Both Chicago mayoral candidates have vowed to make public safety a top priority, but each have differing views on how to tackle the issue.
Chicago is just one week away from the start of early voting, which is slated to begin March 20, and an independent poll conducted last week by Victory Research found Paul Vallas with a near six-point lead over Johnson.
Both candidates have vowed to make public safety a top priority, but each have differing views on how to tackle the issue, which is evident by today's endorsement. "He is supported by entities who want to put more guns on the street. We're working to get guns off the street. It's why not only are we gonna train and promote 200 more detectives, we're gonna make sure we spend to implement with all expediency the consent decree, and it's these memebers that's gonna help us get that done," Johnson said.
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