*Meanwhile, Back In Barack Obama's Chicago: *Crime has gotten so bad
that some Democrats want help from the National Guard
<http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/04/state-reps-want-to-fight-violence-with-national-guards-help.html>.
Two state representatives called on Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy
the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago's streets.
Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford said they want
Quinn, Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis to
allow guardsmen to patrol streets and help quell violence. Weis
said he did not support the idea because the military and police
operate under different rules.
"Is this a drastic call to action? Of course it is," Fritchey
said. "Is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence
at such an alarming rate? Without question. We are not talking
about rolling tanks down the street or having armed guards on each
corner."
. . .
So far this year, 113 people have been killed across Chicago, the
same number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined
in the same period, Fritchey said.
It would be unfair, of course, to blame Obama for the high level of
murders in his adopted city. But it is fair to note that he did little
or nothing to control crime while he was living in Chicago.
- 7:48 PM, 25 April 2010 [link]
<http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/April2010_4.html#jrm8629>
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