Chicago – July 09, 2024
A “heartbroken” Mayor Brandon Johnson struck an unfamiliar tone Monday on the heels of a brutal Fourth of July weekend, taking a tough-on-crime stand as he vowed to hold gunmen accountable and decried the toll of Chicago’s pervasive gun violence.
“We are here to say emphatically that this is enough. It’s enough. When this reckless violence ravages across our city at this magnitude, we are losing a piece of the soul of Chicago. It deeply pains me to admit that, but it is true,” Johnson told reporters at Public Safety Headquarters, flanked by police Supt. Larry Snelling and other officials.
“But I will not stand idly by. We will not be passive in this moment,” he added. “We need to ensure that we are holding every single individual accountable for the pain and trauma and the torment that they have caused in this city. There will be consequences for the violence. We will not let criminal activity ruin and harm our city.”
