Chicago’s long descent into a lawless hell-hole continues apace. The latest evidence is a robbery crew that relieved a 33-year-old ATF agent of “his valuables” at 2:22a.m. this morning. It happened downtown on the formerly “Magnificent Mile.” You know, the part of town that used to be one of the nicest parts of a cosmopolitan modern city. Today it’s a crime-ridden cesspool.
The apparently situationally unaware agent found himself among plenty of company as robbery crews hit a number of victims last night as they do almost every day and night these days. This is, of course, encouraged by the Chicago Police Department’s “no pursuit” policy.
The CPD’s stance is consistent with new Mayor Brandon Johnson’s philosophy of expressing compassion and understanding for criminals. On Wednesday he defending his feckless response to the city’s exploding crime rate by announcing that, “My administration is different.”
Chicago voters had a choice earlier this year between a candidate for mayor who promised to do something about the city’s hellish crime problem and one who promised to continue to re-think criminal justice. Now the city is getting what they asked for.
CWB Chicago has the story of the ATF agent’s taste of Chicago’s “culture” . . .
At least two vehicles loaded with armed men were actively robbing people downtown and on the North and West sides from late Wednesday into this morning.
On the Mag Mile, a 33-year-old man who identified himself as a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agent was robbed at gunpoint in the 900 block of North Michigan around 2:22 a.m.
He told police that two men got out of a dark SUV with handguns and took his valuables. They tossed his badge on the ground before fleeing westbound on Delaware, the man reported.
No word as to whether they took his gun. What are the odds?
Reading a story like this, I want to root for the federal LEO. Then I remember how the BATF is abusing dealers, revoking licenses, and “convincing” hundreds more to relinquish their licenses following so-called “compliance” inspections where even the most trivial paperwork error can bring out the F-Troop fully kitted out in their SWAT gear.
It wasn’t all bad news as the CWB Chicago finished its story with this . . .
In modestly better news, a stolen car used in a host of armed robberies earlier this week crashed as Illinois State Police troopers pursued it in Bronzeville on Wednesday evening.
At least two people were arrested after the Kia SUV slammed into a utility pole.
As CWBChicago reported yesterday, Chicago cops spotted the Kia while it was being used in an active robbery spree early Wednesday, but CPD supervisors ordered officers not to engage with the vehicle.
It took the Illinois State Police to actually apprehend the bad guys after Chicago Police brass ordered cops not to chase the armed robbers who had just crashed their stolen getaway vehicle. Is there any mystery as to why Chicago is where they are now?
