U.N. Officials Have 'No Jurisdiction' In Chicago: Top Cop

CHICAGO, IL — Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin met with U.N. officials in New York Thursday for peace-building support. Boykin suggested that peacekeepers come to Chicago to help curb violence. The commissioner met with the U.N.'s assistant-secretary-general for peacebuilding support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, to discuss Chicago violence.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson laughed at the proposal during a Friday news conference.

"I appreciate the commissioner's energy," Johnson said. "But I think that, first of all, the U.N. has no jurisdiction in Chicago — none."

Before he left for New York, Boykin said there's a "quiet genocide" happening in the city's black community.

"We have to do something — black people in Chicago make up 30 percent of the population but 80 percent of those who are killed by gun violence," Boykin said.

Top U.N. officials will visit Chicago to address violence, according to the Fox 32 report, however it's unclear whether peacekeeping troops will be deployed.

Boykin said that not enough is being done to protect Chicago's most vulnerable communities. He cited the more than 600 homicides in 2017.

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