff and move somewhere that doesn't hate them. It would be the perfect win-win. No need for liberals to defund the police if they all resign and leave the force en masse. Let them get what they want and let them hire social workers to handle all their problems. Let the cops move to a community where they are wanted, not hated. They can focus on doing their jobs and coming home to their families without constant fear of being put in a situation that can ruin or cost their lives.

(04-21-2021 01:03 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 12:53 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  There are lots of communities where these police officers would find warm welcomes.
Sane communities can use all the protection we can get.

Then it's past time for these officers to pack up their stuff and move somewhere that doesn't hate them. It would be the perfect win-win. No need for liberals to defund the police if they all resign and leave the force en masse. Let them get what they want and let them hire social workers to handle all their problems. Let the cops move to a community where they are wanted, not hated. They can focus on doing their jobs and coming home to their families without constant fear of being put in a situation that can ruin or cost their lives.

You'd end up with a bunch of dead social workers. Then again, is that a bug or a feature?

(04-21-2021 02:05 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 01:03 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 12:53 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  There are lots of communities where these police officers would find warm welcomes.
Sane communities can use all the protection we can get.

Then it's past time for these officers to pack up their stuff and move somewhere that doesn't hate them. It would be the perfect win-win. No need for liberals to defund the police if they all resign and leave the force en masse. Let them get what they want and let them hire social workers to handle all their problems. Let the cops move to a community where they are wanted, not hated. They can focus on doing their jobs and coming home to their families without constant fear of being put in a situation that can ruin or cost their lives.

You'd end up with a bunch of dead social workers. Then again, is that a bug or a feature?

Unfortunately, that might be what it takes for these "leaders" to realize the fallacy in their logic.

Bwhahahahaha

These clowns get more idiotic by the day, this country is in decline thats steeper than ever seen before.... by far.

The marxists are emboldened and they see the light at the end of the tunnel which is very very dangerous.

All the while being propped up by drones like the leftists on this board ummm like you Tom.

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They want all the cops to quit.

So they replace them with Brownshirts.

(04-21-2021 02:22 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  They want all the cops to quit.

So they replace them with Brownshirts.

They would be brown undies real quick like

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(04-21-2021 02:25 PM)maximus Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 02:22 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  They want all the cops to quit.

So they replace them with Brownshirts.

They would be brown undies real quick like

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No.

The second they gain the control they want all these policies will reverse.

Just watch.

So I could rob a bank and just run away and be okay? Seems like opportunity is knocking.

Has anyone ever seen the movie, " a day without Mexicans?" Well, the same scenario would still play out except "a day without cops" would have dire consequences. The WHOLE POLICE FORCE IN SHITCAGO should resign for a week. What is the administration going to do, fire the whole force? It would be catastrophic for the whole city and the citizens would be forming lynch mobs and looking for the city leaders.

I wish the cops would try it for at least a week. No seriously it would make these dipSchiffs take notice and rue the day that they made the cops the bad guys instead of the actual crooks.

(04-21-2021 05:46 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Has anyone ever seen the movie, " a day without Mexicans?" Well, the same scenario would still play out except "a day without cops" would have dire consequences. The WHOLE POLICE FORCE IN SHITCAGO should resign for a week. What is the administration going to do, fire the whole force? It would be catastrophic for the whole city and the citizens would be forming lynch mobs and looking for the city leaders.

I wish the cops would try it for at least a week. No seriously it would make these dipSchiffs take notice and rue the day that they made the cops the bad guys instead of the actual crooks.

A new round of “Blue Flu”. Used to hear that phrase a lot, but not in recent years.

There is already a number of departments who have a policy of not chasing suspects because it poses an unnecessary risk to the police and the public.