Lib City Yanking Cops From Schools
(Patriot.Buzz) – Highlighting a left-wing push to promote liberal criminal justice reform, the Democratic bastion of Chicago is about to change how its public high schools approach student and staff safety.
The city’s education board will review a proposal that would ban 39 schools from employing police officers, which is a move advocated by progressive and racial-justice activists who argue that such policing disproportionately affects Black students and those with disabilities.
This follows recent tragic events where four students were victims of shootings near Chicago schools.
The proposed “Resolution to Create a Comprehensive Whole School Safety Policy” looks to create a holistic safety strategy that analyzes the underlying causes of violence. It also emphasizes restorative justice and healing-centered practices over traditional security measures.
In turn the measure’s critics believe removing officers compromises the well-being of the school community and see the move as driven more by ideology than practical safety concerns. The move has stirred controversy among city aldermen and parents over the implications for student safety.
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO and former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas criticized the decision as misguided and potentially dangerous, especially in light of incidents such as the shooting at Benito Juarez High School where two students were killed after the school decided to remove its officers.
The debate over school-resource officers in Chicago intensified following the racial justice protests of 2020. While former Mayor Lori Lightfoot allowed schools to individually choose whether to retain officers, the current administration under left-wing activist Mayor Brandon Johnson campaigned on removing all officers from schools.
Johnson recently signaled his support to discontinue the school district’s $10.3 million contract with the police department.
Countering claims that police target minority students, Vallas highlighted the disproportionate representation of Black and Latino students within the city’s student population and criticized the Chicago Teachers Union for politicizing the issue as part of a broader agenda to defund the police.
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