In a time of tragedy, emotions run high and that is to be expected.
Lori Lightfoot: “In a time of tragedy, emotions run high and that is to be expected.”
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot responds to the backlash from police officers regarding her visit to the hospital after the shooting of Officer Ella French.
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Remote learning, for any period of time is off the table from a system wide standpoint.
We've got to make sure that we use every tool in our toolkit. And it's -- soft power is more, much more effective than the hard power of law enforcement for this particular problem.
This is an unnecessary and illegal work stoppage. And I've drawn the line, we are not going to remote for the whole system. It's completely unnecessary.
I think we've made significant progress over the last few days. But I want to deal done this weekend. Our kids need back -- be back in school, schools are safe.





