By Steve Rhodes
The real case against the Chicago police chief. Plus: Bracing For Holiday Weekend Reporting; Here We Go Again With The National Guard; Boykin’s Bullshit; and The FBI-CNN Joint Task Force For Fear-Mongering.
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SHOW NOTES
:00: Strawberry Rock Show.
1:11: Good Graeff at Lincoln Hall last Friday night.
5:04: Bracing For Holiday Weekend Reporting.
* Police chiefs don’t stop crime.
* Chicago Justice Project.
* Stenographic scanner tweeting is not reporting.
18:40: Fire Garry McCarthy – But For The Right Reasons.
* Crain’s: Fire Garry McCarthy.
* DNAinfo Chicago: CAPS Is ‘Dead,’ Says New Police Commander: New Agenda Set for Logan, Wicker.
* Fox Chicago: African-American Aldermen Want New Police Chief.
* Understanding police stats.
“Shootings [in NYC] in June 2015 are up 20 percent from June 2013, but 2013 was a historically low year, the Times reported …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 1, 2015
… Criminologists warn against short-term comparisons like these, because crime data are volatile and prone to fluctuations …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 1, 2015
… The crime trend over decades — over five years, at minimum — is what matters, they say.”
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 1, 2015
“Basically, you can look at a blip and say that crime is increasing. But if you take a step back, you’ll see that crime is decreasing …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 1, 2015
… ,’ said Inimai Chettiar, director of the justice program at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice.”
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 1, 2015
* The Truth About Chicago’s Crime Rates: Crime Is Down.
* Closing the 13th district station.
36:58: The Case Against McCarthy.
* Lack of transparency.
* Continuing instead of ending the gaming of statistics.
* Deceit about staffing studies; ignoring the data.
40:40: Here We Go Again With The National Guard.
* Behind The ‘Disappeared’ Of Homan Square.
* The Guardian’s Homan Square Story Was Huge On The Internet – But Not In Chicago Media.
50:20: Boykin’s Bullshit.
* A 7-Point Plan.
* Chicago lobbyist, federal lobbyist.
* Rahm’s crime-causing budgets.
* Janey Rountree.
1:02:20:Ximena Sarinana at Schubas on Friday night.
1:04:26: The FBI-CNN Joint Task Force For Fear-Mongering.
Can the FBI break its terror-predicting 0-40 losing streak this weekend? Tune into CNN to find out! pic.twitter.com/PMMIhM7jaq
— Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) July 1, 2015
STOPPAGE: 8:38
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Previously in Tracy Siska:
* How Many Police Officers Does Chicago Need?
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #2: Crime Is Down.
* The Beachwood Radio Criminal Justice Hour #1: Pot.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #38: Lessons In Chicago Crime, Politics & Media.
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Also relevant: How The U.S. Government Created Crime-Ridden Ghettos.
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For archives and other Beachwood shows, see The Beachwood Radio Network.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on July 2, 2015