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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Katie Anthony

Lightfoot, top cop praise police efforts after most violent Memorial Day in 5 years

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown speaks about current state of the Joint Carjacking Operation Task Force with several police departments in and outside the cook county during a press conference at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications in Near West Side, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Two years after Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed Chicago Police Supt. David Brown’s Memorial Day weekend strategy as “a fail,” she struck a different tone on Monday — even though the number of people shot was higher.

When shootings over the three-day stretch in 2020 left 10 dead and 39 others injured, Lightfoot called it a “bloodbath” and held Brown personally accountable.

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