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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5112562" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10332715/Chicago-mayor-pleads-AG-Merrick-Garland-send-ATF-agents-city-six-months.html[/URL]<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced she has submitted a request to Attorney General Merrick Garland for send more ATF agents for six months</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">She also asked the attorney general for more federal prosecutors and federal marshals to help law enforcement get illegal guns off the streets</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chicago is currently facing a 25-year high murder rate, with 767 homicides occurring within the city this year</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It has also seen shooting incidents increasing 9% over last year and 68% since 2019, with overall violent crimes up 7.5% compared to pre-pandemic level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">This comes after the democrat proposed slashing $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during &#039;defund the police&#039; protests.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The proposal was later scaled back and 3.3% of the budget - or $59 million - was cut.</li>
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5112562, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10332715/Chicago-mayor-pleads-AG-Merrick-Garland-send-ATF-agents-city-six-months.html[/URL] [LIST] [*][B]Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced she has submitted a request to Attorney General Merrick Garland for send more ATF agents for six months[/B] [*][B]She also asked the attorney general for more federal prosecutors and federal marshals to help law enforcement get illegal guns off the streets[/B] [*][B]Chicago is currently facing a 25-year high murder rate, with 767 homicides occurring within the city this year[/B] [*][B]It has also seen shooting incidents increasing 9% over last year and 68% since 2019, with overall violent crimes up 7.5% compared to pre-pandemic level[/B] [*][B]This comes after the democrat proposed slashing $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during 'defund the police' protests.[/B] [*][B]The proposal was later scaled back and 3.3% of the budget - or $59 million - was cut.[/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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