Will Chicago issue bulletproof backpacks to kids?

[Counselor706]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some community activists in Chicago want children to carry bulletproof backpacks in an effort to stem the growing number of young gun violence victims.

Violence Interrupters Executive Director Tio Hardiman asked during a press conference Thursday morning outside Chicago Police Headquarters for Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot to introduce measures to provide body armor to kids.

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[FescueFan]

Don't police the criminals, that would be racist!!!!

Get body armor for the kids instead

 

[SissySalina]

As long as someone else pays for them.

 

[FescueFan]

As long as someone else pays for them.

Nope, Chicago tax payers pay, because policing is racist. Couldn't happen to a better town.

 

[Trump_Virus]

What a fucked up country where kids need to wear kevlar to school and people think that it's a good solution.

 

[Com9licity]

Pointless!

Have you felt the weight of a childs backpack with books etc?! Throw in the weight of body armor... Waaaaaay too heavy to be practical!

Second, have you seen these backpacks? the way they are constructed with the kevlar etc there isn't even room for the kids' books!

Another gimmick that someone is trying to cash in with!

There... I've said my tuppence worth!
I'm going to sit in the corner now and have a nice quiet cup of tea to calm me!