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2009-09-30 10:13:42 - Andy Martin says emergency measures are needed to stem the tide of violence in Chicago.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin calls for the imposition of martial law in Chicago
Martin says Mayor Daley and Barack Obama look stupid campaigning for the Olympics when
they lack the resources to protect the city’s existing residents
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEDNESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
In response to the senseless slaying of another Chicago child,
Andy Martin asks: Where is Mayor Daley? Where is Governor Quinn? Where is President Barack
Obama?
Martin questions, “If the City cannot protect minority residents, how are we going to
protect millions of Olympic visitors?
Martin says the headquarters of the Chicago Police Department should temporarily be moved
to ground zero in the war against crime
(CHICAGO)(September 30, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent
“Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Wednesday,
September 30th to call for the imposition of martial law on the city of Chicago.
“The latest slaying of an innocent African-America child should be a wake-up call to
the Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor. If the city and state cannot provide
African-Americans with basic personal safety—the ultimate human right—why are
these officials in power?
“If necessary, President Barack Obama should send federal troops to protect the right
to life of every Chicago child. There cannot be two standards of life, one for minority
neighborhoods and another for non-minority neighborhoods.
“I find it incongruous that on a day when Illinois National Guard soldiers were
returning from Afghanistan, we needed our Guard personnel in Chicago to restore order here
at home.
“With due respect to Superintendent Jody Weis, he has to ratchet up the war on crime
and wage relentless war on the gangs and predators who are preying on Chicago’s
African-American children. Weis has to take personal ownership of this war, and start
leading from the streets, not the safety of his office.
“If newspaper
reporter Mark Brown can see where the gangs are lurking, why are police not attacking
these encampments and arresting these gangsters?
www.suntimes.com/news/brown/1795973,CST-NWS-brown29.article
“If the City cannot protect existing citizens, how are we going to guarantee the
safety and security of millions of Olympic visitors?
“I propose that the mayor, governor and president adopt a five-point program to
return safety to Chicago’s streets:
“First, I want Superintend Weis out on the streets, personally supervising field
operations. He needs to lead from the front, not his headquarters office.
“Second, I want the CPD to put every sworn officer on the streets, and replace desk
officers with temps if necessary. Any officer who is authorized to carry a gun should be
working outside, on the streets. We need to regain control of this city.
“Third, Cook County needs to hire an emergency allotment of prosecutors and prison
guards, and create space for thousands of new prisoners, as well courtrooms for
prosecution of these predators. We need to disrupt, disable and destroy the gang elements
and criminal elements in minority neighborhoods.
“Fifty years of anti-gang efforts have failed. Failure is no longer an acceptable
option.
“Maybe Tod Stronger should fire some of his relatives, and well as other Daley
Machine payrollers, and replace them with prosecutors and jail guards. State Attorney
Alvarez needs to become more proactive; she has been much too passive.
“Fourth, Governor Quinn should mobilize the Illinois State Police and the Illinois
National Guard, and have these forces start patrolling the streets of any neighborhood
with excessive crime.
“Fifth, President Obama should order the deployment of part of our ready reserve
forces to duty in Chicago. It was a Republican President, Dwight Eisenhower,
who sent the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce the
constitutional rights of African-American students. Republicans were in the forefront of
protecting African-Americans then. Republicans should lead again.
“The Daley Machine’s failure to protect minority children
is a disgrace to humanity. If the City refuses to do its job, federal troops should be
used to protect Chicago’s minority neighborhoods. Republicans need to start raising
hell about the hellish conditions in minority neighborhoods. Children living in these
areas have a right to life and a right to live. Their lives should not be snuffed out by
gangsters operating in plain sight of a Sun-Times reporter.
“As for Barack Obama, the latest tragedy took place in the Altgeld Gardens
area, where he was a so-called ‘community organizer’ 25 years ago. Obviously,
Obama’s efforts left no lasting impression in the neighborhood. It is time for
America’s first African-American president to start taking the protection of
Chicago’s African-American children seriously Martin will state. “Daley and
Obama should be flying to Chicago, not Copenhagen.
”The bottom line: we need martial law in Chicago until the safety and security of
every schoolchild is ensured. I realize that these endless, random killings are an emergency situation; they are intolerable. Why
can’t Chicago’s and Illinois’s leaders do the same and respond to this
unacceptable reality
September 30th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin calls for martial law in
Chicago to end the violence in African-American neighborhoods.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet
columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of
broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and
communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The
Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is
the Executive Editor and publisher of
www.ContrarianCommentary.com.
Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of
experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree
from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct
professor of law at the City University of New York.
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