It's reckless and irresponsible. ... It is frightening. ... It's an absolutely the ugly side of politics. And we have got to do better in this country.
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Lightfoot criticizes the approach of some governors regarding mask mandates and public health guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I'm deeply sorry. It simply should not have happened. And I will make sure that there is full accountability for what took place.
I'm the mayor of the city, but I'm also black woman. And I have had numerous conversations this week with my sisters, with my black girlfriends. And I know that, if I wasn't mayor, that could be me.
Intelligence sharing, that's going to be a game-changer for us. Being able to be aggressive, looking at those sales, following up to make sure that those guns are still in the hands of the person that bought them, that's going to be key…
Look, every mayor's going to tell you that they need more resources. What we've seen that's been successful is the things that I talked about before, but we've also I think done a lot with diversion at the police station.





