When Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson tweeted pictures from an iftar gathering he attended at the Muslim Community Center in Old Irving Park last weekend, angry Chicagoans quickly pounced, berating him for not rushing downtown where two teenage boys had been shot during weekend chaos.
Johnson has yet to be sworn in, but Chicagoans are nevertheless looking anxiously for clues as to how he will approach the city’s most pressing problem: public safety and crime. The fear and anxiety will only increase as summer, and the potential for more mayhem and violence, draws closer.
