{"id":34337,"date":"2025-09-03T12:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/?p=34337"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:37:19","slug":"chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-appoints-notorious-gang-member-lil-slim-reaper-as-new-police-chief-amid-record-murder-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-appoints-notorious-gang-member-lil-slim-reaper-as-new-police-chief-amid-record-murder-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Appoints Notorious Gang Member &#8216;Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper&#8217; As New Police Chief Amid Record Murder Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, ILLINOIS &#8211; In a move that has left residents both bewildered and unsurprised, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced today that &#8220;Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper,&#8221; a 32-year-old member of the notorious &#8220;Bloods of Englewood&#8221; gang, will be the city&#8217;s new police chief. The appointment comes as Chicago experiences its highest murder rate in decades, with over 1,000 homicides already this year-many of which remain unsolved.<\/p>\n<p>Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper, whose real name is DeAndre Jackson, has a resume that includes 17 felony arrests, 5 convictions, and a tattoo of a handgun on his neck. His gang nickname is derived from his alleged role in a 2018 drive-by shooting that left three dead and six injured outside a South Side funeral home. Despite this,<a href=\"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/chicago-mayor-distracts-from-anti-white-discrimination-practices-with-anti-asian-discrimination-practices\/\"> Mayor Brandon Johnson<\/a> praised Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper as &#8220;a true community leader&#8221; who &#8220;understands the streets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper&#8217;s leadership, the Chicago Police Department will reportedly shift its focus from solving crimes to &#8220;reimagining policing&#8221; through community outreach programs-primarily involving free handguns and crack cocaine for at-risk youth. When asked how this would address the city&#8217;s skyrocketing violence, Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper replied, &#8220;Man, them bodies just bodies. We ain&#8217;t got time for that. We gotta build trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that the appointment is symbolic of Mayor Johnson&#8217;s broader approach to crime, which includes defunding police units and diverting funds to social programs. &#8220;It&#8217;s like he&#8217;s trying to make Chicago the Detroit of the Midwest,&#8221; said Alderman Tom Tunney. &#8220;But hey, at least the gang violence will be more organized now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper&#8217;s first act as chief was to announce that all police uniforms will now include gold chains and bandanas, &#8220;to show we&#8217;re down with the struggle.&#8221; His second act was to fire half the police force for &#8220;not being black enough,&#8221; replacing them with untrained, violent gang affiliates from his neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about the ethics of hiring a convicted felon to lead law enforcement, Mayor Brandon Johnson scoffed, &#8220;Ethics? Man, that&#8217;s just code for &#8216;racist.&#8217; We&#8217;re breaking barriers here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chicago residents are advised to remain indoors after dark and to memorize the phone numbers of local funeral homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, ILLINOIS &#8211; In a move that has left residents both bewildered and unsurprised, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced today that &#8220;Lil&#8217; Slim Reaper,&#8221; a 32-year-old member of the notorious &#8220;Bloods of Englewood&#8221; gang, will be the city&#8217;s new police chief. The appointment comes as Chicago experiences its highest murder rate in decades, with over 1,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41,84,1114],"class_list":["post-34337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-crime","tag-police","tag-rated-pg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}