Illinois Law: Police can’t respond to a mental health crisis

By: Diane Benjamin The left thinks “social workers” should respond to mental health crisis calls. This proves they are wrong yet again: https://champaignil.gov/2025/09/05/champaign-police-arrest-man-after-knife-attack-injures-three-medical-personnel/ That government issued release of course leaves out some details. The story does say Fire and EMT personnel were dispatched to a call for a 23 year old experiencing a mental health […]

Avoid Downtown Champaign

By: Diane Benjamin Downtown Champaign can’t get much cuter. It has lots of restaurants, bars, arts, and small businesses. It is also a dangerous place. Gangs are waging war against each other. Friday afternoon a 17 year old was killed and 4 wounded in a parking lot as mourners gathered after the funeral of another […]

Is Stalin running Champaign?

This will be a national story:  (except for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, or MSNBC) https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/03/13/illinois-mayor-may-ban-firearms-ammunition-as-part-of-emergency-over-wuhan-virus-n2564916 By:  Diane Benjamin The Champaign City Council held an emergency meeting this morning to respond to Corona virus.  What did Champaign do when 60,000,000 Americans contracted the Swine Fly and 18,000 died?  Anyone?  Anything?  This is an obvious abuse of […]