{"id":152,"date":"2026-07-17T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:15:10","slug":"in-a-guest-commentary-tom-weitzel-explains-the-consequences-of-police-leaders-retreating-from-leadership-weitzel-argues-chaos-fills-a-void-left-by-weak-leadership-https-www-chicagocontra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"\u200bIn a guest commentary, Tom Weitzel explains the consequences of police leaders retreating from leadership. Weitzel argues chaos fills a void left by weak leadership. https:\/\/www.chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/leadership-not-negotiation-police-leaders-lead\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a guest commentary, Tom Weitzel explains the consequences of police leaders retreating from leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzel argues chaos fills a void left by weak leadership.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/leadership-not-negotiation-police-leaders-lead\">chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/l\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Link<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/leadership-not-negotiation-police-leaders-lead\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nitter.net\/pic\/card_img%2F2078134211748188161%2FlP8_N-2M%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3D800x419\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Leadership Is Not a Negotiation. It Is Time for Police Leaders to Step up and Lead | Chicago&#8230;<\/b><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For police to be effective, bold and principled leadership is essential.<\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/leadership-not-negotiation-police-leaders-lead\">chicagocontrarian.com<\/a><\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a guest commentary, Tom Weitzel explains the consequences of police leaders retreating from leadership. Weitzel argues chaos fills a void left by weak leadership. chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/l\u2026 Link Leadership Is Not a Negotiation. It Is Time for Police Leaders to Step up and Lead | Chicago&#8230; For police to be effective, bold and principled leadership is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cnn-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}