Top cop Garry McCarthy likens federal gun laws to ‘racism’
BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter June 24, 2011 12:56AM
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Updated: September 29, 2011 12:32AM
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy earlier this month told parishioners at St. Sabina’s Church that federal gun laws are akin to “government-sponsored racism.”
“I want you to connect one more dot on that chain of African-American history in this country, and tell me if I’m crazy: Federal gun laws that facilitate the flow of illegal firearms into our urban centers, across this country, that are killing black and brown children,” he said according to an WMAQ-Channel 5 story that aired Thursday.
McCarthy can be heard telling the congregation in the video about the NRA, “The NRA does not like me, and I’m OK with that.” McCarthy went on to say that in the debate about gun control, there has to be “a recognition of who’s paying the price for gun manufacturers being rich and living in gated communities.”
“She was caribou-hunting and talking about the right to bear arms,” McCarthy said. “Why wasn’t she at the crime scene with me?” McCarthy also told parishioners that “everybody is afraid of race. I’m not afraid of race.”
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