Brandon Johnson

you have put yourselves and your friends at risk.

Because of the reckless behavior of a few individuals, we have families devastated and our downtown residents are hesitant to leave their own homes.

I'm the first person to recognize that we have more work to do in this city to provide safe spaces for our young people.

But these type of violent gatherings can never be an alternative

nor can they be normalized.

We need parents, guardians, and other responsible adults to do their best to accompany young people in large, unsanctioned gatherings where weapons are likely to be present.

There's always more we as adults can do to make sure that we know where our kids are and what they are doing.

I know what it's like to come home when you are five years old and your dad is not there.

And I am still standing.

Play it.

First of all, this president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy.

And it's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a black man unjustly.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm going to stay firm as the mayor of this amazing city, which was voted nine years in a row, the best big city in America.

And we're going to defend all of Chicago.

Let's play it.

Trump, if he was serious about safety, he would not have defunded a program of $800 million that was geared towards violence prevention.

He cut the ATF budget by 30%.

He has defunded our education system.

He has defunded our transportation system.