Chicago alderman: "Too much coddling of criminals" here, "no fight against crime"

Chicago Alderman Anthony Napolitano told Newsmax on Thursday that the recent city crime wave targeting postal workers is because there’s “too much coddling of criminals” in Chicago and that “it’s not just the postal workers” who are feeling the effects of crime in the Windy City.

“Chicago has become the land of the lost right now,” Napolitano said during an appearance on “The National Report.” “There’s no fight against crime, especially in our judicial system, so these are just crimes of opportunity. Criminal elements here in Chicago are looking for any avenue to earn a buck because they know they’re not going to serve any time in jail.

“They know that our state legislators and our city legislators, as well, aren’t putting any emphasis on fighting crime. Our state’s attorney is a defense attorney. And if you look at the agenda behind our state’s attorney, the same people that support our state’s attorney are the ones that are slating judges, so it’s like we’re agenda law right now – it’s based on a political agenda.”