Lori Lightfoot being sued by reporter whose press pass was revoked and his 1st Amendment rights violated

Chicago -- A reporter is suing Mayor Lori "Beetlejuice" Lightfoot for her "attack on the First Amendment" after he was verbally abused by her and ended up having his press credentials removed. [H/T Fox News]

"I was asking the obvious questions, and she lost her temper," journalist William Kelly said on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday, recalling a May exchange where she told him he was "full of crap."

"Mayor Lightfoot is in re-election mode, and she doesn't want any more embarrassing questions to go viral. So she revoked my media credential. … This is a very serious constitutional crisis in the city of Chicago."

So he's taking Lightfoot to court where a progressive judge will might trample on the US Constitution as well.

Kelly's press credentials were taken from him in August at which time he filed a federal lawsuit alleging Lightfoot and the Chicago PD Superintendent David Brown violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Kelly spoke on Tucker Carlson's show "Tucker Carlson Tonight" in September at which time he said that Lightfoot and Brown helped create an altercation between him and Mayor Beetlejuice's security detail and he alleged that it was this "false report" that was used as the pretext to keep him out of press events. 

So it's likely that Kelly is an actual reporter who asks probing questions that make liberals like Lightfoot and Brown uncomfortable.

"The problem is that he sat down and wrote me a letter telling me that he was revoking my media credentials when the police department is down 1500 officers, we have an out-of-control crime epidemic, police suicide is at an all-time high," Kelly said Wednesday. "He's taking time out of his day to write me a letter telling me that he's revoking my media credential."

"I think the priorities are completely out of whack."

Kelly argued that the incompetent mayor is trying to protect herself from his questions about her "failures in performance" due to her facing re-election and warned that her actions could set a dangerous precedent for reporters and free speech in America.

"She wants to win this case against me and then expand this attack on the First Amendment to all the reporters who ask her real questions or any reporter nationally who would dare to ask a real question of a powerful politician," Kelly said.

Kelly said that this current lawsuit is really a fight to defend the First Amendment, one of the least favorite Amendments of the Left along with the Second Amendment and all the rest.

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"Thankfully Elon Musk restored the First Amendment on Twitter," he said. "But in Chicago, the First Amendment is on life support, if not dead."

"They say you can't fight city hall, but we need to fight city hall to restore the First Amendment if we're going to have an honest election."

Having an honest election is such a novel idea.

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Bloody Labor Day weekend in 2 Democrat-run cities is "Devastating and Unacceptable"

Violent guns in Philadelphia and Chicago, two Democrat-run metropolises where guns are outlawed, somehow didn't get the memo that they were not allowed to be used and these guns caused bloodshed over the Labor Day weekend.

The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) recorded 38 total gun violence victims between Friday and Monday, including nine who died from their wounds, authorities told Fox News Digital.

"The amount of violent incidents over this holiday weekend is devastating and unacceptable," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney tweeted Monday. 

What does he mean by "unacceptable?" If he isn't going to accept it, what is his plan to stop those violent guns? Or by not accepting it, does he mean that he doesn't accept the fact that people were shot?

"Philadelphians deserve to be safe in their communities. My deepest sympathies go out to all those affected by this senseless violence, especially families that have lost loved ones."

Well, now that we know his deepest sympathies, as opposed to his shallowest sympathies, go out to all those affected by senseless violence, that helps a lot. 

One Sunday shooting incident that occurred around 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Market Street and 10th Street — just blocks away from Philadelphia City Hall — resulted in the arrests of five juveniles along with their violent guns.

Police recovered two angry, illegal violent guns, including one with an illegal extended magazine, in their pursuit of the juveniles, according to PPD Commissioner Danielle Outlaw.

"Those who take part in violent behavior will be apprehended; our residents and visitors will not be intimidated, and ours [sic] officers will not be deterred," Outlaw said in a Sunday tweet.

On Monday, six people were illegally shot on the 700 block of Russell St in North Philadelphia. Two of the six victims died, and two are in critical condition, according to PPD. This also sounds unacceptable.

"Two people have died, two are in critical condition, and two are expected to recover physically," the Department said in a Monday tweet. "The violence happening in our city is unacceptable, and we ask the public to not only keep the victims in your prayers, but also to share information about crime in your neighborhoods."

There is a $20,000 reward being offered for information leading to the suspect involved in Monday's deadly shooting. Law enforcement asks that anyone with information to call 911 or 215-686-TIPS.

Homicides in Philadelphia are up 3%, with 373 total homicide victims recorded so far this year compared to 361 at the same time last year.

