It started out peaceful enough. So much so that Drudge reported, "Only 1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Chicago." A woman was killed and four men wounded in five separate shootings between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 4 a.m. Saturday. via Chicago Tribune. It wasn't even that warm. But...
Crime
Derrick Smith Using William Beaver’s Defense
Today's Story: Victor Henderson, the lawyer for accused Illinois State Representative Derrick Smith tells "The Don and Roma Show" on WLS, that the reason federal authorities charged Smith with bribery, was because they wanted him to give up information about possible...
Clout Boosts Ex-Police Chief $30k per Year
The Machine taking care of its own: At first blush, a pension bill adopted by the General Assembly in 2007 seemed to have a laudable goal: extending retirement benefits to local police force employees’ widows after they remarried. But buried within the legislation was...
McCarthy (Rahm) Shakes-up Police Brass (Not Really)
This past week Rahm launched an ambitious plan to revitalize the city. However in order to make that work, he must first prevent Chicago from becoming Gotham. The post below talks about how the lack of enough police officers is causing a false reduction in the...