So I’ve been debating posting this or not but I’m going to. I’ve been struggling to hit the 300 pound mark. That has been my goal for a bit. I decided to weigh myself today & literally started crying. I cannot believe this. I’ve lost 322 pounds!! I still don’t believe it. 🥹🥹
My heart breaks for the men & women of the Chicago Police Department. My heart breaks for the dispatchers working this event. My heart breaks for the members of CFD & staff at Mt Sinai. My heart breaks for the City of Chicago. Tonight, we are all broken 😞😞💔💔
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So nice of
@DollopCoffeeCo
to refuse to allow 2 uniformed, on-duty Chicago Police Officers to use the bathroom today during their tour of duty. This was the Roosevelt & Michigan location. Totally unacceptable. I know where I won’t be buying coffee.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
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Godspeed, Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso. EOW: 1 March 2023 💔
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs law making Illinois the first state to end cash bail at a time crime is skyrocketing in our state. I hope all of you that complain about crime remember this on Election Day. You can’t whine about crime & vote to keep him in office.
There were 37 people shot in Chicago in less than 24 hours. (Source
@w_h_thompson
)
At what point does the mayor start focusing on things happening in Chicago? At what point does he take the gloves off the police and allow them to be the police?
There was a police officer shot in the face yesterday in Chicago yet this was the headline in today’s
@Suntimes
.
Tell me again there’s no agenda against police…
Guys!! Big news!!! I finally weighed myself since surgery.
From surgery to today I’m down 47 pounds. That’s just over 5 weeks.
Total lost: 113 pounds!!
I BROKE THE 100 POUND MARK!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😭😭😭 I literally almost started crying in the doctor’s office.
There are a lot of posts going around right now bashing the mayor & CPD admin. There are lots of rumors & misinformation going around. This time isn’t about that. There will be time for that. This time is about Ella & her partner who still fights for his life. Honor them ⚫️💙⚫️
At South Side rally ft. Bobby Rush, Mayor Lightfoot reiterates, “Any vote coming from the South Side for somebody not named Lightfoot is a vote for Chuy Garcia or Paul Vallas. … If you want them controlling your destiny, then stay home. Then don't vote.”
Sometimes I absolutely hate my job. I wish I could live under a rock & pretend nothing bad ever happens like so many of our woke politicians do that are responsible for the mess were in.
Anyway, hug your kids. Shower them with love. Remember tomorrow is never promised to anyone.
Coming to Illinois 1/1/23. If you vote to re-elect Pritzker who supports this bill then you have no right to complain about crime & safety in your neighborhoods.
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated anyone on my weight loss journey. I saw my surgeon yesterday. I’ve lost 222 pounds, I’m 4 pounds under my goal for this point, and my lab values are looking much better than they did last time.
#Progress
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I’m waiting at my gate to fly home. The pilots are here & are upset that they got a hotel downtown as their layover hotel. One of them literally said “I’m calling them. They have to change us. I don’t feel safe in downtown Chicago.”
So yes, our crime is having repercussions.
I weighed myself at work yesterday and couldn’t believe the number I saw. I’ve lost 18 pounds in just under a month & I’m 9 pounds away from officially losing 300 pounds. 28 pounds until I hit my mid-April goal! (I was also in full uniform including my boots!)
The fucking Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department doesn't even know her name. Her name is ELLA FRENCH. It is NOT Ella Fitzgerald. 😡😡
Say her name.
#EllaFrench
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My heart is broken for the members of the Chicago Fire Dept. I can’t imagine having line of duty deaths on back to back days…
Godspeed to the 2 firefighters that died doing what they love. My thoughts are with their families and the Chicago Fire Dept. ⚫️⚫️❤️⚫️⚫️
This is absolutely insane. ShotSpotter is an amazing tool and countless lives have been saved because of it. One of the worst policy decisions I’ve ever seen someone make.
BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to announce that he won’t renew the city’s controversial contract with ShotSpotter, making good on a key campaign promise to do away with the gunshot detection system that has come under heavy fire.
They fucking shot and killed a 6 year old sitting in a god-damned McDonald’s drive thru waiting on her happy meal. Where’s the protestors from Logan Square? I’m waiting. If Adam’s life mattered to you so much this this 6 year old’s will too. GTFOH with your woke BS.
#Chicago
"Worst Mother of the Year" candidate right here.
A firearm expert testified a bullet extracted from Ofc. Ella French's body came from her son's gun, but whatever......
If you haven’t voted yet make sure to do so! Today is the day we say enough is enough in IL and we
#FirePritzker
.
@DarrenBaileyIL
&
@Trussell4IL
can get IL back on the path it needs to be on.
I ended my day with 8 people shot. 8. In just the small section of the city I worked. Not one of them were shot by the police. 8 people shot and the police are the problem?? I think not.
