Brandon Johnson, who's seeking to become Chicago's next mayor, struggled this week to defend past comments he made that signaled support for the “defund the police” movement.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued to buck Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a pledge not to cooperate with them on ...

“It was 87% that say, ‘Yeah, defund,'” Johnson said in October 2020, citing a city budget survey that showed 87% of 38,000 respondents supported reallocating Chicago police funds. “Look ...

On a radio show he hosted in 2020, Johnson criticized Lightfoot and former President Barack Obama for dismissing the defund movement as a "snappy slogan," according to a Chicago Tribune report.

“It was 87% that say, ‘Yeah, defund,’” Johnson said in October 2020, citing a city budget survey that showed 87% of 38,000 respondents supported reallocating Chicago police funds. “Look ...

Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson had one thing in common during a Tuesday debate focused on public safety: They both denied making controversial comments attributed to them.

Brandon Johnson, who has been vocal supporting defund the police and redirecting resources to fund other programs, now says this: “I said it was a political goal. I never said it was mine ...

Allies of newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are pushing for a $12 billion financial package that would raise taxes for certain residents in the city in an effort to “fund a just Chicago." ...

Cook County Board Commissioner Brandon Johnson was taken to task this week for past supportive comments about the "defund the police" movement as crime and public safety concerns hang over the ...

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He tapped retired police Cmdr. Fred Waller, who is popular among rank-and-file officers, to serve as interim leader of the Chicago Police Department.Johnson has the final say on the city's next ...

Asked at a Monday campaign stop if he would reduce the $1.94 billion Chicago Police Department budget, Johnson did not say. Nor would he address his past comments on the defund movement.