Top Cop Johnson: Bill Will Use Fear to Deter Gun Crimes - Chicago Sun-Times
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SPRINGFIELD — Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Thursday pushed for a bill to lengthen sentencing for repeat gun offenders that he said would create a “mental culture to not pick up a gun.”
Johnson began his testimony with a stark number: 767 murders in Chicago last year. He said 92 percent of the victims were male; 78 percent were African-American and 75 percent were between the ages of 15 and 34. Ninety one percent of those killed last year were killed with a gun.
“As an African American I’m disgusted. And as a cop, I’m angry,” Johnson told the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee. “I’ve seen too many lives torn apart and too many parents lose a child.”
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