On the recordJune 20, 2019
For a very long time, the entire community, including his neighborhood, the Near Northside, mourned the loss of a wonderful little boy by the name of Josue Flores. We mourn with his family members and his neighborhood. What a loving neighborhood. We stood by the tree in the area in which he was murdered, stabbed many times. There were investigations and arrests, and then there were no arrests, and the community still mourned. I want to applaud the Near Northside for continuing to remember Josue Flores, as well the Safe Work Coalition, ensuring that no child would ever walk home to be victimized in that neighborhood again. Many law enforcement officers and civil rights groups and others work together, civic neighborhood groups--the Near Northside Super Neighborhood--but now there is finally an arrest. We hope that justice is rendered for that family and justice is rendered for this whole act that we hope never happens again. We mourn him. We want it to be fair and just. But we want Josue Flores to rest in peace and want this proceeding to move forward so that this family can have peace and this neighborhood can be assured that their children can be safe again. I will work with them continuously, as we did, to ensure that law enforcement is there for them and the community is there for them. ____________________
