Anti-gun Chicago alderman busted for extortion had
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Anti-gun Chicago alderman busted for extortion had nearly two dozen guns in his office
January 10, 2019
Some people are referring to this as “the Chicago way,” and if by that they mean 100 percent unadulterated Democratic hypocrisy covered in a heavy dose of “do as I say, not as I do,” they are exactly right.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Ed Burke, a career politician who served on the City Counsel for more than five decades, was busted last week for extortion after allegedly authorizing an employee of his ward to play “hardball” with a pair of Burger King execs who did not give Burke’s law firm some tax business.
The paper noted that, following his 37-page indictment, Burke, 75, appeared before a federal judge and stood “accused of using his position as an alderman to try to steer business toward his private firm.”
Dirty politics in Chicago is nothing new, and neither is the fact that another Democratic official in the city is in hot water. After all, Chicago has been a single-party city for a long time.
What’s different this time is the level of hypocrisy related to Burke and his bust.
Chicago is also famous for another bad reason: Politicians in the city hate the Second Amendment so they have passed a number of laws that make it virtually impossible for an ordinary citizen to own a gun for self-defense that they can also keep close by when they are out and about (unless, of course, you’re a gang-banger on the city’s South Side — then, city politicians couldn’t care less as evidenced by the fact that they’ve done nothing to address the killing fields there).
As The Truth About Guns notes, Burke — a former city police officer and staunch gun control advocate — was found to be armed to the teeth when agents raided his government office, finding 23 guns.
Monumental hypocrisy
According to CBS Chicago, an 1872 law grants city alderman peace officer status, and as such, allowed Burke to carry a concealed weapon — though overwhelmingly, average Chicagoans are prohibited from engaging in this kind of special treatment. But the local network reported further:
From outlawing cell phone cases shaped like guns to bans on concealed weapons in places that serve alcohol and broadening the gun offender registry in Chicago, Ald. Ed Burke’s aldermanic record has defined him as an ardent supporter of gun control.
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January 10, 2019
Some people are referring to this as “the Chicago way,” and if by that they mean 100 percent unadulterated Democratic hypocrisy covered in a heavy dose of “do as I say, not as I do,” they are exactly right.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Ed Burke, a career politician who served on the City Counsel for more than five decades, was busted last week for extortion after allegedly authorizing an employee of his ward to play “hardball” with a pair of Burger King execs who did not give Burke’s law firm some tax business.
The paper noted that, following his 37-page indictment, Burke, 75, appeared before a federal judge and stood “accused of using his position as an alderman to try to steer business toward his private firm.”
Dirty politics in Chicago is nothing new, and neither is the fact that another Democratic official in the city is in hot water. After all, Chicago has been a single-party city for a long time.
What’s different this time is the level of hypocrisy related to Burke and his bust.
Chicago is also famous for another bad reason: Politicians in the city hate the Second Amendment so they have passed a number of laws that make it virtually impossible for an ordinary citizen to own a gun for self-defense that they can also keep close by when they are out and about (unless, of course, you’re a gang-banger on the city’s South Side — then, city politicians couldn’t care less as evidenced by the fact that they’ve done nothing to address the killing fields there).
As The Truth About Guns notes, Burke — a former city police officer and staunch gun control advocate — was found to be armed to the teeth when agents raided his government office, finding 23 guns.
Monumental hypocrisy
According to CBS Chicago, an 1872 law grants city alderman peace officer status, and as such, allowed Burke to carry a concealed weapon — though overwhelmingly, average Chicagoans are prohibited from engaging in this kind of special treatment. But the local network reported further:
From outlawing cell phone cases shaped like guns to bans on concealed weapons in places that serve alcohol and broadening the gun offender registry in Chicago, Ald. Ed Burke’s aldermanic record has defined him as an ardent supporter of gun control.
https://dcdirtylaundry.com/anti-gun-chicago-a...is-office/
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