Episode Details

Monty Bennett, CEO of Ashford Inc., philanthropist, and chairman of two major hotel REITs, joins The Steve Gruber Show to react to shocking reports out of Chicago, where police were allegedly told not to assist federal agentsunder attack. An internal dispatch reportedly shows a patrol chief refusing to send help as agents were rammed and surrounded by armed mobs. Bennett and Gruber discuss what this says about law enforcement leadership, public safety, and the growing breakdown of order in America’s big cities, and why local politics are failing those on the front lines.