In Chicago, police recorded 55 total shooting victims, including nine who died from their injuries, between Friday and Monday evening. Another homicide victim was fatally stabbed, according to the Chicago Police Department.

The total number of shooting victims decreased, however, by 23% compared to Labor Day Weekend last year.

In one Sunday incident, four men between the ages of 18 and 20 were shot when "an unknown offender approached the victims, produced a handgun, and fired shots." One of the 18-year-old victims was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

In the Windy City, Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent David Brown bragged about "significant declines in gun violence in the city" during a Tuesday press conference. He noted that there has been 605 few violent guns shooting people so far this year and that homicides are down 15% with shootings down 19%.

Meanwhile, almost 1,000 carjacking arrests have been made in 2022 and cops have recovered 8,765 guns this year, proving the old saying that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

"Our job is never done," Brown said Tuesday. "There's not a day that we don't risk our lives for all of you in this city, and we'll continue that."

Last year, Philadelphia saw record homicide numbers, while Chicago recorded a 25-year-high.

Thus far, 463 people have been murdered in Chicago compared to 545 at the same time last year. So the Democrats see this as a positive thing like they do with the federal budget when they lower the rate of debt rather than actually reducing it.

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And as I write this post, there's a crazed gunman in Memphis shooting and killing people and live-streaming it on Facebook. Our criminal justice system has become more sympathetic to the criminal than it has for the victim. We even have an idiot Vice President who crowdfunded bail money for a killer who then went out and committed another crime.

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Lightfoot's anti-gun hotline was a not-line and a failure

Chicago's Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot created an anti-gun tip hotline in July 2021. The purpose of the hotline was for people to turn in their neighbors, family and all others who are known to possess a firearm and they would get money for squealing. 

Lightfoot funded this hotline with one million taxpayer dollars in order for people “who have a conscience” to take a bite out of crime and get paid for turning people into law enforcement.

After just one year since the Orwellian program began, only a pittance of people provided tips that had been verified and thus rewarded with money. At this time, a tad over 0.01%, or $10,395 of the $1,000,000 was paid out to informants, according to the Chicago Tribune.

“I want you to know that I recognize that people are scared, people all over the city. This is the topic of conversation,” Lightfoot said. “Gun violence is holding us back from realizing our individual potential and our potential and greatness as a city.”

Her solution was to get rid of violent guns, because they don't have a conscience and will shoot anyone who gets in their way. Yes, this is leftist logic, if you believe they mean it.

Lightfoot’s handpicked police superintendent, David Brown, added, “This incentive will not only bring honest people forward because of that anonymity but likely will bring people who may be involved, who have a conscience,” the Chicago Sun-Times reported. 

Turns out Brown and Lightfoot don't know much about the human condition because the first tip to Lightfoot's "Gun Trafficking and Homicide Tip Line" took ten months to happen. In May 2022, the very first tip that resulted in an arrest and charge found the tipster being paid $10,000, according to WFLD.

According to the city’s infographic for the hotline, tipsters will be paid $3,000 if their tip leads to charges of someone buying or illegally selling ten or more guns, they will receive $5,000 if someone is convicted of the crime, they can get $10,000 for tips leading to a homicide charge, and they will be rewarded $15,000 if those charged with homicide are convicted.

It's like a game show that nobody's watching.

Despite the general failure of the tip line, Lightfoot has tried to make sell it to the public.

Arne Duncan, former Obama Education Secretary and possible candidate for the mayor’s office, blasted Lightfoot for her thoughtless attempts to fight crime.

“Strategies that aren’t thought out, that aren’t thoughtful, that aren’t implemented, that’s almost like the worst possible scenario. This stuff is really hard, it’s complex, but headlines and P.R. don’t keep people alive,” Duncan said, according to the Chicago Tribune. “The fact that this is literally a matter of life and death and the fact we are losing so many lives is untenable. This is the crisis facing our city.”

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And all the violent guns just laughed as crimes committed by them and the innocent people pointing them, have been increasing year by year.

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UPDATE: More people killed in Chicago over weekend than last 2 years in Afghanistan war

Thirty-five people were shot, five of them fatally, over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. That's more people shot and killed in Chicago than our military troops the last 2 years in Afghanistan.

One fatal victim was a 24-year-old woman. She was killed Friday night during a shootout between two men in Chicago's Chinatown district, where one of the shooters and two others were wounded in the incident, according to ABC 7. The woman was taken to Stroger Hospital where she died of her injuries.

