Third term. One can only hope that a new mayor will bring peace and healing to a city in desperate need of both. Heres our town hall from chicago. [ applause ] good evening, everyone, im Laura Ingraham and welcome to the first ever the ingraham angle town hall. Now id like to thank the city of chicago and the audience for hosting us for an incredibly important discussion. Chicago is one of the truly Great American cities, spectacularly beautiful in the summer and winter. But in recent years Gang Violence has reached epidemic proportions and a level of violence that is unacceptable for anywhere in america. The city is on pace for more than 2,000 shootings this year which will mark the fifth Straight Year its topped that grim mark. Just so you get some perspective, since 2011, the year that rahm Emanuel Took Office as mayor there have been over 4,000 murders in this city. Thats more than the 34,481 killed in action from 2003 to 2010. And its not just the level of violence in the city tha
keep people safe and when you call the police you want that level of trust and the police want you to trust them or they are not able to do their job either. martin? as the writer in the group i would answer that by pointing to one statistic. the city of chicago has paid over $700 million in police misconduct cases. and many, many of these cases these claims against the police are bogus. and they re used to push this narrative of police corruption that is quite often fraudulent and the city pays out on these and creates this industry of suing police officers that in turn lends itself to more police oversight. and even good police officers and i believe the overwhelming majority of them are good. i think when officers do something wrong it s generally a mistake. but all officers now in chicago face an absolutely ludicrous
the unsolved crimes undoubtedly fuel a vicious cycle of distrust between law enforcement and community. and no one is immune from this violence. throughout the hour we re going to talk to members of law enforcement, community activists, religious and political leaders as well as members of the audience to try and figure out why this tragedy is unfolding in chicago and how to stop it. let s get started tonight with anthony napolitano, he s a form you police officer and the sole republican in the city council. martin priebe who is a member of the fraternal order of police. and anthony let s start with you. this is so both heart breaking and infouriating. we have a world of violence across the globe, heart breaking stories every day. but as americans, i can t