>> BACK NOW WITH A FOX NEWS
ALERT.
A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER HAS
BEEN SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
POLICE SAY THE OFFICER WAS SHOT
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
HE IS RIGHT NOW HOSPITALIZED IN
SERIOUS, BUT STABLE CONDITION.
THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK
AN OFFICER HAS BEEN SHOT IN
CHICAGO IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
OVER IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE,
THIS WEEKEND, AT LEAST THREE
PEOPLE DIED IN A CHAOTIC SCENE
OUTSIDE A BAR AFTER BEING SHOT
AT AND HIT BY CARS.
IN PHILADELPHIA, SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS CAPTURED PEOPLE RUNNING
FOR COVER WHEN MULTIPLE SHOOTERS
OPENED FIRE IN A CROWDED SOUTH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD.
STREET NEIGHBORHOOD.
LISTEN.
AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN THOSE SHOOTINGS.
SO FAR, POLICE HAVE NOT MADE ANY
ARRESTS.
BUT NOW PHILLY’S DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IS CALLING FOR
IMMEDIATE GUN CONTROL MEASURES,
TWEETING THIS MORNING, QUOTE,
THE TERRIBLE CRIMES LAST NIGHT
ON SOUTH STREET TELL OUR
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATORS IT IS
TIME FOR REAL ACTION.
BOYCOTT NRA LOBBYISTS.
BOYCOTT NRA DONATIONS AND BRING
REAL COMMON SENSE GUN REGULATION
TO PENNSYLVANIA NOW.
MEANWHILE THE L.A. DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IS WALKING BACK HIS
PRONOUNCEMENT THAT THE SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT THERE AGREED TO A
FIVE-MONTH PROBATION CAMP
SENTENCE FOR A TEEN WHO MOWED
DOWN A MOM AND INFANT WITH HIS
CAR.
GASCON NOW TELLING FOX NEWS
DIGITAL, QUOTE, NEED TO CORRECT
OUR STATEMENT FROM YESTERDAY.
LASD WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE
DECISION ON THE FELONY CHARGE AS
THEY WERE NOT THE INVESTIGATING
AGENCY IN THAT -- [INAUDIBLE].
GIANNO, TAKING IT TO YOU FIRST,
CHICAGO BEING, YOU KNOW, YOUR
HOMETOWN, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I’M DISGUSTED BY THE VIOLENCE
THAT CONTINUES IN MY HOMETOWN.
THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SAID
THERE WERE OVER 76 OFFICERS
EITHER SHOT OR SHOT AT IN 2021
ALONE.
THERE WERE OVER 800 HOMICIDES IN
2021.
I THINK BACK TO JUST SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, MY YOUNGER BROTHER ON
A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS IN A
CAR WITH TWO OF HIS FRIENDS WHEN
TWO MEN WALKED UP AND SHOT THE
CAR 25 TIMES.
THANK GOD MY LITTLE BROTHER
LIVED, BUT HIS BEST FRIEND DIED
IN HIS ARMS.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> THESE POLICIES -- IT IS
TERRIBLE.
THESE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN
PERPETRATED BY THE COOK COUNTY
PROSECUTOR KIM FOX WHERE SHE’S
ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH FELONY
CASES OF MURDER AND RAPE, SHE’S
DROPPED 25,000 OF THOSE
PARTICULAR CASES.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE THESE
SOFT ON CRIME MEASURES, YOU WILL
NEVER GET THE CRIME PROBLEM
UNDER CONTROL, WHETHER IT BE IN
CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, DETROIT,
WHEREVER IT MAY BE, THESE
POLICIES MUST CHANGE, AND THEY
GOT TO GET TOUGH, AND THEY GOT
TO GET TOUGH IMMEDIATELY,
OTHERWISE WE’RE GOING TO SEE
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE DYING IN
THE STREETS DAILY.
>> I’M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT,
GIANNO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SHOCKING HORRIFIC.
RAYMOND, OVER IN PHILLY, THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS CALLING FOR
GUN CONTROL.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT STEVE
SCALISE SAID THIS MORNING ON FOX
NEWS SUNDAY.
>> LOOK IN CALIFORNIA, THEY HAD
A BILL TO RAISE THE AGE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND A
FEDERAL COURT RULED IT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
SO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO DOWN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ROUTES, WHY
DON’T WE LOOK AT WHY MORE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS?
WE NEED TO GET MORE KIDS ENGAGED
IN ALERTING AUTHORITIES IF THEY
SEE SOMETHING THEY’RE CONCERNED
ABOUT AND LET AUTHORITIES TAKE
ACTION IF IT’S NECESSARY AND TRY
TO INTERVENE AND STOP SOMETHING
BEFORE IT HAPPENS INSTEAD OF
IMMEDIATELY RUSHING TO TAKE THE
RIGHTS OF GUN OWNERS AWAY.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> STEVE SCALISE IS MY
CONGRESSMAN.
HE WAS VICTIMIZED IN THAT
CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL YARD
SHOOTING --
>> I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.
OF COURSE.
