Ted and Matt Paprocki of the Illinois Policy Institute joined Craig Dellimore of WBBM Radio for a special interview covering the risks Brandon Johnson faces as Mayor. Ted and Matt agreed that more cops won’t matter unless city officials restore the chain of criminal justice: to arrest, prosecute and sentence again. Ted also said Johnson should be obsessed with achieving literacy among Chicago’s schoolchildren, but worries the Mayor will try to erase standards instead.
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