[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

>> FORMER POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN IS FOUND GUILTY IN THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

TWO ATTORNEYS REACT TO THE VERDICT.

>> AND CROWDS IN MINNEAPOLIS APPROVE OF THE OUTCOME TODAY WE'LL HAVE REACTION FROM CHICAGO.

>> DON'T TEST US.

>> NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS ARRIVE IN CHICAGO WE TALK WITH CHICAGO COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT THE CHAUVIN VERDICT AND THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR T HOW MUSIC VENUES ARE REOPENING AND DEALING WITH A BUNGLED ROLL OUT OF FEDERAL AID.

>> CERTAINLY IT'S DISAPPOINTING.

>> AS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT THE SHOOS DOWN RUMORS FLOATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION.

>> AND STITCHES IN TIME.

AN EXHIBITION BLENDS MUSIC, HISTORY AND FABULOUS FABRICS AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER AS TO COUNT ONE UNINTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY WE FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

>> GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES IN THE TRIAL OF DEREK CHAUVIN CONVICTED OF MURDERING GEORGE FLOYD.

CHAUVIN WHO KEPT HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK FOR MORE THAN NINE MINUTES SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION WHEN THE VERDICTS WERE READ.

HE FACES UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON.

AND WE HAVE MORE ON THE REACTION TO THE OUTCOME OF THE TRIAL COMING UP SHORTLY.

>> A DPP OF LATINO LAWYERS ARE CALLING ON THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE THE FATAL SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

THE GROUP SAYS IT WANTS MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONSENT DECREE AIMED AT REFORMING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> FAITH AND TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

UNDER OBJECTIVE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT.

THAT THIS TIME THEIR VOICES WILL BE HEARD.

>> THE COALITION INCLUDES LEADERS FROM THE HISPANIC LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS, THE PUERTO RICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS AND PILSEN LAW CENTER.

ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 2500 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 SINCE YESTERDAY AND NINE MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THE TOTAL CASE COUNT IN THE STATE STANDS AT MORE TAN 1.3 MILLION AND 21,694 TOTAL DEATHS.

SO FAR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF ILLINOIS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

AND CHICAGO HEALTH OFFICIALS DROP NEIGHBORING WISCONSIN FROM THE CITY'S TRAVEL ORDER.

OFFICIALS STILL RECOMMEND AVOIDING NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL VISITORS FROM THE BADGER STATE AND OTHERS IN YELLOW ARE NOT REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS OR RECORD A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST.

VISITORS FROM STATES IN ORANGE ARE REQUIRED TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS.

>> LAST SUMMER, CHICAGO SAW MASSIVE PROTESTS AFTER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD INCLUDING SOME WITH VIOLENCE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND THEFT.

CHICAGO POLICE, CITY OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THE VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN WITH THE MAYOR SAYING POLICE WERE READY TO INSURE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST AND TO STOP ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US FROM DALEY PLAZA.

WHAT DO YOU SEE OUT THERE?

>> WELL, PARIS, RIGHT NOW, I'M PRETTY MUCH ALONE AT DALEY PLAZA.

EVEN THE ONE PIGEONS APPEARED TO HAVE FLOWN AWAY AND LEFT.

BUT UP UNTIL AN HOUR AGO THERE WAS AN EVENT TAKING PLACE BEHIND ME WITH PEOPLE CARRYING POSTERS SAYING JAIL KILLER COPS NOW.

AND BRIEFLY CHANTING JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD.

THAT WAS, BY THE WAY, BRIEFLY DROWNED OUT BY THE SOUND OF HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD.

IT WAS A FAIRLY SMALL TURNPIKE OUT.

AND A -- TURNOUT.

A COUPLE DOZEN PARTICIPANTS WITH ONE DEMONSTRATOR CALLING IT BOTH A PROTEST AND A CELEBRATION.