I know I’ve been really shitty at blogging like I wanted to about my weight loss journey but just to update all of you, I went to the doctor yesterday. Current weight loss is:
85 pounds since surgery 9/16/21
28 pounds since last appt on 11/8/21
151 total lost since 3/24/21
A CPD officer was shot last night. His vest took the hit but he was shot. This happened ~0020. It took until 1208 until I saw anything from the Supt & I’ve seen nothing from the mayor. An officer was shot & it’s just a blurb in a presser to you. Shameful. They deserve better.
Lock 👏🏼 Them 👏🏼 Up
And make their parents come and get them. None of this “drive them home” BS. They can sit there until they can be released to their guardian.
Glad to see CPD being able to do their job.
A few arrests may discourage vandalism, looting, property destruction, drifting, and fighting.
Video: ChitownCrimechasers.
If you have or think you have the name of the officers of tonight’s incident DO NOT post them on social media until an official statement has been released and for the love of God DO NOT tag me in it. I will not comment on it. My thoughts are with the families, both blood & blue.
I was able to fasten my seatbelt without an extender. You have no idea how big of a deal this is for me. I’m 5 pounds away from my next goal and 30 pounds away from where I want to be before I start skin revision. Damn this feels good!!
I just had my 2 year follow up with my bariatric surgeon. Everything looks great and he’s extremely happy with where I’m at. I’m officially under 300 pounds 😌☺️👏🏼👏🏼 I have 21 more pounds to lose by the the end of the year to hit my next goal. Onward and upward 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
I weighed in today. I’m down 4 more pounds. I’m 1 pound away from my goal weight for today. 1 fn pound. 😡
Total lost since 3/24/21 is 167 pounds. I have 51 pounds to loose before 4/17/22 to hit my next goal. I can do it! 💪🏼
#WeightLoss
#BariatricSurgery
#Goals
I couldn’t in good conscience let the Mayor keep walking around in his present set of kicks. So I hit up
@Nike
Chicago and they were kind enough to help me out. The Mayor of Chicago needs Jordan’s on his feet 🤷🏾♂️😂💯💪🏾
I don’t have words. Anything I could say would never be enough to describe the person you are. You’re a hell of a dispatcher and a guy that everyone loved.
#RIP
Lupe.
#Zone10
will never be the same 😞💔
My thoughts are with the men & women of CFD while they navigate the loss of one of their own who died in the line of duty this morning.
Godspeed Firefighter Pelt.
EOW: 04 Apr 2023
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Quit saying the City failed Adam. His mother and family failed him. She failed to report him missing. She failed to stop his gang involvement. The first failure started at home.
Can someone ask
@AldermanSmith43
where she’d like the addition police resources she wants for her ward to come from? I bet some of the 614 positions she voted in favor of cutting could have been a big help to her🤔
Can’t vote to cut the police then call for more police presence
…because you may get shot by a reckless gangbanger who has no regard for human life & I really have no idea how to lead the city nor combat the crime that’s plaguing it.
There. Finished the tweet for her.
“We” didn’t fail Adam. His mother failed him. His family failed him. You failed him as his mayor by making the police less effective. The State’s Attorney failed him by not aggressively prosecuting gun offenders. Quit saying “we” failed him. I didn’t fail Adam.
"Simply put we failed Adam. And we cannot afford to fail one more young person in our city...we have too many damn guns on our streets," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said during a press conference on the police shooting of Adam Toledo.
It’s 7 PM, Chicago. The polls just closed. I really hope all of you voted. I’m hoping in just a few hours Lori will be hiring movers to get her shit out of City Hall and hopefully completely out of the city.
#ElectionDay
#TeamVallas
Not going to lie, seeing the downtown buildings shining bright in blue got to me tonight 😢 My heart continues to break for Ella’s family and all her CPD brothers & sisters. Tomorrow is going to rough. My heart hurts for CPD. I will be here if any of you need anything.
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At some point over the last 2 days I surpassed 6,000 followers. I started my account several years ago as a place to post random thoughts & here we are now. To some 6,000 isn’t a lot but it’s over 6X the population of my hometown. Thank you all. Onward to 7,000…😊💙
In ~96 hours in Chicago 3 law enforcement officers & 1 police K9 have been shot in 3 different incidents. Summer isn’t even truly here yet. We all knew it was going to be rough. It’s due to the lawlessness the mayor, Kim Fox, & the judges allow. Keep our LEOs in your thoughts 💙
Adam Toledo was shot & killed while illegally possessing a firearm & turning toward an officer after fleeing down an alley. Officers were responding to a call of shots fired in the area. He was a threat to public safety. I commend the officers for their actions that night.
Johnson on Lightfoot’s foot pursuit policy that went into effect last summer: “I agree with it. I believe Adam Toledo would be alive if he wasn’t chased down and gunned down and killed.”
I’m about to get blocked/unfollowed but I don’t care….
Who fucking cares??? Honestly, why would someone want a person or company to make or design them something if they really didn’t want to? There are countless other people out there that want the business. Choose them!
