Editorial: Any way you cut it, significant real police reform is coming to Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times*

May 25, 2021

"The people of Chicago will always demand action from the mayor, not some semi-anonymous elected board, when crime rates soar or the police screw up. Strip any mayor of that most basic power — the authority to hire and fire the superintendent — and watch accountability fly out the window."

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