Gunfire echoed through Chicago while politicians chose a battlefield. As bodies were counted after Labor Day weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson quietly signed an executive order that tells Trump’s federal agents: keep out. No shared patrols. No shadow arrests. No masked cops. Supporters call it courage. Critics call it chaos. Now the courts, and the stree…
In a city already scarred by gun violence, Johnson’s order is a gamble with enormous stakes. By limiting cooperation with federal agents and insisting Chicago police remain fully identifiable, badged, and on camera, he is betting that transparency and local control will build trust where fear and anger now dominate. His allies see a necessary line in the sand against a White House they believe is more interested in spectacle than solutions.
