Midwest
Chicago residents slam the 'stupidity' of Mayor Brandon Johnson's liberal policies during city council meeting
Chicago residents on Wednesday slammed Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials, accusing them of “ignoring” the constitutional rights of citizens, complaining about tax increases, and demanding more transparency on how the city is handling the migrant crisis.
“Y’all are straight violating the U.S. Constitution. But y’all sit and talk about how Trump is so unconstitutional and how he’s going to overturn the government, and he’s going to do all this. But, I’ve been coming here for two years. This is the Democratic Party. This ain’t trump, this ain’t Matt Gaetz,” speaker Zoe Leigh said.
“Democrats love to accuse Trump and Republicans of corruption and Constitutional violations. Yet, under their leadership in Chicago, Black families like mine face the same abuses: constitutional rights ignored, fraudulent actions covered up, and public corruption left unchecked,” Leigh continued.
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“Mayor Brandon Johnson, you took an oath to uphold the Constitution. Or when you took an oath, was it only intended to fight for the 10th and 14th amendments regarding illegal aliens?,” Leigh added.
The city council meeting has become a platform for Chicago residents to vent at officials, especially over the city’s management of the influx of migrants. Black residents, some wearing “Chicago flips red” shirts, banded together to speak out against far-left Democratic policies in the Windy City.
Leigh, who was wearing one of the “Chicago flips red” shirt, had previously spoken out against city officials.
The next speaker after Leigh, Jessica Jackson, was also wearing a “Chicago flips red” shirt. Jackson accused officials of not being transparent about how they’re handling the migrant crisis.
“The stupidity of this administration to think that we don’t know any better than to know that you all are going to pass that budget with all those tax increases. The stupidity to think that we don’t know that you all could’ve corrected this stuff a long time ago,” Jackson said. “The stupidity to think that you all could come with this type of cut, this type of recommendation and not come with the true accounting of how much money was spent on these illegals. You all have yet to be transparent with that. That’s the biggest financial downfall of the city.”
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“Yet, there has not been any type of audit, any type of financial accounting for illegal immigration,” Jackson added.
O. King, a 26-year-old Chicago native, recalled that his elementary school in his neighborhood was “turned into a migrant shelter.”
King wore a construction helmet with “Chicago flips red” written on it and told officials that the hat denoted the cartoon character “Bob-the-Builder.”
“This hat is a symbol of Bob-the-builder building the wall—building it tall around America, around Chicago. We don’t want illegals in our community. We don’t want migrants terrorizing our own people and to have y’all sit up here and say we have to accept 7 million dollars being given to them when you have Black people already struggling and need help. It is a disgrace,” King said.
He added that the “election of Donald Trump represents something that is more than him winning.”
“This is the end of vote blue, no matter who,” King said.
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are residing in Chicago, despite residents pleading with the city officials about how there are not enough resources to provide for them. More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in the city since August 2022, according to Fox 32 Chicago, and thousands are in shelters.
Sheltering migrants has drawn ire from residents after it has reportedly cost the city $574.5 million since August 2022. At a previous city council meeting on December 3rd, residents objected to an approximately $60 million property tax increase that was proposed to help officials overcome a $1 billion budget shortfall by the end of the year.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fox News’ Bailee Hill contributed to this report.
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Detroit, MI
Locker Room Buzz: Lions Have Kicked ‘Everyone’s Ass’ Last 11 Weeks
Here is a collection of quotes from Detroit Lions players and coaches following their 48-42 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 15.
Dan Campbell
On whether he thinks the Bills were great or if the Lions have serious defensive issues:
“No, I just feel like we didn’t play at the same level that that team did today. That’s how I feel, and that’s why, honestly, I put this on me. I didn’t, I just didn’t feel like I had them ready to go, not like we’ve been. You can get away with, maybe if you’re not quite all the way to a 10, but not against the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs or Green Bay Packers, Minnesota, Philadelphia—whoever they are. It’s not going to be good enough, and it wasn’t good enough today.”
Jared Goff
On the importance of not overreacting to a loss:
“We don’t, yeah no. We’ll be just fine. I’m sure there will be a ton of stuff written about the sky falling, but no, internally, we’re good. Yeah, we had won how many in a row up to that point, but it sucks to lose. We would’ve loved to win every game out, all the way through the Super Bowl and I hope we can look back on this one as a good learning lesson for us and move on and use some of the stuff that we learned in this game to help us win these next three before we hit the Playoffs.”
