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The Michael Berry Show

Lori Lightfoot Was The Sheriff From 'Walking Tall' Compared To Chicago's New Mayor

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

The Michael Barry show over the weekend.

0:04.4

There was a scene in Chicago that was as bad as it gets.

0:14.2

Well, I suppose it could get worse, but it was bad.

0:17.7

And if you have seen the footage in the town in the city that will be the host of the

0:24.2

Democrat National Convention, next summer, wow, it's going to be clip number five, Ramon.

0:30.8

It's Fox 32 Chicago. You can't, the audio medium fall short on this type of story because you have

0:39.7

to see it for yourself to realize how bad things were.

0:47.8

This was the scene at Michigan and Washington last evening.

0:51.3

Police making 15 arrests during a massive disturbance in the area of Millennium Park.

0:56.7

A 16 and 17 year old were shot as others jumped on cars smashing windows.

1:02.0

This woman and her husband were attacked in their cars. They waited for a light to change.

1:06.2

The guys I jumping in my car, my husband got to their house, but what do they do?

1:12.8

Because the guys I put a new face.

1:15.4

And on Friday night, a 14 year old boy was shot near the 31st street beach after fights broke out

1:21.9

among a large crowd of teams. In a statement incoming mayor Brandon Johnson said it is unacceptable

1:28.1

and has no place in our city. However, it is not constructive to demonize youth,

1:33.0

who've otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities.

1:36.9

Mayor Laurie Lightfoot says her office has been having conversations with Chicago police

1:41.3

about monitoring and responding to the gatherings, saying we as a city cannot and will not allow

1:47.6

any of our public spaces to become a platform for criminal conduct.

1:51.7

CPD has assured me they will make the necessary adjustments to address these

1:56.0

teen trend issues as we move into the summer months. Other elected officials are questioning

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