>> DEREK CHAUVIN WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY IF NOT FOR THE MASS PROTESTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IF NOT FOR THE MASS MOBILIZATIONS AND PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS WE COULD NOT SEE JUSTICE.

SO THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE IN THE STREETS TO BEING ORGANIZED BECAUSE THEY WON'T ACTUALLY CREATE THAT SENSE OF JUSTICE WITHOUT A DEMAND.

>> AND MORE DEMAND, MORE MOBILIZATIONS ON THE WAY SHE EXPECTS INCLUDING HOPING FOR TURNOUT IN SOME CAPACITY TOMORROW WHEN THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN-PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME AS ACTIVISTS PRESENT AT THIS EVENT TONIGHT ARE PRESSING FOR CHICAGO ALDERMEN TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE GIVING CIVILIANS OVERSIGHT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOW, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR MUCH MORE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS ON A MASSIVE SCALE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT CHICAGO SAW LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WERE PEACEFUL PROTESTS BUT ALSO A LOT OF LOOTING.

SHE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE PREPARING.

DRIVING AROUND DOWNTOWN, SAW SOME BUILDINGS BOARDED UP.

SOME MAY BE BECAUSE OF COVID VACANCIES.

BUT ACROSS THE WAY, I SEE A BANK THAT RIGHT NOW APPEARS TO BE EMBRACING THE CALM, EXPECTING NO OTHER MAJOR ACTIVITY ANYTIME SOON.

THEY ARE TAKING DOWN PLYWOOD THAT ONE CAN IMAGINE WAS PUT UP FOR REASON OF WAITING THIS VERDICT.

ALSO AT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAD SENT 125 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO BE IN CHICAGO ON STAND BY.

AND THE MAYOR HAD SAID THAT C.P.D.

OFFICERS WERE GIVEN REFRESHER COURSE TRAININGS ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR DEMONSTRATIONS.

>> DON'T TEST US.

DON'T TEST US.

LET ME FINISH.

WE ARE READY WE ARE PREPARED.

AND WE ARE READY TO ARREST AND BRING TO PROSECUTION ANYONE WHO WOULD DARE TRY TO TAKE THE DREAMS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES BY LOOTING.

DON'T TEST US BECAUSE WE ARE READY.

>> NOW, SOME ALDERMEN AND ACTIVISTS DID TAKE UMBRAGE WITH THAT REMARK.

ALDERMAN CARL LOSS RAMIREZ ROSA SAYING THE NATIONAL GUARD CANNOT BRING PEACE ONLY JUSTICE CAN BRING PEACE.

SINCE THE VERDICT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT RELEASING A STATEMENT RAISING THE DECISION TODAY MARKS A MOMENT WHERE FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE THAT WE AS A NATION CAME TOGETHER AND DEMANDED JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE WAS SERVED.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER REACTING TO THE DECISION.

SAYING MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD WHO DESERVED TO HAVE HIM ALIVE TODAY.

I'M ALSO THINKING OF ALL OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO SAY THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR PARENTS OR THEMSELVES IN GEORGE FLOYD AND DAUNTE WRIGHT AND ADAM TOLEDO AND BREONNA TAYLOR AND LAQUAN McDONALD.

NOW, ALL OF THOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN HALLMARKS OF PROTESTS IN CHICAGO.

GEORGE FLOYD ESPECIALLY HIS NAME LAST YEAR, HIS FACE EVERYWHERE DURING MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS.

AS WERE SOME OF HIS FINAL WORDS.

I CAN'T BREATHE.

NOW, OTHERS HERE ECHOING WHAT MAYA SAID THAT THAT CONVICTION TODAY OF DEREK CHAUVIN WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WERE IT NOT FOR THE WIDESPREAD BACKLASH AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.

ANOTHER HALLMARK OF THOSE LARGE SCALE PROTESTS, CALLS FOR CHANGE.

GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER WAS A FLASHPOINT IN ILLINOIS AND IN CHICAGO.

