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The [Wednesday] Papers
Join us today @ 12pm for our Facebook Live conversation with @BeachwoodReport - Steve Rhodes to discuss media coverage of @chicagosmayor nomination of @ChiefDavidBrown for @Chicago_Police superintendent. DM or reply with questions. https://t.co/9PeK4LkiDM
— CJP (@CJPJustProj) April 15, 2020
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Predictably, the Chicago media has missed a lot.
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Meanwhile . . .
"The City Council's Committee on Public Safety will hold a virtual meeting at 11 a.m. Monday to consider Mayor Lori Lightfoot's appointment of retired Dallas police chief David Brown as Chicago's $260,044-a-year police superintendent," the Sun-Times's Fran Spielman reports.
"Lightfoot plans to introduce the Brown appointment at Wednesday's virtual City Council meeting being held for the sole purpose of adopting emergency rules that allow aldermen to conduct substantive city business without meeting in person.
"That will set the stage for Monday's confirmation hearing which, like the council meeting, will use Zoom video-conferencing.
"Normally, confirmation hearings for a new police superintendent are command performances for Chicago aldermen. They often drag on for hours with alderman asking tough and sometimes parochial questions about crime in their individual wards."
Huh. I don't remember such hearings being known for aldermen asking tough questions. I don't remember any hearings being known for aldermen asking tough questions. Mayors Daley and Emanuel simply would not allow it.
But maybe I'm remembering wrong.
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"Brown, 59, retired as Dallas police chief in 2016 after a horrific year that saw five of his police officers gunned down in a downtown ambush.
"He made headlines - and generated controversy - when he gave the go-ahead to use an explosive-bearing, remote-controlled robot to kill the gunman.
"Which raises the question that Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), chairman of the City Council's Black Caucus, plans to ask: Why did Brown essentially choose to execute the gunman when he could have chosen a less lethal option?"
I'm not saying that question isn't worth asking, but if Ervin (and Spielman) read Brown's book, he'd have his rationale - which clearly articulates why he didn't think a less lethal option was available. It would have been valuable to include that in the article and even link to one of the dozens of pieces written about it at the time.
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"Noting that CPD superintendent and Chicago Public Schools CEO are 'the two most high-profile things a mayor is judged on,' Ervin said: 'We should give deference to any mayor in their choices for those two top positions.'"
No, alderman. If these are the two most crucial hires a mayor makes, it's up to you to provide the most stringent oversight you can muster.
And here I thought we were in for some tough questioning.
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A World Without Sports
"The current sports stoppage is unprecedented. It touches every level of every game, in every country in the world, from the Olympics down to pick-up basketball."
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ChicagoReddit
If you're awake right now, take a step outside. It's so quiet. from r/chicago
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TweetWood
A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
New epidemiology estimates that 90% of US death could have been prevented by just acting 2 weeks earlier. The estimated number of deaths falls sharply with earlier interventions - th US delay cost thousands of lives. #COVID19 https://t.co/FdSfUp6cck pic.twitter.com/rpIntyyCww
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 15, 2020
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"Forty-five nations imposed travel restrictions on China before the United States did, including Australia, Iran and Italy." https://t.co/in5tMZn1TD
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 15, 2020
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Two months into the pandemic, the U.S. still hasn't solved the problem of testing, which is key to any effort to reopen the economy. @NoamLevey examines the problem: https://t.co/CaRy1xmdWK
— David Lauter (@DavidLauter) April 15, 2020
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Coronavirus: Illegal nightclub in SF used janitorial company as a front, kept partying during outbreak https://t.co/mvUZf0ca7V
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 15, 2020
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Trump will also sign all coronavirus death certificates - with Obama's name. https://t.co/mT6YSJIFfD
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 15, 2020
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Purged for not showing total fealty to the Party's slate. https://t.co/2XUczEQclI
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 15, 2020
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OTD in Music History, via Songfacts: pic.twitter.com/uhYKhSTGml
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 15, 2020
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The Beachwood Q-Tip Line: Purge.
Posted on April 15, 2020
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