Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot was shocked when an Illinois judge officially blocked the city from implementing its vaccine mandate on police officers.
What Happened: Cook county judge Raymond Mitchell sided with Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police(FOP) and issued a restraining order on the city’s vaccine mandate. Judge Mitchell told the Chicago Police Department’s labor unions and city leaders to continue to negotiate an agreement on COVID requirements and restrictions.
There are “two competing public interests, but one interest need not be scuttled in favor of another,” Judge Raymond Mitchell wrote in his ruling, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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