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Chicago – 25 August 2025
1. Wide of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker walking toward a taxi boat at the Chicago river
2. Wide of the bridge over the Chicago river and a boat in the water
3. SOUNDBITE (English) JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor:
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“So in case there was any doubt as to the motivation behind Trump’s military occupations, take note. 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rate have Republican governors. None of these cities is Chicago.”
4. Close and tilt up of news conference pulpit with sign reading (English): “Chicago the city of big shoulders”
5. Wide of community leaders standing behind the speakers
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor:
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“As the mayor of the city I can tell you that Chicagoans are not calling for military occupation. They are calling for the same thing we’ve been calling for for some time, and that’s investment."
7. Medium of Illinois U.S. senators, Democrats Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kwame Raoul, Illinois Attorney General:
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“It’s possible that deploying members of the U.S. Military against Americans could be the most egregious violation yet. It is immoral and it is dangerous. And we will use every legal tool to fight any unlawful deployment of the military against our American citizens in the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.”
9. Medium of a boat moving in the Chicago river
10. SOUNDBITE (English) JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor:
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“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.”
11. Wide of the Chicago river and some skyscrapers
STORYLINE:
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and numerous other elected Democrats gathered near the banks of the Chicago River Monday and blasted the administration’s plans to send the military to Chicago, calling it illegal and unconstitutional.
“So in case there was any doubt as to the motivation behind Trump’s military occupations, take note. 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rate have Republican governors. None of these cities is Chicago,” Pritzker said.
Before the press conference, Gov. Pritzker took a Chicago water taxi from down the Chicago river to show members of the press how safe the city is.
Overall, violent crime in Chicago dropped significantly in the first half of 2025, representing the steepest decline in over a decade, according to police data. Shootings and homicides were down more than 30% in the first half of the year compared to the same time last year, and total violent crime dropped by over 22%.
Mayor Johnson said Chicago is being targeted by the Trump administration ”because of what and who we represent.”
Others in attendance included the U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, along with pastors, activists and congressmen.
Pritzker and Johnson have both said they’ll sue over the deployment. But Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said it was unclear when that would happen.
“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago,” Pritzker said. “You are neither wanted here nor needed here.”
AP Video shot by Obed Lamy
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