Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale told WGN Radio 720 that the city is dealing with a war on gun violence and that the National Guard should be brought in to restore peace.
Beale appeared on the air with Emmy award-winning journalist and host Anna Davlantes.
“In Chicago, we are basically regurgitating that same plan we have over the last few years,” Beale said. “Cancel days off, cancel vacations, and have officers work 12-hour shifts and that philosophy is not working.”
More than 100 people were shot in the City of Chicago over the 4th of July weekend.
“I know it is unpopular, nobody wants the National Guard to come in,” he said. “If you look at the approach that I am trying to implement, right now when you go downtown and you see 4-5 officers standing around at every corner doing nothing. We could have National Guard men and women do that.”
The city has resisted the help of the federal government but recently Mayor Lauri Lightfoot met President Joe Biden at O’Hare International Airport and asked him for help containing the violence.
Local police report 332 homicides over the first six months of 2021.
“We are headed towards a huge collision course of disaster in the City of Chicago!” Beale exclaimed.
