A group of city council members in banning rioters who participated in January 6, 2021, an attack on the American Capitol to employ the city in the future after an amnesty for President Donald Trump, was nearly 1500 people who were arrested in the rebellion.
Ald. Martin, Pavilion 47, who sponsors this measure alongside Alds. Gilbert Feljas (Pavilion 36), Chris Talviro (twenty -ninth wing) and Bill Konway (Pavilion 34) said that participation in a violent rebellion to retreat from the elections – and in this process, the attack on law enforcement must be – eligible factors to employ the city, and ” It is important to make this clear. “
“The person who wants to overthrow the government should not be qualified to serve the government,” says the draft decision.
Feljas – who, along with Talavro and Konway, of the old warriors – said that the right they take to defend the United States “has no expiration date.”
“We do not have our weapons … (but) we have a pen salad as legislators,” said Veligas. “I thought it would be very hypocrisy for people who then convicted to want to work for the government – the same process that they tried to eliminate.”
At least 53 people in Illinois faced federalism for their role in riots on January 6. This group includes one Chicago police officer who was dismissed from his position after his conviction. At the time of Trump's amnesty, 43 of 53 Illinois have already been convicted, according to Chicago Sun Times. Trump also directed the American public prosecutor to reject the suspended accusation regulations.
Last week, JB Pritzker, the government agency responsible for recruitment, directed to consider “any participation” in the rebellion on January 6 as a “reputable and disappointing behavior”, which violates the Illinois employees law.
The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson praised the move at an unrelated press conference earlier this week, but he refused to say whether the city would follow its example.
“I praise the ruler of his actions. Johnson said:“ It is the correct measure to be done. ” But what I will say (is) that the public service standard should remain high. “
Johnson has acquired a heat for not moving more aggressively to clarify the officers from the Chicago Police Department who have extremist relationships, including groups that played a major role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, as WBEZ and Sun-Times revealed an investigation.
Johnson said he has no tolerance with officers with relationships with extremist groups.
However, the Office of the Inspector General has repeatedly found the internal investigations of the Chicago Ministry of Police with officers who are members of groups such as other boys, right -wing guards and the three percent “suffering from a material shortage.” Johnson's office refused to implement Oig's recommendations to hold the business squad to address this case.
“He hasn't done it yet, but he must do so,” Veligas said about the formation of the working group. “We want to make sure that when a person's service is provided in Chicago, it is provided for the right reasons.”
The decision is martyred by the city’s rules that allow the discipline of violating the laws of the city and the state and federal laws, and the Commissioner of the Ministry of Human Relations directs to reject or exclude any request submitted that participated in the riots.
The decision applies to those who work in the city's departments, not sister agencies such as Chicago Public Schools, but Martin said that he hopes that sister agencies will adopt similar policies. He said that the people who actively participated in the siege of January 6, but were not charged and condemned as well.
“When we look to combat extremism, we should not only look at the people who were convicted of participating in the January 6 rebellion,” Martin said. “This work will continue.”
Alderpersons plans to submit the procedure at the February City Council meeting.
Tessa Winberg, Maria Wilfil Cover the Chicago government and WBEZ politics.