[H/T Fox News]

Four more were wounded on Friday night in West Garfield Park when a man opened fire on the group of people because he had a bad day.

A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in the head on the city's South Side early Saturday, with police saying they had no suspects in custody. 

A 90-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition. Cops have a person of interest in the shooting.

Useless Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot held a press conference to condemn the shootings and for once, expressed appreciation for the city's police officers, after she and dozens of Democratic mayors in major cities did what they could to defund the police.

"We need to remember every single day on every single watch, our brave men and women of the Chicago Police Department are out there literally risking their lives for our safety," two-faced Lightfoot said during a Friday press conference, reminding residents to "say thank you" to officers.

Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent David Brown joined Lightfoot, and said the July 4 holiday would be a difficult weekend for police as city residents use gunfire in place of fireworks to celebrate the holiday.

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"There's no reason why everyone can't enjoy the holiday and every event safety. Parents, please, please know where your children are," he said. "Don't leave them to government to be the parents of your kids. We need you, parents, please, to help us make sure your young people are safe."

The list of wounded and killed goes on as fatherless men lock and load.

And the idiots in power think more gun control is the answer.

UPDATE: The total number of casualties as of this writing 10:45 a.m., in Chicago is now up to 54 with 7 fatalities. The youngest is a 10-year-old boy who was in his bedroom when he was shot. Also, there have been attacks on police with fists and fireworks being aimed at police. It looks as if the Windy City really blows.

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Chicago's Lightfoot light on crime and under fire

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot allowed two of her top aides to take time off over the deadly July 4th weekend after promising an "all hands on deck" strategy to deal with the huge spike in shootings across the city.

Sybil Madison, the Mayor's chief of staff emailed city workers that she would be out of the office on Thursday and Friday ahead of the Fourth of July, according to the Chicago Tribune, and deputy mayor John O'Malley was also going to be out most of the same weekend. While they were enjoying time away from their jobs, over 100 people were shot and 18 died of their wounds. Of the wounded, 11 were children, some as young as 5 and 6.

Sybil Madison

Light on crime Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, bemoaned the fact that the July 2nd City Council emergency meeting would distract from efforts to confront street crime during the anticipated most violent weekend of the year that came to be as called. One strategy Brown called for was to cancel time-off for officers while Lightfoot's top aides were able to escape and not have to dodge bullets.

Chicago cops worked 12-hour shifts during the Fourth of July weekend to increase street presence, but guns went off and people were hit with hot lead. Lightfoot and her Party blame the guns, not the shooters.

"We were told the meeting we had last week was a waste of time but your people are out of the office," South Side Alderman Anthony Beale told the Tribune, criticizing Lightfoot’s "poor leadership" in allowing her top deputies to take time out of the office "when we need them the most."

"She allowed her staff to go on vacation days the week before what is traditionally the most dangerous weekend in the city of Chicago – is outrageous," Alderman Ray Lopez, who represents the 15th Ward, told local news outlet Fox 32. "It shows there's a complete lack of commitment toward addressing the violence."

"We’ve heard about the ‘whole of government’ approach for weeks now," he echoed in separate remarks to the Tribune. "But I guess that doesn’t apply to the people responsible for actually creating the policies."

Lightfoot's office responded Friday while she was returning from a crime-free fundraising trip in California, which is not part of Chicago nor even part of Illinois.

"Working in the mayor's office is a 24/7, 365 job, and members of the mayor's senior staff are constantly connected," a spokesman falsely claimed. "Those responsible for on-the-ground operations continued to execute over the holiday weekend, and the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff were fully engaged every day."

Back in May 2019, after Lightfoot assumed office, she banned top leadership at the police department from doing what she and her top aides were doing, which was taking time off during the summer months. She said that the police, not her and those in her leadership positions, set the example for the rank-and-file officers. 

So presumably it's okay for Lightfoot and her staff to lay out on a beach somewhere, a martini between their toes, sunscreen on their bodies, and enjoy time away from the fray.

At the aforementioned press conference Brown attended, he blasted the court system for its "out of control" principle that allows allegedly violent offenders to be released back onto the streets to finish their own definition of justice.

"There are too many violent offenders and too little consequence in our courts. There are too many illegal guns in our city and too little consequences in the courts," Supt. Brown said. "The courts have created an unsafe environment for large crowd gatherings because you've released people charged with murder back into these same communities where they committed this heinous crime."

It seems as if Lori Lightfoot believes that #AllThugLivesMatter

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Chicago cops vote no-confidence for Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police have issued a vote of no-confidence in their mayor, Lori "Night of Terror" Lightfoot (D). They cite bad work conditions and her cancelling a march for fallen officers due to the China virus.

