Perceive This: City Assigns 100 Cops To Wedding Security
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jun 15, 2012 8:20PM
Violence in Chicago has been soaring in recent weeks. Summer heat and outdoor activities and teens released from school are all factors that contribute to an increase in crime at this time of the year. Chicago Police Superintendant Garry McCarthy says a solution to the city's crime rates "is not going to happen overnight," and he says that public concern over escalating crime is just "a perception issue."
Well, perceive this: The city is assigning 100 to 200 police officers to monitor a "high-profile wedding in Kenwood." That'd be the wedding for the daughter of Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, and the city will not be reimbursed by the federal government for providing the extra security. Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed writes:
Translation: The president will be there. Barack Obama and his family will be in town for three days of private, unofficial business — tops of which will be the backyard wedding of senior adviser/inner sanctum best friend Valerie Jarrett’s daughter, Laura.Further translation: A section of Kenwood will be entirely surrounded. The festivities also will include friends gathering at Obama’s Kenwood home and a backyard barbecue at the home of neighbor Allison Davis.
“The cops will be pulled from all districts in the city,” said a source. “Overtime will not be involved.”