Saturday, July 07, 2018

Real chaos over Ryan shutdown eludes clueless governor



It doesn't matter what Mayor Emanuel's motives were for bucking state and city police to facilitate Father Pfleger's Dan Ryan march. He did the right thing. Rahm brokered a deal to let the march go forward but allowing only 2 of 4 lanes to be used, in spite of Pfleger's call to shut it down. Rauner got on board as the compromise saved his face as the 'law and order' governor who wouldn't let the activist priest and his followers succeed. But Rauner went bonkers when the massive crowd forced state police to shut down the other two lanes, giving total victory to the Pfleger folks demanding a complete shutdown to raise the price of state and city refusal to address third world conditions in Chicago. Rauner's sore headed tweet speaks volumes of his bottomless insensitivity to his black constituents. "This is unacceptable. We had clear parameters that allowed the protesters to be heard while respecting law and order. Instead, they chose instead to cause chaos. Rahm’s Twitter retort was priceless: “It was a peaceful protest. Delete your account.” Rauner's tantrum over the ability of peaceful protesters to raise the issue of hopelessness in their community utterly demolishes his campaign boast that he's done the most to elevate the black community. The chaos wasn't on the Ryan...it was in the governor's head.

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