Digging Deeper

Making excuses for his ignorance:

• Mayor Brandon Johnson Tuesday defended his decision to order Chicago police officers to document alleged abuses by federal immigration agents for potential felony prosecution after the county’s top prosecutor questioned his plan’s “legality.”

  Johnson said the executive order he outlined last weekend is “not something we thought we would have to do as a local municipality.”

And it still isn't. It's a waste of police resources for something that has already been decided on multiple occasions by Federal courts and the actual US Constitution.

Maybe concentrate on why four homicides occurred in the 012th District on Tuesday? We remember years when four homicides covered four or five months in 012. Of course, we also remember when four homicides was a normal day in other places. 

He also middled the States Attorney:

• He noted that O’Neill Burke has “said publicly that she is prepared to prosecute federal agents,” but hasn’t had evidence presented to her office. That’s why he’s trying to create a clearer pathway for accountability.

She said her office doesn't conduct independent investigations, which is kind of different - it puts the onus squarely on Conehead's not having any jurisdiction over federal actions.