>> THEY OPENED FIRE ON STEVE
SCALISE, SO HE REALLY SPEAKS
FROM AUTHORITY HERE.
WHAT HE’S SAYING WE SHOULD BEAR
IN MIND, AS ANYBODY WHO HAS GONE
TO GUN SHOWS, AS I HAVE, YOU
WILL FIND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO
CREATE MORE BACKGROUND CHECKS.
WHEN YOU GET IN LINE AND GO TO
PURCHASE A GUN, MANY TIMES YOU
WILL SEE GRANDMOTHERS OR
GIRLFRIENDS BUYING THE GUNS FOR
OTHER PEOPLE, SO I DON’T KNOW
HOW THOSE BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL
CLEAR UP THE PROBLEM GUNS
SPREADING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT SEEMS TO ME WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THESE CASES, WHETHER IN CHICAGO,
CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, PHILADELPHIA, OR
HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, THERE’S A
CHEAPNESS TO LIFE TODAY AND OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE SOMEHOW BELIEVE
THAT LIFE CAN JUST BE THROWN OFF
OVER A DISAGREEMENT AND THAT
COPS HAVE NO VALUE AT ALL AND
THEY CAN OPEN FIRE ON POLICE OR
TAKE THEM ON.
WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO STAND
UP AND TEACH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE IT.
AND THE PROSECUTORS HAVE TO JUMP
IN AND PROSECUTE THESE CRIMES,
AND WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO
STAND BEHIND THEM OR THIS WILL
NEVER GO AWAY.
>> CRIMES LIKE THIS HAVE MANY
VICTIMS, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE DIRECTLY PHYSICALLY HURT.
DR. SAPHIER, THAT BRINGS ME TO
YOU, WHILE RAYMOND WAS TALKING,
I WAS THINKING YOU KNOW WHO HAS
TO CLEAN UP THE MESS IS YOUR
COLLEAGUES IN YOUR PROFESSION
WHO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHIPPED INTO
EMERGENCY ROOMS IN ALL THESE
CITIES EVERY NIGHT WITH GUNSHOT
WOUNDS, STAB WOUNDS.
WHAT IS THE THINKING AMONG YOUR
COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW TO CONFRONT
THIS EPIDEMIC?
>> GILLIAN, I SPENT OVER A
DECADE TRAINING AT A LEVEL 1
ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
CENTER.
I CAN TELL YOU, VIOLENCE IS NOT
NEW TO OUR COUNTRY, BUT WE ARE
CERTAINLY HAVING A CRIME WAVE
RIGHT NOW.
IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
WE ARE HAVING A VIOLENT SURGE.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHY.
WE HAVE HISTORIC HOMICIDE RATES
IN 2020.
BLOODSHED CONTINUED THROUGHOUT
21 AND WE’RE SEEING IT IN 22.
COVID HAPPENED.
THE BASIC OF OUR LIVES WERE
UPENDED, RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT,
CHILDREN BEING TAKEN OUT OF
SCHOOL, NO EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES.
THERE’S NOTHING FOR THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE TO DO.
WE HAVEN’T MADE IT A PRIORITY TO
GET THEM BACK IN STRUCTURE.
CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, PEOPLE
REQUIRE STRUCTURE AND ALSO
REQUIRE ECONOMIC STABILITY.
WHEN YOU HAVE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS,
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND FEARFUL
THAT MAYBE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO
PAY FOR YOUR FAMILY, WITH THAT
WILL COME CRIME.
WITH THAT WILL COME VIOLENCE.
THE PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE WHAT
CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
AMERICANS FEEL STABLE AND SECURE
AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
PREDISPOSED TO GO OUT AND HAVE
VIOLENCE?
WHAT ALSO HAPPENED IN PARALLEL
WAS THE COMPLETE DEVALUATION
LIKE RAYMOND SAID FOR RESPECT
FOR COPS THROUGH ALL THE
MOVEMENTS THAT HAPPENED
THROUGHOUT COVID AND
UNFORTUNATELY IT’S LEFT US IN A
VERY DIFFICULT POSITION, AND
HOSPITALS ARE STRUGGLING WITH
IT.
YOU JUST SAW WE HAD SHOOTINGS AT
A MEDICAL CENTER.
YOU KNOW, IT IS -- IT’S VERY
FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU HEAR WE
NEED TO TALK GUN CONTROL, GUN
CONTROL, GUN CONTROL.
YES, OKAY, WE CAN HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
BUT CHECKING LITTLE BOXES LIKE
RAYMOND IS SAYING BY JUST DOING
STRONGER BACKGROUND CHECKS,
THAT’S NOT GOING TO FIX IT.
IT IS A FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEM
THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE WHITE
HOUSE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT TO
MAKE SURE AMERICANS CAN AFFORD
THE BASICS OF LIFE.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME
CONSENSUS ON CAPITOL HILL NOW
BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS GATHERING THAT MENTAL
HEALTH IS A MAJOR EPIDEMIC THAT
NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT ESPECIALLY
AMONG KIDS, THOSE PEOPLE UNDER
18, A LOT OF THAT COMING ON THE
HEELS OF COVID.