Chicago alderman slams the murder capital's 'disregard for human life'

Lopez blamed Johnson and other politicians for what he called Chicago's "disregard for human life."

"For the 13th year in a row right now, the disregard for human life is so high in the city of Chicago that you can literally have a group of 100 teens enjoying a warm day and almost expect at least two or three to be shot," Lopez said. 

"And we, in fact, saw that just two days ago, where a 15-year-old was shot in a crowd walking down the Magnificent Mile," Lopez continued. "And many of our politicians, like Brandon Johnson and others, continue to make excuses, continue to rationalize this behavior, as opposed to hold them and their parents accountable for what's going on."

Lopez accused the mayor of lying about true crime statistics, blaming the reported decreases in crime on fewer people calling the police. 

"People aren't calling 911 anymore," Lopez stated. "People are afraid. Police are unable to do their job because of cancellation of gunshot detection technology and other things."

"You have entrepreneurs trying to pursue the American dream and are being vandalized, shoplifted and destroyed simply because of the location, because the mayor refuses to call out communities for the behavior that's going on in them," Lopez contended.

"When you look at the robberies, the battery, the assaults, people are simply not calling 911 anymore," Lopez insisted. "And if that is what you're putting your victory lap on, that people refused to call 911, then you are doing a very poor job as mayor and truly don't understand the fact that crime has not changed, just people's accustomed accommodating it has."