Dear Lori Lightfoot: I’m Confused
2020-07-24 – Dear Mayor Lightfoot: I’m confused. Trump threatens to send his storm troopers to Chicago and you supposedly say no. But then you agree to take DEA and FBI […]
Tag Archives: police
A Federal Police Force??? Wait??? What???
2020-07-23 – The weirdest thing happened. Last month the idea of defunding the cops was all the rage (“rage” being a literal term). There was a lot of push back, […]
#Pocalypso | Gun Violence in Chicago
2020-07-01 – Every summer the death toll in Chicago goes up. This year is no exception—even with the virus. And the right-wing loves it. Chicago is their poster child. They […]
#Pocalypso | “Thin Blue Line” Divides the Country
2020-06-17 – Have you seen the “thin blue line” flag that police supporters are waving? I find it weirdly revealing. If I were motivated to rally round the police, I […]
#Pocalypso | Re-Engineering Public Safety
2020-06-08 – If you’re horrified by the idea of “abolishing” or “defunding” police, I hear you. There are some bad people in the world. We need protection. But let me […]
#Pocalypso | If You Don’t Feel Safe In Your Home
2020-06-05 – One of the most frequent justifications I hear for keeping guns in your home is safety. People say they can’t rely on the police to protect their families […]
City of Chicago Still Paying Hush Money to Keep Bad Cops in Business
2016-06-02 – A couple months ago we heard Dean Angelo, president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police, whine that efforts to break the force’s code of silence would hurt morale […]
Now You Need an ID to Report a Crime in Chicago
2016-05-10 – The other day, a friend of the family had his cell phone stolen on a train here in Chicago. He had a few IDs and credit cards attached […]
Zero Tolerance
2016-04-05 – C’mon Chicago. We just got a nominee for police superintendent in Eddie Johnson. He seemed like a decent pick. And today we learn that Eddie’s fiancé is under […]
Fixing the Chicago Police
2016-04-03 – I’m probably not the most objective person about police. I’ve never been arrested or hurt by a cop, but the many encounters I’ve had have been pretty distasteful. […]
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