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CBS Chicago reported that, “[[Chicago]] is the No. 1 most corrupt city in America followed by Los Angeles, according to a new report from the University of Illinois-Chicago. The study was based “on the number of federal corruption convictions between 1976 and 2017.”. The Windy City had 1,731 convictions during that time period, while the Central District of California had 1,534. Meanwhile, the Manhattan area had 1,327 while Miami had 1,165, according to the report. Washington, D.C. had 1,159 (Note: Miami's mayor is Francis Suarez who is a registered Republican, but the Office of Mayor is officially non-partisan; he was preceded by another registered Republican,Tomas P. Regalado).”
CBS Chicago reported that, “[[Chicago]] is the No. 1 most corrupt city in America followed by Los Angeles, according to a new report from the University of Illinois-Chicago. The study was based “on the number of federal corruption convictions between 1976 and 2017.”. The Windy City had 1,731 convictions during that time period, while the Central District of California had 1,534. Meanwhile, the Manhattan area had 1,327 while Miami had 1,165, according to the report. Washington, D.C. had 1,159 (Note: Miami's mayor is Francis Suarez who is a registered Republican, but the Office of Mayor is officially non-partisan; he was preceded by another registered Republican,Tomas P. Regalado).”
===New York City===
The head of [[NYPD]] Sergeants' Benevolent Association wrote to the New York City police commissioner during [[2020 Leftwing riots]]:
{{quotebox|It is with tremendous frustration and disappointment that I write on behalf of the struggling officers of the New York City Police Department who are under sustained and unprovoked attack from violent protesters in the streets; from armed and uncontrollable [[riot]]ers; from the Governor’s office, whose statements against police officers statewide emboldens further rioting; from the lack of City leadership, which has failed to demand much needed reinforcement to restore order and take back the City; and from the lack of clear and direct instruction from the NYPD hierarchy on how police officers are expected to restore calm....
We run from disturbance to disturbance, fire to fire, looting to looting, exposing our own lives and limbs to maiming and permanent injury, only to be told that we have failed to protect the City. We arrest those that we can, move those who are willing, and try to prevent further chaos everywhere. It is not a sustainable endeavor. We are, simply put, outnumbered....
The City’s curfew is, simply put, unenforceable. We obviously cannot engage and arrest every citizen we see on the street after 8:00 PM. If we cannot enforce it, we should not impose it: such a practice makes police officers look weak and ineffective, which emboldens [[criminal]] behavior and, as we have seen repeatedly, the targeting of police officers. Indeed, as we learned last night when one of my members was intentionally run over and suffered two broken legs,<ref>https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1267700038991351808</ref> a broken shoulder and a fractured elbow when responding to an ambush 911 call, even answering a radio run has become a life-threatening challenge for the NYPD....
We must take immediate decisive, concerted and coordinated steps to rid the City of this [[violence]] and restore peace. If additional outside assistance is needed, call for it. If more officers should be deployed, deploy them. If more equipment is necessary, provide it. If greater force against looters, vandals and rioters is warranted, authorize it. What are you waiting for?
What this Department cannot do is stay the course: our efforts to take back the city from the lawless have thus far failed miserably. Now, decisive and resolute measures must be implemented to enable us to restore order immediately, without further destruction or injury.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/megan-fox/2020/06/03/nypd-union-president-says-we-are-losing-the-city-while-cuomo-and-de-blasio-play-politics-n488421</ref>}}
===Baltimore, Maryland===
===Baltimore, Maryland===