Mayor who pushed to defund police by $80M pleads with feds to help with rampant crime

by ALEC SCHEMMEL | The National Desk

Wed, December 22nd 2021, 7:01 PM UTC

Mayor Lori Lightfoot discusses the videos of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer, during a news conference at City Hall, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

FILE - San Francisco Mayor London Breed listens during a briefing outside City Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Chicago and Evanston police investigate a crime scene after a gunman went on a shooting spree before being killed by police during a shootout in Evanston, Ill., Saturday night, Jan. 9, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot discusses the videos of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer, during a news conference at City Hall, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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