The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
RAHM EMANUELThe 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.
More Rahm Emanuel Quotes
-
-
We can define the rules of police-citizen engagement, but everyday decisions will always be made by men and women in uniform, on the street, in the community, under extreme pressure, in a dangerous world where guns easily fall into the wrong hands.
RAHM EMANUEL -
There’s no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
RAHM EMANUEL -
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody’s private life.
RAHM EMANUEL -
Things happened there that I don’t think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.
RAHM EMANUEL -
I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important.
RAHM EMANUEL -
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 -
Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
RAHM EMANUEL -
Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It’s a reminder there’s a lot broken.
RAHM EMANUEL -
To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.
RAHM EMANUEL -
We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message – get the job done.
RAHM EMANUEL -
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 -
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 -
When parents tell their children not to congregate on corners, especially in groups, out of fear for them encountering the police, what does that say? We have a trust problem.
RAHM EMANUEL -
As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that’s how we get judged by our colleagues and that’s how we get judged by the good lord.
RAHM EMANUEL -
I join President Obama and the vast majority of Chicagoans who are tired of waiting for Washington to get serious about gun violence.
RAHM EMANUEL