Damn, I wonder why there's such a large overlap between "tough on crime" right-wingers who like to talk shit about a city they think the [redacted]s ruined and people who support what the IDF is doing. Sure is a mystery. Also, taking bets before how long they try to include Johnson as one of their targets in the latest DEI outrage grift.
Guy is following the political wind. Just so happens that Chicago has a large and active Arab voting block as well as a strong progressive movement.
He's as much a consequence of that pressure as any cause of it