Chicago 'defund the police' politician protected by police amid shooting, accused of hiding incident

Toni Preckwinkle, a prominent Chicago Democrat who has condemned “systemic racism” in police departments and pushed to redirect funding away from law enforcement, has suggested she was herself a victim in a carjacking incident involving her security detail late last month – an incident that only became public knowledge on Wednesday.

Republican Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison told Fox News that commissioners routinely receive alerts for major and minor crimes and violence in the area, but this incident remained under wraps. He suggested that Preckwinkle may have covered up the incident. He also suggested that it was hypocritical of Preckwinkle to criticize police while maintaining her own security detail.

"I was at my home and I heard gunshots," Preckwinkle said during a budget briefing on Wednesday. "I think it's important to say that this is a pending investigation. I can confirm that there was a violent incident two weeks ago. A member of my security detail was sitting outside my home, in his police vehicle."