Catanzara suggested that if the city does enforce its requirement and many union members refuse to comply with it, “It’s safe to say that the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50% or less for this weekend coming up.”
In the video, Catanzara instructs officers to file for exemptions to receiving the vaccine but to not enter that information into the city’s vaccine portal. He said that although he has made clear his vaccine status, “I do not believe the city has the authority to mandate that to anybody, let alone that information about your medical history.”
During a news conference Wednesday, Lightfoot accused Catanzara of spreading false information and dismissed most of his statements as “untrue or patently false.” She said Covid-19 vaccines are proven to be effective and that getting vaccinated would protect city workers and their families. “What we’re focused on is making sure that we maximize the opportunity to create a very safe workplace,” Lightfoot said. “The data is very clear. It is unfortunate that the FOP leadership has chosen to put out a counter-narrative. But the fact of the matter is, if you are not vaccinated, you are playing with your life, the life of your family, the life of your colleagues and members of the public.
Hé is causing people to lose their lives.
Fire him first
Fire them all!
Shame! No serving and protecting if your cant get a simple shot. Terrible you would rather endanger people , by being un vax. Shame
They should not be paying these unvaccinated policemen who die with covid 19 in the line of duty pay to their families I as a taxpayer don't want my money going to fund and line duty pay for the d bags.
The unvaccinated policeman that died in our city from covid 19, Are getting in line of duty pay fordine while being a policeman due to comb with 19.
More spoiled behavior from the police class.
It’s people like this that need to be removed from positions of authority. Get vaxed or get axed ! It’s not about rights it’s about protecting everyone. Which by the way all police take an oath to do when they are given a badge. If they defy the oath they don’t deserve the badge
Don’t be surprised if a well armed mob smashes the doors at Chicago City Hall in the quest for “freedom”.
sure, just have your staff wander through the city with a plague
Acab
Despicable
flyhyland Yeah…what’s the point in obeying any law meant to protect society.
Don't every let anti-vaxxers tell you they are patriots. THEY ARE NOT. They are traitors to our nation.
Fire them
What happen when those sworn to protect&serve rules&orders defy order that save lives? can they be trusted? Are they authoritarians? chicagotribune Suntimes GovPritzker SenatorDurbin SenDuckworth maddow tribelaw CongressmanRaja RepUnderwood RepKinzinger JillWineBanks
Fire him. If this is his message about vaccines can you imagine the message he gives about shooting blacks and other parts of his job “to serve and protect” chicagosmayor
Molting from the shell, called duty, has come to be seen. Moulting should lead to evolution. There is nothing certain at this stage, It adds to the confusion of irrelevant programs. You should also consider the fear of blindly following an uncertain program.
Why?
All Trumpists
This is what insubordination looks like, these anti-science people is the reason we are in this mess in the first place!
Great, clean house and let them get mall cop jobs.
All the police officers have to do is comply. That’s it. Simple.
lots of able bodied men and women who would love a great paying job with benefits and pension.. enjoy your unpaid leave. ps the union needs to also declare or be put on unpaid leave!
These guys are proving Kaep was more right than we realized. The leaders are radicalized.
Might be worth mentioning his predecessor died of covid two days ago.
If they follow through, I hope they're fired.
Can anyone say it any louder that he is a right wing libertarian brown shirt that should not be a cop?
Just get the vax. This is stupid. Main one telling people not to resist and comply.
Curious the fate of the lawsuit after he dies of COVID-19 I guess I should say that would be tragic as supposed to do so.
Too many cops don't want to enforce the law - they want to be the law. This is one of them.
They work with the public. They definitely needs to get vaccinated.
Sad 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Shame CrushCOVID
Cops should not be allowed to politicize a life saving vaccine. They need to be fired & replaced with good cops who want to serve & protect their communities. Fire them ASAP! There are plenty of people who want to be cops & are willing to do whatever they can to actually protect!
What happened to protect and serve
These same cops enforce arbitrary rules like jaywalking, loitering, speeding, etc... 🤔
So they're not into really protecting the public...who knew?
Crime rate will go down .
DeDumbThePolice
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