i want a show of hands on the question about solving problems and i want you to be honest. when you hear the president say he s going to send in the feds, raise your shand that sounds like a good idea to you. to do what? raise your hand if when you hear send in the feds that feels ominous, like a threat. someone is saying they should take over the police department. what s your response to that? listen, cpd, we have our challenges. and we ve done things in the past that were inappropriate. but that was the past. my challenge is to fix the issues because when i look out in the audience a lot of these folks in the audience right now, i ve worked with with since becoming superintendent to make it better. those things didn t occur overnight and they won t be fixed overnight but we have to acknowledge them and move forward to correct the issues. [ applause ]
when you hear the president say he s going to send in the feds, raise your shand that sounds like a good ideao you. to do what? raise your hand if when you hear send in the feds that feels ominous, like a threat. someone is saying they should take over the police department. what s your response to that? listen, cpd, we have our challenges. and we ve done things in the past that were inappropriate. but that was the past. my challenge is to fix the issues because when i look out in the audience a lot of these folks in the audience right now, i ve worked with with since becoming superintendent to make it better. those things didn t occur overnight and they won t be fixed overnight but we have to acknowledge them and move forward to correct the issues. [ applause ] yeah, give him a round of applause for that.
lives to be claimed and you see that, you see that all over, claimed by gangs. you look at chicago and you look at other places, so many of the problems are caused by gang members, is many of whom are not even legally in our country. speaking at a law enforcement conference in washington today, the president mentioned something he seems to love to talk about incorrectly violence in this city of chicago where he s threatened to send in the feds even though an atf agent told the washington post we always have been here, we work very closely with the chicago police department. today he said many of chicago s problems are caused by gang members here illegally. there s no evidence to black this up. the new york times pointout contrary to trums aims immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. trump s characterization of chicago as this short hand talking point for violence is one of the reasons that we came here to chicago where i ll be hosting a town hall tomorrow
at other places, so many of the problems are caused by gang members, is many of whom are not even legally in our country. speaking at a law enforcement conference in washington today, the president mentioned something he seems to love to talk about incorrectly violence in this city of chicago where he s threatened to send in the feds even though an atf agent told the washington post we always have been here, we work very closely with the chicago police department. today he said many of chicago s problems are caused by gang members here illegally. there s no evidence to black this up. the new york times points out contrary to trump s claims immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. trump s characterization of chicago as this short hand talking point for violence is one of the reasons that we came here to chicago where i ll be hosting a town hall tomorrow night to hear directly from the people who live here, from residents and community leaders and elected officials and ex