Earlier this yr, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tried to sever the town’s contract with ShotSpotter, a system that lets authorities know the place gunshots have been fired. Folks on the left satisfied Johnson that the system was by some means racist.
Now Chicago’s Metropolis Council has defied the mayor and even members of his personal occasion saying they need to reinstate the system.
Johnson was requested about this by the media and appeared shocked.
WTTW Information reviews:
Metropolis Council Votes 34-14 to Assist Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Effort to Overturn ShotSpotter’s Resolution
The Chicago Metropolis Council voted 34-14 Wednesday to help Mayor Brandon Johnson’s effort to overturn the town’s determination to scrap the usage of ShotSpotters after intense debate over gunshot detection techniques.
The vote represented a big rebuke to Johnson and a central promise of his marketing campaign for mayor, which promised to handle the basis causes of crime and violence quite than specializing in regulation enforcement.
The order requires a Metropolis Council vote earlier than ShotSpotter could be faraway from any Chicago ward and requires the Johnson administration to supply the majority of information generated by the ShotSpotter system earlier than the town’s contract with Sound Considering expires on Nov. 22.
Johnson may veto the order, which he says is prohibited. Nevertheless, two-thirds of the Metropolis Council voted in favor of it, elevating the likelihood that the Metropolis Council may override the mayor’s veto, one thing that has by no means occurred in Chicago’s historical past.
The order authorized by the Metropolis Council stated Johnson “usurped the need of the Metropolis Council and its authority to symbolize them” by terminating the town’s contract with Sound Considering, which operates the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system.
Watch this change between Johnson and Pres:
Mayor Brandon Johnson ended Chicago’s contract with ShotSpotter after staff complained that the gunshot detection expertise was racist.
The Metropolis Council, together with many loyal Democrats, voted to reinstate it.
Johnson shouldn’t be glad about this: pic.twitter.com/Fazp6aZqxH
— EndWokeness (@EndWokeness) May 23, 2024
Johnson ought to learn the room. Chicagoans need to really feel secure.
