Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle and Oak Park lawyer Richard Boykin clashed Wednesday during a ChicagoTonight candidate forum.
Boykin, who was a fierce critic of Preckwinkle while he represented the 1st District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners between 2014-18, said Preckwinkle’s effort to reduce the number of people held before their trials in Cook County jail was the wrong approach.
Preckwinkle said the county planned to spend $65 million on violence prevention plans during three years to address the root causes of crime, and prevent people from reoffending.Boykin said he would “stiffen the penalties” for those who are convicted of carrying a gun and prevent their release on electronic monitoring.“The big challenge in Chicago is the corrosive relationship between police and community,” Preckwinkle said. “That is a long-standing challenge in Chicago.
Crime rose in 2020 across the nation because of the trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic collapse it triggered. Boykin said the surge in crime had fueled a “mass exodus from Cook County.” Boykin said more than 2 million people had left the county in recent years. Boykin said that while the program was “well intentioned,” it amounted to “just a drop in the bucket” because it would only help 3,250 households for two years, while tens of thousands of county residents live in poverty. He said that money would be better spent helping children being raised by single parents and grandparents.
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