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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Hold elected officials accountable for crime, not platitudes

The Chicago Way

WGN Plus

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

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Way w/John Kass (03/20/23): This week, former Cook County and federal prosecutor Bob Milan joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about which strategies and policies the next mayor of Chicago should consider, like holding weekly press conferences to call out elected officials who fail to keep the city safe, like the chief […]

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in the last few days of the political campaign

0:03.5

for mayor of Chicago, the main event

0:06.0

as I've been calling it.

0:07.7

I've also been questioning or raising the subject

0:11.2

that Tony Prakwinkle, a Kim Fox,

0:13.9

and Brendan Johnson are raising in their strategy meeting,

0:17.7

and that is what happens next.

0:20.4

What happens next to criminal justice in Chicago,

0:23.3

since this has been identified by both left and right,

0:27.2

moderates and what remains of a broken media

0:30.7

as the main issue, criminal justice and crime,

0:35.3

is this following.

0:37.7

Politicians have to move forward.

0:40.6

Bellis is moving forward on this issue.

0:43.7

He's going to be calling into account Kim Fox's

0:47.6

state's attorney.

0:49.2

Tim Evans is Chief Judge and the performance

0:53.0

of the Chicago Police Department.

0:55.7

Well, Bellis shouldn't be taking the blame

0:57.5

for what has been, I guess, calcified

1:00.8

is a dangerous situation.

1:04.0

And I can't think of a better guest

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