{"id":90723,"date":"2021-10-16T17:05:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=90723"},"modified":"2021-10-16T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T21:07:26","slug":"cultural-marxist-chicago-mayor-picks-a-huge-fight-with-her-own-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=90723","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Marxist Chicago Mayor Picks a HUGE Fight with Her Own Police Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Covid vaccine stand-off between Chicago mayor, police hits courts<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Bob Chiarito
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According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 228 officers have died from Covid-19 this year, making it by far the leading cause of death in the line of duty (AFP\/KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI)<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Chicago judge on Friday banned a police union president from making public statements on the city’s Covid-19 policy as a stand-off over vaccine mandates sparked dueling lawsuits.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The dispute between mayor Lori Lightfoot and police union head John Catanzara has made the city the latest flashpoint in a deeply polarized debate over vaccines and whether governments have the right to mandate them.<\/p>\n

Lightfoot sought and received an injunction against Catanzara Friday when the judge issued a 10-day restraining order that bans him from making statements that encourage members not to report their vaccination status.<\/p>\n

The police union filed its own lawsuit Friday against Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown that seeks to force arbitration over the matter.<\/p>\n

Like all city employees, Chicago police officers have been mandated to report their vaccine status to an online portal by midnight Friday. Those not vaccinated will be subject to twice-weekly testing.<\/p>\n

Those who refuse to disclose their status have a few days’ grace to explain themselves — but face being placed on unpaid leave and eventually fired.<\/p>\n

In two videos released this week, Catanzara urged police officers to ignore the order and risk loss of pay.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, he predicted that if a large number of officers refused to be tested or report their vaccinations, Chicago would have a “police force at 50 percent or less for this weekend.”<\/p>\n

Lightfoot responded by saying: “I cannot and will not stand idly by while the rhetoric of conspiracy theorists threatens the health and safety of Chicago’s residents and first responders.”<\/p>\n

She also said Catanzara was “encouraging a work stoppage or strike.”<\/p>\n

Both state law and the union contract prohibits Chicago police from striking.<\/p>\n

The union responded with a tweet Friday saying: “President John Catanzara has never engaged in, supported, or encouraged a work stoppage.”<\/p>\n

Since issuing the mandate, Lightfoot’s approach has softened. Backing down from a rule that mandated vaccination for city employees, she has since agreed to give the unvaccinated an alternative: twice-weekly tests for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 228 US police officers have died from Covid-19 so far this year, making it by far the leading cause of death in the line of duty among the 356 fatalities recorded.<\/p>\n

The Chicago stand-off comes as the city once again leads the United States in murders, with 639 homicides this year through October 13 — up 55 percent from two years ago.<\/p>\n

With shootings also up 68 percent over the period and carjackings heading for a record, the threat of losing much of the police force, even temporarily, has caused a deep sense of unease.<\/p>\n

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker told a conservative radio host that he would consider calling up the National Guard.<\/p>\n

“We’ve offered every resource, every public safety resource that’s available to the state to offer municipalities to the city of Chicago, so if the city calls us, we’ll respond,” Pritzker said.<\/p>\n

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