Lori Lightfoot blasted over Chicago police scanner blocking: 'Doesn't want people to know what's going on'
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'The Five' co-hosts discuss Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocking both the media and the public from being able to monitor police scanners used to cover local crime.
Lightfoot announced in mid-December the city would transition toward the use of an encrypted radio frequency accessible only to those with a decryption key. Ashley Carnahan is a production assistant at Fox News Digital.
The mayor hit back at critics who said the move is a form of censorship, arguing it's about police safety.
"If it's unencrypted and there's access, there's no way to control criminals who are going to also get access, listen in, and adjust their criminal behavior in response to the information that's being communicated," she said at a press conference.
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