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Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.

Rahm Emanuel

Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.
RAHM EMANUEL

Decision Police Protection Responsibility
The world for our law enforcement community has changed dramatically: everything from filling out paperwork to relationships with the community and how they think the narrative is in the media.
RAHM EMANUEL

Community Enforcement Law Media Relationship World
Under Superintendent Johnson’s leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.
RAHM EMANUEL

Community Leadership Police
Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
RAHM EMANUEL

Bill Deliver Forget Lend President Slow
There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
RAHM EMANUEL

Crisis Fix Greatness Manual Time War
Gun violence in Chicago is unacceptable. It threatens everything we have done together and all of the progress we have made in other areas.
RAHM EMANUEL

Areas Progression Togetherness Violence Weapon
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody’s private life.
RAHM EMANUEL

Believe Government Investigation Life Myself Privacy Right
Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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Geography Security Value
For all the things that make Chicago great, for all the things that make us proud to call ourselves Chicagoans, the violence that is happening corrodes our core. It is not the Chicago we know and love.
RAHM EMANUEL

Call Greatness Love Ourselves Proud
Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It’s a reminder there’s a lot broken.
RAHM EMANUEL

Break Call Reminder Wake Up
There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.
RAHM EMANUEL

Citizenship Drugs Home Leaving
Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
RAHM EMANUEL

Affordable Health Leadership Quality
The American people want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
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Change Ideas People Reform
I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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Enemy Nervous People
While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
RAHM EMANUEL

Decision Dedication Election Leadership Myself People
It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to build friendships and relationships, which are integral to fighting crime. This takes time, effort, and patience on the part of police officers.
RAHM EMANUEL

Build Crime Effort Fight Friendship Patience Police Training

Every policy officer is sworn to protect life, and, under the most extreme circumstances, to take life. It is a staggering responsibility that requires officers to make split second decisions.

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