Dan Mihalopoulos
Watchdogs reporter
Dan Mihalopoulos is a former investigative reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Burke had a history of kind gestures, which went a long way for the former alderman when he was sentenced for corruption this week.
The inspector general’s office urged Johnson to create a task force aimed at “preventing, identifying, and eliminating extremist and anti-government activities and associations within CPD.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and Police Supt. Larry Snelling to reconsider the decision not to take disciplinary action against eight officers connected to the Oath Keepers, six of whom admitted to joining the group.
“Every time Chicagoans demand police accountability, nothing happens,” said Jeff Tischauser, a Chicago-based senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling had earlier vowed to rid the department of officers listed on the anti-government group Oath Keepers’ rolls.
Larry Rogers Jr. faced heavy spending from Assessor Fritz Kaegi, who backed newcomer Larecia Tucker. “He should have kept his money,” Rogers said Tuesday.
The women allege “childhood sexual abuse” by male supervisors in the years before a scandal at the city’s beaches and pools.
And City Hall’s inspector general says she is continuing to investigate possible Paycheck Protection Program fraud.
Mike Noonan was the consummate Illinois political insider. He now runs a “budtique” in southwestern Michigan.