LEADING TO A HANDFUL OF NEW LAWS THAT WERE BACKED BY BLACK LEGISLATORS AND MOST PROMINENTLY THAT INCLUDES A MASSIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL THAT IS NOW LAW.

YOU HAD THE CHAUVIN TRIAL RELYING ON VIDEO FROM BYSTANDERS AND THE BODY-CAMERAS OF POLICE THEMSELVES.

THIS NEW ILLINOIS LAW REQUIRES ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO HAVE AND TO USE BODY-CAMERAS BY THE YEAR 2025.

ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS SUCH AS REQUIRING THAT DEATHS IN POLICE CUSTODY BE REPORTED AND TRACKED, USE-OF-FORCE TRAINING AND IT DOES ALSO SET PROTOCOLS FOR CROWD CONTROL AND MORE.

ACTIVISTS AT TONIGHT'S GATHERING SAY YES THIS IS ALL A START CLAIMING VICTORY WITH THE TWIS GUILTY VERDICT FACING DEREK CHAUVIN AND THEY SAY AGAIN THEY WANT PORE ACCOUNTABILITY POINTING OUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS THEIR ANGER WITH ADAM TOLEDO, THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO THE 13-YEAR-OLD AT THE HANDS OF A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER EVEN AS THE CHAUVIN TRIAL WAS TAKING PLACE.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> WE WILL TALK TO ALDERMEN ABOUT THE POLICE REFORM PROPOSALS.

IT WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

>> WE TURN TO PHIL PONCE WITH MORE ON TODAY'S VERDICT.

>> PARIS, AS MENTIONED FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS.

>> WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER AS TO COUNT ONE UNINTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

VERDICT COUNT TWO, WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER THIRD DEGREE MURDER PERPETRATING A DANGEROUS ACT FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MAN SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER CREATING A UNREASONABLE RISK FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

>> LAST NIGHT WE SPOKE WITH TWO ATTORNEYS.

AND TONIGHT THEY JOIN US AGAIN.

JAMES MONTGOMERY ATTORNEY WITH JAMES D. MONTGOMERY AND ASSOCIATES AND DAN HERBERT WITH THE HERBERT LAW FIRM AND REPRESENTED JASON VAN DYKE WHEN HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

JAMES MONTGOMERY YOUR REACTION TO TODAY'S VERDICT?

>> DELIGHTED AND SURPRISED.

DELIGHTED BECAUSE IT IS A PRESS DEPARTMENT THAT I HOPE WILL BE AN INDICATION THAT PEOPLE WILL START TO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND GIVE THE TRUE RESULTS FROM THE FACTS AND PROMOTE JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE.

SURPRISED BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF CAUCASIAN PEOPLE ON A JURY AND A POLICE OFFICER, IS AT RISK IN A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND THAT PERSON GUILTY.

AND SO I COMMEND THEM.

AND I SEE THAT AS A BEACON OF HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THINGS MAY GET BETTER.

THAT COUPLED WITH THE FOLKS OUT IN THE STREETS EXPRESSING THEMSELVES AND INSISTING THAT WE HAVE PEACE WITH JUSTICE.

>> DAN HERBERT YOUR REACTION TO TODAY'S VERDICT?

>> I HAVE A MIXED REACTION.

I BELIEVE THAT DEREK CHAUVIN IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AND I THINK THAT THE JURY PROPERLY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF A CRIME.

BUT I HAVE TO COMMENT THAT THE PROCESS OF THIS TRIAL, I THINK THAT THERE WAS CERTAINLY A CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM HERE AND THAT HAPPENED WHEN DEREK CHAUVIN'S REQUEST FOR A JURY FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY WAS DENIED.

I MEAN WE HAD A COURTHOUSE THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY BARBED WIRE AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AND TANKS ON THE SCENE FOR ANYONE TO THINK THAT THAT DIDN'T AFFECT THE JURORS' DECISION MAKING I THINK IS NAIVE.

