By Steve Rhodes

Agree, and similar problem with “free college” and even, medically, “depression” and “chronic fatigue syndrome.” Again, that’s why this article gave me a different, needed understanding of what “abolishing” the police meant: https://t.co/PkucXuTyiz https://t.co/2eOKHdRLRj

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) June 7, 2020

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Posted on June 8, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

“After days of street protests urgently calling for changes in the way police treat African Americans, Mayor Lori Lightfoot lamented in a televised speech this week that ‘the process of reform has been too slow,'” the Tribune reports.
“Indeed, it took decades to even get to the starting line of reforming the historically troubled Chicago Police Department.”
This isn’t exactly true.

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Posted on June 4, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

We don’t deserve to re-open. We will deserve to re-close. pic.twitter.com/kZvjulWrnh

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) June 3, 2020

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Posted on June 3, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

This morning . . .

Chicago police chief David Brown quoting from Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On” forgets the line “Don’t punish me with brutality.”

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) June 2, 2020

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Posted on June 2, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

“President Donald Trump has tweeted his congratulations to Chicago Police Officer John Catanzara, a 25-year veteran of the force who was voted the next president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police on Saturday,” NBC5 Chicago reported last month.

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Posted on June 1, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

“Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced six streets in different neighborhoods throughout the city that will be shut down to allow restaurants to set up tables for expanded outdoor dining,” the Tribune reports.
This strikes me as a good idea.

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Posted on May 30, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

“George Floyd’s horrifying death Monday – after repeatedly saying ‘I can’t breathe’ while a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck – highlights ongoing issues with the Chicago Police Department’s use-of-force policy as the department begins operating under a consent decree,” Curtis Black writes for the Chicago Reporter.

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Posted on May 28, 2020

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Posted on May 27, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

At least Biden voters are ashamed. https://t.co/78z0C3r2h7

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 25, 2020

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Posted on May 26, 2020

By Steve Rhodes

“The city’s beaches, houses of worship, businesses and even some aspects of City Hall are reopening, starting this Memorial Day weekend, according to a Friday update from Mayor Jerome Prince,” the Northwest Indiana Times reported last week.

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Posted on May 25, 2020