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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Chaos reigns over local LEO/FED interactions, almost by design

The Chicago Way

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Way, Wgn, Politics, Kass, Carlin, Jeff, News, Tribune, Plus, News & Politics, The, Chicago, John, Radio, Columnist

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Way w/John Kass (10/13/25): This week, Garry McCarthy – former Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent and current Chief of Police for Willow Springs, IL- joins John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss a disturbing dispatch call involving CPD, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Cook County Sheriffs, & Illinois State […]

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0:00.0

It was last week when it happened.

0:02.6

Chicago police were asked to come to the aid of immigration agents trapped by a mob,

0:10.8

an angry, violent, leftist mob.

0:14.3

And they called for help.

0:16.3

A few came, but it was all confusion.

0:19.1

Now, I'm surprised that it happened, but I know that our next

0:23.4

guest would not have let it happen, were he, superintendent of police, he would have knocked

0:28.6

down the doors himself. Our guest this week is the former police superintendent of Chicago,

0:34.8

Gary McCarthy. Harry is currently chief of police of Willow Springs Police Department right on the

0:41.6

southwest side of the city.

0:43.1

He's got a new show wearing the badge that I highly recommend.

0:48.4

And he's our guest on the Chicago Way podcast.

0:51.8

So this is a guy who lives high on the hog,

0:55.0

and he has this Tammany Hall style attitude to power.

1:00.2

And it is, it's the Chicago Way, absolutely.

1:03.4

The Chicago Way is a deep cultural phenomenon.

1:08.7

It's the Chicago Way.

1:10.3

The Chicago Way, that's the focus. In a tower by Way. The Chicago Way.

1:11.8

That's the focus.

1:12.7

In a tower by the river, there lived a man.

1:15.7

There was a man who took a stand with pen and paper with pen and paper in his hand, defeating foes in every ward with a pen

1:29.6

more mighty than the sword

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