Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot suggests street vendors ditch cash to combat crime

Lori Lightfoot says that street vendors in an area with increased robberies should consider not using cash in transactions to "protect themselves."

"I heard a lot of rhetoric here, a lot of soundbites, but not a lot of concrete solutions on how we get the job done and make our residents and our workers safe. We’re doing it every single day," Lightfoot said. "We have been in Little Village working with those street vendors, understanding what the nature of the crime is, making sure that we’re doing things in concert with them to help them, to make sure that their money is secure. Not use money, if at all possible, using other forms of transactions to carry themselves." Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and on Twitter @asabes10.

The Chicago mayor said that street vendors in Little Village can protect themselves by not using cash in transactions.