Chicago Mayor Defunded Police. Called Them a Sickness. Now Voters Want Him Out
October 1, 2025
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing intensifying scrutiny after a series of interviews and public comments reignited debate over the city’s policing strategy, migrant spending, and persistent violent crime. Johnson—who has previously described defunding the “failed system of incarceration and policing” as a political goal—was pressed on whether adding 5,000 officers would help reduce crime, repeatedly shifting emphasis to housing and social services. The mayor’s remarks that “jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness” drew sharp pushback from law enforcement and prosecutors, while critics point to heavy migrant-related spending and a widening budget gap as evidence of policy failure. Although some crime indicators have eased, holiday weekend shootings and high-profile robberies continue to fuel public frustration. New polling shows weak approval, including among traditional Democratic constituencies, as Johnson defends his approach of investing in detectives, social programs, and consent-decree compliance while resisting calls to rely primarily on police surge staffing.
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