You have a burden going into any campaign when you’re raising money to fund that effort because there’s always a desire to spend more money than you have. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Under Superintendent Johnson’s leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Fighting crime requires a partnership between the police and the community. And we all know that this partnership has been tested in Chicago. It is a problem that has festered in this city for decades. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
As big a problem as gun violence is for Chicago, it is not beyond our ability to solve. Ending this string of tragedies is our top priority as a city. We are infusing our police department with the manpower, technology and training to meet this challenge head on. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
For all the things that make Chicago great, for all the things that make us proud to call ourselves Chicagoans, the violence that is happening corrodes our core. It is not the Chicago we know and love. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Chicago is where the whole idea of community policing began. It remains the – the best and the most comprehensive approach we have in changing the everyday conditions that breed crime and violence – and then breed mistrust. We have more work to do. We need better training to live up to the values and the principles of community policing. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law just because they are responsible for upholding the law. Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely, just like what happened to Laquan McDonald. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
When parents tell their children not to congregate on corners, especially in groups, out of fear for them encountering the police, what does that say? We have a trust problem. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
We can define the rules of police-citizen engagement, but everyday decisions will always be made by men and women in uniform, on the street, in the community, under extreme pressure, in a dangerous world where guns easily fall into the wrong hands. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
