Get the latest BPR news delivered free to your inbox daily. SIGN UP HERE
(Video: Fox News)
A University of Chicago student says she feels unsafe simply walking on campus amid ongoing left-wing pursuits to defund police in the windy city. Evita Duffy told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that many student groups are supportive of the efforts to reduce or eliminate police forces.
“My friends and I are feeling really unsafe coming to and from class, going to the grocery store. This is the third University of Chicago student to be murdered this year. And frankly, it’s unacceptable. The only thing that is protecting students from Kim Foxx and Lori Lightfoot’s crime-ridden city is the University of Chicago’s police department,” Duffy told host Ainsley Earhardt.
Duffy is the daughter of Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Fox News’ Rachel Campos-Duffy and is managing editor for the Chicago Thinker.
“At the Chicago Thinker, a publication that I run, we went to talk to actual community members to see what they thought. And, as you can see, they were very unhappy with losing the police protection. Somebody even said that we should deploy the National Guard. That’s how bad things have gotten in Chicago,” she added.
On November 10, a 24-year-old graduate of the University of Chicago was shot and killed while being robbed of his belongings which were then sold to a pawn shop for $100 dollars, according to authorities. Alton Spann, 19, was taken into custody on Friday in connection with the robbery and murder of Shaoxiong Zheng that occurred in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Police Supt. David Brown told reporters during a press conference.
An offender has been charged with the First Degree Murder of Shaoxiong Zheng.
Mr. Zheng was shot during the course of an Armed Robbery on November 10, 2021, in the Hyde Park neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/wCIZIG7kfb
— Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown (@ChiefDavidBrown) November 13, 2021
Zheng was walking along the sidewalk in the 900 block of East 54th Street in Hyde Park when the assailant exited a dark-colored car around 2 p.m., police said. Witnesses said Zheng appeared to struggle with the gunman, who then shot him once in the torso.
Zheng was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
In one day, there were two separate homicides a few blocks from my apartment. In another seperate incident on my street, multiple gunman shot up local businesses and injured bystanders. Top that off with a fake bomb threat made on multiple UChicago campus buildings.
— Evita Duffy (@evitaduffy_1) November 10, 2021
Like most students, I walk or take public transportation to campus — often alone. I shouldn’t feel unsafe getting to class or going to the grocery store but in Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago, I do. This needs to end. #chicago #HydePark
— Evita Duffy (@evitaduffy_1) November 10, 2021
Duffy said she believes that more people want a strong police force than don’t. Correspondents at her news outlet recently conducted a few man-on-the-street interviews that revealed as much.
“I think Hyde Park residents want the police. I think most Chicago residents want the police,” Duffy said.
“I think there is a loud group of left-wing students at the University of Chicago and in Chicago in general that want to get rid of them. By the way, the police force at the University of Chicago that they want to abolish is actually majority black and Hispanic. So the racism cries really fall on deaf ears,” she added.
(Video: Chicago Thinker/YouTube)
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
Frank (Chip) Webster is a musician and composer, former teacher of percussion and U.S. Army Infantry veteran. He holds a degree in English from Arizona State University.
- Ukraine lawmaker pleased with Dem performance, says early results from midterms ‘very good’ for us - November 9, 2022
- Casey Anthony sits for first TV interview since being acquitted for murdering her 2-yr-old daughter - November 9, 2022
- Part-time Uber driver in FL rides anti-gun platform to become first Gen Z ‘progressive’ in Congress - November 9, 2022
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