Terrion Arnold
On if the defense felt like it was trying to claw back the entire game after a slow start:
“Nah, I wouldn’t say it feels like that. It’s one of those things where you look at, ‘What did we do wrong?’ On the plays that they scored, it wasn’t something where they necessarily went out there and won a 1-on-1 matchup or they went out there and did, it was on us. Aaron Glenn does a great job of putting us in positions to succeed, and we just have to go out there and execute the game plan.”
Dan Skipper
On his touchdown catch in the second quarter:
“I was trying to — the whole design of the play is the timing of it all. So getting the timing right, and once the ball is in the air, catch the ball, secure it. And then from there, they took (tight end) Brock (Wright). Turned around, there was one guy coming at me, so I lowered the shoulder on him.”
Josh Paschal
On the importance of moving forward after Sunday’s loss:
“He’s a great player, dynamic. He can hurt you with his legs, his arm. They got us today, but we’re gonna regroup. It’s a long season, and the good news is we’re still in control of our own destiny. We’ve got to get coached up and get back to work.”
DJ Reader
On how the team will respond after losing for the first time since Week 2:
“It’ll be fine, just can’t let it snowball. That’s really the thing. People get beat every Sunday. So we just can’t let it snowball. We still are what our record says we are, we’re 12-2. We’ve got a division opponent next week, we’ve got to go out there and get it done.”
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On if this loss will elevate their urgency:
“I think there should be urgency every Sunday. We’re getting closer and closer to the playoffs, we’ve already got a spot there. So I think the urgency, if it wasn’t, we should have it high. I think we do have it high. We just lost man. I think that’s what it is. It happens in this league. S**t, we’ve been kicking everybody’s a** for 12 weeks. This week, it happened to us.”
Sam LaPorta
On the importance of bouncing back next week against Chicago:
“We’ve got three games left. We’re gonna take it one game at a time. We know the opportunity of taking the one seed, just the benefit of playing here at Ford Field, the home-field advantage. Our fans are tremendous. Of course there’s tremendous urgency, but there is every week in the NFL. Every game is a tough game and everybody’s gonna give you their best.”
On if he wants to see the Bills again in February:
“Of course. You always want payback, especially when a team gets the best of you. But that’s the competitor in me saying that.”
Al-Quadin Muhammad
On whether playing a team like the Bills can teach them what they need to improve upon for the playoffs:
“As we watch the film there’s always things you can learn from playing the great football teams. But we’re gonna watch the film, we’re gonna evaluate us and we’re gonna go out there and do what we do best, play our style of football.”
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee firefighter charged for beating man; man's family speaks out
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee firefighter and his brother were charged with beating an accused burglar earlier this month.
27-year-old Jalon Nutt was charged with burglary on Friday.
His family said he almost died after being beaten by two brothers whose home prosecutors say he entered. While they agree everyone should be held accountable, it’s the manner he was beaten that isn’t sitting right.
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“What happened that led up to this?” Shadmeshabed Kinney, Nutt’s mother asked.
It’s a question his family can’t shake.
“If my brother was wrong he should be accountable for his actions,” his brother Dwayne Evans said. “But that still gives no human a right to treat another human that way.”
The Milwaukee firefighter, 37-year-old Ty Dright-Jackson and his brother, 33-year-old Tramel Dright, are accused of severely beating Nutt after he entered their home. They are charged with first-degree reckless injury.
It happened near 31st and Juneau.
Prosecutors describe surveillance video that shows the brothers violently beating Nutt in an alley, dragging him back towards their house and beating him with a bat.
“The fact that they were stomping on his head that many times – I mean to me they killed him,” his mother said.
She said he had to be resuscitated twice.
“I do believe that is an act of unkind and evil,” Evans said.
Nutt’s family addressed his previous burglary convictions, but it’s the way he was beaten that’s keeping them up at night.
“You a firefighter. You are supposed to protect and serve,” his brother Darrin Kinney said. “And you’re stomping on him over 20-50 times, and he’s screaming.”
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An attorney for the two brothers says they were defending themselves and their kids, and sent a statement that reads in part, “a man who came into their home was not an “Uninvited person” as described by the DA – he was a stranger and an intruder who broke in. Their response to that threat is now being labeled a crime by the da..”
Nutt’s mom says he’s conscious now. He is in custody.
Dright and Dright-Jackson are out on $5,000 bonds.
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