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| Asked specifically if the probe will be expanded to examine City Hall or the Cook County State's Attorney's office, Lynch said the investigation will focus on misconduct "within the police department." |
"The Department of Justice is coming in," Emanuel said. "We welcome it, accept it and need it. It's in our self-interests as a city." -- Tribune
Boy, that was easy. Three days earlier, Rahm had made clear that he didn't didn't want no stink'n feds sticking their noses into his business. Now he's breathing a sigh of relief that Lynch has promised "not focus on individuals" but rather to "improve the system."
Rahm had no choice but to face reality after a come-to-Jesus meeting with party and White House heavies. His approval rating is now at an all-time low of 18%. To put that in perspective, that's lower than the 20% Gov. Rauner, the most hated pol in Chicago, polled last fall. As I recall, Mayor Daley was down to 31% in 2010, when he declared his intention not to seek a seventh term, clearing the way for Emanuel to take over.
Yes, Obama's cavalry is coming in to supposedly clean-up Rahm's racist and corrupt police department. The FBI has already been in town for months, trying to clean-up Rahm's no-bid-contract scandal at CPS. When is the last time you heard mention in the media about that? It appears that the best way to take a scandal off the front pages is to have the feds investigate it.
Neither the police department nor the school system are entities unto themselves. As the Tribune's John Kass notes:
And the government of Chicago, for generations — as Obama and Rahm and the Clintons know all too well — is the Boss on Five. The mayor controls the police budget, decides who gets promoted and where resources are directed. The mayor picks the superintendent and the top cops, brokers the appointment of district commanders.But the real purpose of this latest investigation, made clear by A.G. Loretta Lynch herself, is to save the system -- not to bury it. To "rebuild trust" and head off seemingly inevitable "civil unrest". There's little mention of "justice" coming from the Justice Dept. But sooner or later, all roads will lead to
DOJ announces it's coming to town, and Rahm starts releasing police videos like he's Sting in the 1980s.— Matt Farmer (@mifarmer) December 8, 2015
You know you're living in Bizarro World when John Kass becomes the most sensible of the Chicago columnists.
ReplyDeleteIs it at all relevant how many Gulen charter schools are being protected? I have found the issues of over reaction to dangers from islam, as well as union busting and the 2500 teachers from Turkey—a country 98% islam, with a dictator who now seems to be hostile to Gulen impossible to sort out. Add the lawsuit by Turkey, which hired the Amsterdam firm to handle it………..when citizens are told—-do not condemn all moslems due to the irresponsible actions of a tiny minority fraction, but do report things which seem suspicious……..what is the right thing to do regarding the Gulen schools?
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