Thursday, March 28, AD 2024 9:26am

We are not storm troopers. We are peacekeepers.

The Land of Lincoln Rebellion grows.  From the Sheriff of DuPage County, with almost a million people the second largest of the 102 Illinois counties:

As sheriff, I feel that my own First Amendment constitutional right to free speech has been completely trampled on by a governor who has threatened my office’s reimbursement and grant funds as a tool to force me not to speak. I just can’t do this any more.

I stand with our citizens and businesses of DuPage County who have offered no trouble or no resistance to any rule we put upon them, no matter how strange. In fact they have communally helped to support us during this pandemic with resources and physical help.

I will not have a polarized and threatened society when we are currently experiencing nothing but great treatment from our citizens and businesses. We are not experiencing the same problems as Cook County. We can reopen responsibly and with proper care.

We’re not just going to open up with no precautions, but science suggests a potentially different route. We did all say from the beginning that we would follow science to the end correct?

We have now created “super hot spots” for COVID-19 within our most coveted resources. Our primary food sources (Costco, Jewel, etc.).

As our local restaurants continue to dissolve into oblivion, the reliance on food will cause more people to flock to the few that are open, causing very high potential virus transfer, food shortages and a potential collapse of our economy. If other businesses were opened responsibly, wouldn’t that take away from congregation at the only few places left open? This is what purely scientific minds have asked me.

I’m just having difficulty with what looks like politics pitting everyone against each other and then wanting the police to arrest everyone who disagrees. We are not storm troopers. We are peacekeepers.

All these years, you have told us that you want law enforcement that thinks before arresting, doesn’t violate your rights and treats their citizens with decency. Now you have that and are asking us to regress into what you didn’t want and didn’t deserve. Please let us be the law enforcement you always asked us to be. Non-oppressive.

We are dealing with a serious rise in crime, new challenges in our correctional facility and a massive upsurge in our courthouse when everything opens back up. We will rise to the challenge. This is not the time to introduce fear into our society by threatening class A misdemeanors, but instead it’s a time to assist our citizens and businesses to get back on their feet.

I feel DuPage County is ready to reopen responsibly before everything is gone and I will not victimize lawful residents of DuPage County trying to put food on their children’s table. I’m so proud of our DuPage citizens who have done everything right from the beginning. All I can say is thank you.

Go here to read the rest.  I thank Governor Pritzker who, through his foolish and tyrannical policies, has reminded the good citizens of Illinois about how precious freedom is, and what it is like to be deprived of it.  Free Illinois!

Here is the statement of The Illinois Sheriff’s Association:

Illinois Sheriffs have been elected by their local citizens to keep their communities safe, a trust that every sheriff and sworn law enforcement officer holds dear. It is outrageous that the Governor is threatening retaliation against these leaders and the men and women of their offices. He is insulting heroic police officers, corrections officers and local voters.

 The Governor again indicated that local law enforcement will face consequences for their statements about how they view the enforceability of his executive orders.  Apparently, these consequences now include the threat of litigation and loss of funding, including funding that has been designated through the Federal Cares Act that was designated to units of local government.  The Governor and his office have repeatedly talked about consulting organizations/groups of impacted experts on issues as they arise.  Unfortunately, one of the groups that has never been included are the Sheriffs of this State, nor its representative organization, the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association.  It is extremely frustrating to hear these continued comments in response to those that may not agree with his positions.  Sheriffs were elected by their counties to keep them safe and they will continue to do so.

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Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Wednesday, May 20, AD 2020 5:07am

Hitler lives in Illinois and his name is Pritzker. Just look at his demonic picture. On the upside this is a good demo of what would be in store for us with a Democrat demagogue President.

Illinois governor’s family firm owns stake in companies involved in coronavirus testing.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-governors-family-firm-owns-stake-in-companies-involved-in-coronavirus-testing/ar-BB14kcOC

Father of Seven
Father of Seven
Wednesday, May 20, AD 2020 6:10am

It’s good to see that the pressure is mounting on Gov. Augustus Gloop, he of the insatiable appetite for power. The bad news is that Illinois is stuck with him for awhile. Oh well, I know how this ends.

Clinton
Clinton
Wednesday, May 20, AD 2020 6:27am

Interesting that the left believes it has the right to declare Chicago a sanctuary city for illegal aliens in defiance of duly enacted federal laws—- and sues the federal government when it threatens to withhold federal funds because of that defiance. Yet those same leftists have no problem threatening to withhold federal funds meant for these counties because these folks are defying the left’s diktats.

As it is, I hope the President uses his bully pulpit to pressure the governor to stop using federal aid money to blackmail Illinois citizens. I’d say Pritzker should be ashamed of himself, but I suspect that’s asking the impossible.

Penguins Fan
Penguins Fan
Wednesday, May 20, AD 2020 3:05pm

Whitmer, Prtizker, Newsom, Cuomo, Wolf – tyrannical trash serving as governors. Governor Wolf was irate that Pittsburgh Steeler Ben Roethlisberger got a shave and a haircut in a Sewickley, PA salon, which operated AGAINST Wolf’s orders.

My boys went three months without a haircut. Well, West Virginia opened up. The Great Clips in Weirton, West Virginia, 35 miles from Pittsburgh, was swamped on Sunday with people from western Pennsylvania who made the drive out US 22. Stupid dictator Wolf doesn’t want Pennsylvanians to go to a beach this summer because nobody will be wearing a mask at the beach.

Oregon, Washington State, California, New York State and New Jersey deserve their fates. So does Chicagoland. Michigan and Pennsylvania are being handed to Trump in November by their Hans Frank wannabe governors.

Sadly, what has happened in suburban Chicago is what has happened in suburban Philadelphia. The ‘burbs used to vote opposite of the city. Not so much in Philly and it’s worse in Illinois.

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