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Chicago Way w/John Kass: Retired police chief talks SAFE-T Act reforms, Reed case

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4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (12/01/25): This week, retired Police Chief, Tom Weitzel (Riverside), joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about who is to blame for the release of veteran convict Lawrence Reed –who allegedly poured gasoline over 26-year-old Bethany MaGee at random, setting her on fire aboard a Blue Line train– and what […]

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beef, homemade sausage, and only the finest meats. Take it from the butcher's son. For the holidays

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for Christmas, I'm driving across Indiana, into Chicago, and only one place. Joseph's finest

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meats where I'm getting my beef

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for that beautiful standing rib roast

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for Christmas.

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Mm-hmm.

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A family tradition since 1977,

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Chicago, Illinois,

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at the corner of Addison and Nordica, proud sponsor

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of John Cass News and the Chicago Way podcast. So as we pray for Bethany McGee, the poor 26-year-old

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