Posted October 14, 2017 2:30 am by Comments

By Andrew Shepperson

The American Civil Liberties Union didn’t take too kindly to President Trump’s suggestions this week to tackle Chicago gun violence
“Now Chicago is out of control,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday. “I don’t know what they’re doing in Chicago to have this many shootings and this many killings and all of the different things that are going on. This is not like it’s the United States of America, and pure and simple, that’s bad management, that’s bad politics. It’s incredible.”
“And then you talk to them and say ‘Why aren’t you doing something?’ and they don’t even want to talk to you about it,” Trump continued. “It’s really insulting to our nation. And whether you want to take on the NFL, or take on Chicago…there shouldn’t be murders like this. And we have incredible police in this country. They could stop it, if they were allowed to do their job.”
The ACLU of Illinois then issued a statement on Thursday, condemning Trump’s comments and arguing they show how little the president knows about fighting violent crime in the Windy City.
“It is disconcerting – once again – to see how little President Donald Trump comprehends about policing in Chicago,” said Karen Sheley, Director of

Source: Guns.com

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