Chicago mayor slammed for declaring transfemicide state of emergency despite being a small fraction of citys 200 murders this year

Woke Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared he was reupping the city’s “Trans Femicide State of Emergency” to highlight acts of violence against transgender women, seemingly ignoring the dozens of weekly shootings taking place under his watch.His social media posting announcing the initiative drew widespread mockery as critics pointed out his bizarre focus on a small population as the city is plagued by dozens of weekly shootings primarily involving Chicagoans of color.Johnson’s declaration suggests an ongoing epidemic of trans murders.There have been 14 transgender people were killed in Chicago between 2016 and 2024, according to the Chicago Public Media-owned Chicago Sun-Times.So far this year, Chicago has recorded 198 homicides — the vast majority of whom are men.“For too many transgender Chicagoans, the sense of belonging they deserve in their city has been denied by exclusion and barriers to opportunity in spaces that should feel safe and welcoming,” Johnson wrote on X Sunday.“Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has strengthened the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans.

This framework builds on that work by centering the voices and lived experiences of trans Chicagoans to chart a path toward a safer, more connected city.”“Transfemicide” is defined as the “targeted killing of a transgender woman motivated by transphobic and misogynistic hatred.” The city first implemented the state of emergency in 2024.On the weekend of his posting, 39 people were shot, six of them fatally, including an incident where an SUV pulled up to a crowd and opened fire, wounding 12 people ranging in age from 17-47.Johnson’s X post drew thousands of derisive comments, many of them accusing the mayor of attempting to shift focus away from the city’s pervasive gang violence and shootings problem onto a niche identity politics issue the numbers do not support.“What are you on about? Transfemicide? That’s not a t...