It was reported earlier that a 911 dispatcher in the city of Chicago has shredded the city’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her stance on police as crime is overwhelming the city. Keith Thornton Jr. shared a video on Facebook on Christmas Eve where he attacked the mayor and Superintendent of Police David Brown for not supporting the police, The Daily Mail reported.
He said he had been compelled to speak up because ‘several of my officers have texted me that they were scared … They have no backing and they’re scared of being out there by themselves, working in the 16th District.’
Thornton said officers in the district, which is in the northwest of the city, were so ‘shorthanded’ that if you call 911 from the area ‘officers are not coming to you.’
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He said this wasn’t petty crimes – this was ‘females being beaten’ as well as stabbings and shootings.
‘A shooting came up a few days ago and we couldn’t even get a unit over there. A unit could not even get to that scene until 10 plus minutes later because there was no one,’ Thornton told viewers.
His video was released as Chicago faced a bloody Christmas weekend that saw three people shot dead and 22 seriously wounded. He accused Mayor Lightfoot of not caring about anyone in the city regardless of their skin color, gender or politics.
“I’m hot about it because this mayor does not care about Chicago police officers, period. She doesn’t care about any first responders. She does not care about the d*** city. It doesn’t matter if you’re white, black, Asian, Hispanic, other, straight, gay, Democrat, or Republican. She don’t even care about her city workers. All that lady cares about is her f***ing self,” he said of the video.
“And I pray you’re watching this because you’re a disgrace and I’m tired of it,’ he said, directing his words at Lightfoot. ‘And your city is tired of it. Matter of fact, it’s not your city. The city of Chicago is tired of it,” he said.
“And I know you don’t like me, and that’s OK, because I love you,” the dispatcher said, “but I’m tired of you because you’re an absolute disgrace to everyone within the city.”