#BREAKING
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Colorado cannot require an evangelical Christian web designer to provide same-sex wedding websites that she argued was in violation of her conscience
My thoughts are with the family, friends, & coworkers of the young PO that took her own life this morning.
Mental health is important.
Text NAMI at 741-741 for help or call 800-950-NAMI (6264). For the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call 800-273-TALK (8255).😔
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Tonight we recognized Officer Josh Blas of
@Chicago_Police
’s Community Safety Team, who was partners with Officer Ella French since 2019 & a teammate of Officer Carlos Yanez Jr.
Our hearts remain with the family of fallen Officer French & with Officer Yanez as he recovers.
Anyone else tried of seeing the mayor stand up defending people engaging in crime & not CPD? CPD is going out trying to protect the communities. She cries that she wants guns off the street then she and cries for the criminals and never backs CPD. Can’t have it both ways, Mayor.
Dear CPS,
Please stop calling the police, handle your own shit internally, and cover your own dismissals with counselors not beat cars.
Thanks,
—A citizen who actually wants the police around & shouldn’t have to wait for them because they are covering your dismissals.
Just because you received an endorsement from the Republican Party doesn’t mean you’re a Republican. There aren’t republicans running. They have to endorse someone and that someone wasn’t you 🤷🏼♂️
3 pounds away from my next weight goal.
12 pounds until I’ve officially lost 1/2 of my starting weight.
22 pounds to get where I want to be by mid-April.
I got this 💪🏼💪🏼
@RalphSteven630
@DollopCoffeeCo
Correct, they do have the right to refuse service to anyone they want. Unfortunately that luxury isn’t afforded to the police that will still respond there when they call. I didn’t say they couldn’t refuse service, I just think it’s a bad look and I won’t be supporting them
Seems to me that it’s not the fault of the automaker that these silly kids can’t stop stealing cars. Chase the offenders, lock them up, and keep them in jail.
I hope, in court, Kia & Hyundai crush the city and the lack of consequences for stealing cars.
Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to a man facing several felony charges in connection with the killing of Chicago Police Officer Ella French two years ago.
To all your people that praised business that denied service to police officers (both on & off duty) but are crying about this
#SCOTUS
ruling:
You’re hippocrates. You can’t have it both ways.
A free market economy is the best and this ruling strengthened that.
This is the inside of the 012th district police station. Many of the city’s 22 police districts look like this. I feel sorry for these people. Here legally or not, they still deserve to be housed in better conditions. Where is the money we are spending going? It’s not to housing
This photo is both breathtaking and heartbreaking. My heart breaks for the reason they’re all gathered but the Thin Blue Line Family shows up like none other and seeing this amount of support is absolutely breathtaking.
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Nothing we do, do we do alone. While the
#ThinBlueLine
may bend, the more than 800,000 men and women of law enforcement won't let it break. Not now, not ever. We have the watch from here.
#EndOfWatch
Why the double standard,
@SAKimFoxx
?? You cry out to hold Jason Van Dyke accountable yet you refuse to prosecute others for crimes they are charged with nor ask for longer sentences for them… 🤔🤔
#DoubleStandards
Rest easy Officer French. We’ve got it from here. You will never be forgotten. Your legacy will live on forever.
Ella, you’re a hero.
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#EllaFrench
Great ride on the Green Line this morning, one of the many lines and routes serving people, so that people can better serve and enjoy our city.
I’m committed to our commuters and transit workers, and to making public transit safe, efficient and reliable to keep Chicago moving.
Since Friday in Chicago a CPD officer was shot while attempting to render aid to a shooting victim and a CFD paramedic was shot AT THE HOSPITAL while rendering aid to a shooting victim. Wtf. Crime is down though, right? Just ask Lori & David. They’ll tell ya.
Went to the store to get a new belt because mine is too big & I need to look somewhat presentable tomorrow. Walked out with 2 new belts, a pair of jeans, a polo, & a hoody…& now I’m poor 🤦🏼♂️😂
On the positive side: The jeans are a size I’ve not worn since early high school! 👏🏼💪🏼
Tonight was a much needed. It was nice spending time with a lot of the officers I dispatch. My heart continues to break for them while they grieve, for Ella, for her partner, and the families. ⚫️💙⚫️
#EllaFrench
I’m honored to be the Democratic nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney! Congratulations to Clayton Harris on a hard-fought campaign.
There is so much more that unites us than what divides us. I promise to work tirelessly to help build a safer, stronger Cook County together.
While at dinner tonight with one of my friends who’s a CPD PO, a mom brought her little boy up to say hello & see the police car. It reminded me that there are still decent people in this city. I needed that after dealing with so much negativity. A well deserved PCI! 💙🚓💙
Elections have consequences.
Voting with your feelings instead of you head has consequences.
We are now living with the consequences of multiple failed elections because people voted with based on feelings & emotions and not based on facts.