The vote of about 200 active and retired rank-and-file officers was unanimous along with police Superintendent David Brown and First Deputy Eric Carter.

Additional reasons cited for the no-confidence vote include officer burnout and the cancelation of days off for police on several occasions. Also, there was a move from an 8 1/2-hour shifts to 12-hour work periods to prepare for possible BLM and Antifa riots, violence, looting and property destruction.

The symbolic action also followed the second consecutive year that the Chicago Police Department canceled its annual St. Jude Memorial March for the city’s fallen cops while citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The basis for this no-confidence vote is pretty simple, it’s two-fold," FOP President John Catanzara said in a video. "It’s a lack of respect for the Gold Star families and the cancellation of the St. Jude parade."

So now we know Lightfoot not only has no respect for White journalists, she has no respect for the people who protect her city.

The union issued a no-confidence vote in 2019 for then-police Superintendent Eddie Johnson after he was criticized for not attending a speech by President Trump, the Tribune reported.

Wouldn't it be nice to vote many of these Democrats out of office?

 Beyond the journalists who noted that they were shut out by the policy limiting interviews, Lightfoot faced criticism from a Latino news organization, which refused to interview the mayor after she refused to lift the moratorium on white journalists, per Fox News.

She also faced blowback on Twitter, where racial justice advocates suggested that Lightfoot was likely using the policy to distract from her inability to handle questions of violence. “Lori Lightfoot presided over an enormous increase in homicides, almost all of them in African American or Latino communities, and she’s hoping these PR stunts get liberal America to give her a pass for failing to save people’s lives,” journalist Zaid Jilani pointed out.

Indeed, on the same day that the mayor’s office announced the policy favoring “black and brown” reporters, Lightfoot aides announced that “a compromise plan to make past police disciplinary records available to the public,” essentially turning down a request from Chicago’s racial justice activists to expand police transparency.

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Determines Who Interviews Her Based On Race, Local Reporters Claim
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Local media reporters in Chicago are alleging that Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is selecting who gets to do one-on-one interviews with her based on the race of the interviewer.

NBC 5 political reporter Mary Ann Ahern made the initial allegation on Twitter, writing: “As ⁦ @chicagosmayor ⁩ reaches her two year midway point as mayor, her spokeswoman says Lightfoot is granting 1 on 1 interviews – only to Black or Brown journalists.”

Chicago PBS news anchor Paris Schultz responded: “I was told the same thing.”


I was told the same thing.

— Paris Schutz (@paschutz)

Chicago PBS political reporter said that she could “confirm” what Ahern was alleging.


I can confirm, alderman

— Heather Cherone (@HeatherCherone) May 18, 2021

Lightfoot’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire or Fox News.

Australian political commentator Rita Panahi responded to the allegations by writing on Twitter: “More ‘anti-racist’ racism. Almost amusing how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left.”


More "anti-racist" racism. Almost amusing how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left. https://t.co/VtzpQyfklg

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) May 19, 2021

“Racism in the name of wokeism is still racism,” another commentator said. Another added, “So wouldn’t that make her a racist?”

Progressive writer Zaid Jilani wrote: “Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule?”


Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule? https://t.co/9d7rXZTnCV

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 19, 2021

“It is unclear when such a practice was enacted and if it only applies to local reporters, particularly after her MSNBC appearance with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday,” Fox News reported. “During her MSNBC interview, Lightfoot told Ruhle she would ‘encourage’ Chicago residents to continue wearing masks despite the new CDC guidance allowing those with the coronavirus vaccine to go without them.”

“I know for me personally, I’m going to continue to wear a mask in public and I’m going to encourage others to do so,” Lightfoot told Ruhle. “We’ve got to make sure that people are continuing to follow the public health guidance that has gotten us this far, and masks, I think, are a big and important part of that.”

Lightfoot said on Tuesday afternoon that her decision to continue to encourage people to wear masks was not based on distrust of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“But I think their guidance last week regarding masks has people confused…We need clarification,” Lightfoot said. “We still have a long way to go to hit the critical mass (of vaccinations) or herd immunity. I don’t want people to have false confidence.”

“To say, ‘If you’re vaccinated, you don’t have to wear a mask,’ that’s great. But what about all of the other people who are out there that aren’t vaccinated?” Lightfoot added. “There’s no way to know that. So I think for the time being, most people are gonna continue to wear masks outside of their homes.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Determines Who Interviews Her Based On Race, Local Reporters Claim

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