>> JAMES MONTGOMERY SPEAKING OF THE JURY, THE JURY WAS MADE UP OF 4 AFRICAN-AMERICANS TWO MULTIRACIAL AND SIX WHITE.

IMPACT ON DELIBERATIONS, SAY WOULD IT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IF THE JURY HAD NOT BEEN THAT DIVERSE?

>> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE -- COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

I LOOK AT THIS CASE AS BEING UNIQUE.

UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT THE VISUAL EFFECTS OF THAT VIDEO WAS SO DRAMATIC IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY TO JUSTIFY FINDING HIM INNOCENT.

SO YEAH, I THINK THAT THE DIVERSITY HELPS.

AND MY CAREER I'VE ALWAYS WANTED AT LEAST ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ON THE JURY SO THERE COULD BE NO OPEN DISCUSSION OF RACISM AND THE MORE THE MERRIER.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS I SEE IT NOW, IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS MOVEMENT GOING THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE STARTED.

I AGREE WITH DAN THAT YOU KNOW, IT AFFECTS THE JURY.

IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.

IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AS WE INDICATED, IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE WORLD AS WE'VE SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD THERE HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATIONS ON THIS ISSUE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.

>> DAN HERBERT, IS THIS A CASE THAT IS LIMITED TO THE SPECIFICS OF ITS OWN FACTS?

OR DO YOU THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON POLICE CONDUCTOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN GENERAL?

>> I THINK THAT DEREK CHAUVIN'S ACTIONS IN THIS CASE HAVE DONE MORE TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY SERVE.

I THINK THAT FOR THE MOST PART, THE POLICE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZED THAT DEREK CHAUVIN'S ACTIONS WERE ABSOLUTELY UNCALLED FOR.

SO I THINK THIS CASE MIGHT BE MORE OF AN ABERRATION TOWARDS A MEANINGFUL EFFECT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE RECOGNIZED WHAT THIS CASE WAS.

>> JAMES MONTGOMERY AN ABERRATION OR YOU ELUDED TO THE FACT YOU HOPED THIS MIGHT BE A TURNING POINT?

>> HOPE ON THE OTHER HAND I CANNOT DISAGREE WITH DAN.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A CULTURE WHICH THEY DISRESPECT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND DISRESPECTING THEM TO TAKING THEIR LIVES FOR RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, POLICE NEVER YOU NEVER READ ABOUT POLICE KILLING WHITE PEOPLE NOR DO YOU HEAR ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE RUNNING FROM THE POLICE.

THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE POLICE.

THE POLICE ARE THEIR FRIENDS THEY PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEM.

THE BLACKS, THEY IS YOUR VEIL THEM AND HARASS THEM AND DISRESPECT THEM.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OVERNIGHT SITUATION.

IT WASN'T AN OVERNIGHT SITUATION AS IT'S COME ALONG.

AND AS I SEE IT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF CASES LIKE THIS, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF 28 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS AND COST THAT THE CITY PUTS OUT BEFORE THEY THINK ABOUT IT WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE, CHAUVIN WAS THE SUPERIOR OFFICER TRAINING YOUNGER OFFICERS IN HOW TO POLICE.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS SYSTEM PERPETUATES ITSELF.

PEOPLE LIKE CHAUVIN TRAINING NEW RECRUITS, INDICATING THAT THIS IS OK TO BEHAVE LIKE HE BEHAVED.

>> DAN HERBERT WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME, I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THIS CASE IN YOUR VIEW?

>> FOR THE RECORD, JAMES, WHEN I WAS A KID I DID RUN FROM THE POLICE.

BUT AS FAR AS THIS CASE GOES, I THINK THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS LIKE I SAID THIS CASE IS AN ABERRATION, THE ACTS WERE HORRIBLE THEY WERE HARD TO JUSTIFY.

BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT POINT.

I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO TAKEAWAY FROM THE CASE IS THAT EVERYONE NO MATTER HOW UNPOPULAR IS REQUIRED TO GET A FAIR TRIAL.

AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT ANYONE CAN ARGUE THAT A JURY CAN BE CAN RENDER A DECISION BASED SOLELY ON THE FACTS THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THE CASE WHEN THEY HAVE SO MUCH OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF FAIR AND -- FEAR AND DANGER THAT COULD COME TO THEM AS A RESULT OF AN UNPOPULAR VERDICT.

WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT FACT.

>> THAT IS THE THING THAT VERY WELL MIGHT COME UP ON APPEAL AND WE SHALL BE WATCHING.

DAN HERBERT AND JAMES MONTGOMERY THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, PHIL.

TODAY'S GUILTY VERDICT WILL NO DOUBT HAVE CITY LEADERS BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLED FOR NATIONAL GUARD BACK UP IN ANTICIPATION OF GEORGE FLOYD DEMONSTRATIONS AS THE CITY IS ON EDGE OVER LAST WEEK'S VIDEO RELEASE OF THE ADAM TOLEDO SHOOTING.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE VERDICT AND ALL OTHER CITY BUSINESS ARE ALDERMAN CHRIS TALIAFERRO OF THE CITY'S WEST SIDE 29TH WARD.

ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ, OF THE 25TH WARD ON THE WEST SIDE.

ALDERMAN ROSSANA RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ, OF THE 33rd WARD ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

AND ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS OF THE SECOND WARD ON THE CITY'S NORTH SIDE.

FIRST, I WANT TO GET EVERYONE'S REACTION TO THE VERDICT.

GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS OF MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER.

ALDERMAN HOPKINS?

>> RELIEF.

AS YOU SAID.

RELIEF.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CIVIL UNREST WE WERE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH HAD THERE BEEN AN ACQUITTAL OR A FINDING GILL ON TWO OF THE THREE COUNTS.

PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO SAY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WORKED AND I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE THE COUNT OF OUTPOURING OF VIOLENCE AND RAGE THAT WOULD HAVE ACCOMPANIED AN ACQUITTAL.

>> IS THAT THE SENTIMENT THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS DELIVERED IN THIS CASE?

>> WELL, IT HAS DELIVERED PERHAPS FROM IN THIS CASE BUT ONE VERDICT CANNOT I WILL LEGITIMIZE THE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE MANY, MANY CASES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND POLICE MISCONDUCT IN THE CASE OF ADAM TOLEDO.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE CASES NOT ONLY HERE IN CHICAGO BUT POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> CHRIS TALIAFERRO AS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER YOUR VIEW OF THIS VERDICT?

>> WELL, I THINK I EXPRESS THE SAME AS MY COLLEAGUE ALDERMAN HOPKINS.

I AM RELIEVED.

ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FAIR CRITICISM OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND WE ARE NOT ALL THE WAY THERE YET.

WE DO HAVE A GUILTY VERDICT.

BUT WE HAVE STEPSING TO LOOK AT -- SENTENCING TO LOOK AT AND WE HAVE TO THE SENTENCE FITS THE CRIME.

AND SO I AM RELIEVED.

NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO BUT FOR THE FLOYD FAMILY AS WELL.

>> THE SENTENCING IN EIGHT WEEKS THAT WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED AS WELL.

ALDERMAN ROSSANA RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ YOUR TAKE ON TODAY'S VERDICT?

>> I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT VERDICT.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO TRANSFORM OUR IDEAS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE DAUNTE WRIGHT CASE THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE IN CHICAGO WE HAVE ADAM TOLEDO.

WE HAVE THE CASE OF ANTHONY ALVAREZ THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YET BECAUSE C.O.P.A.

HAS NOT RELEASED INFORMATION.

WE HAVE TO OVERHAUL OUR IDEA OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> SPEAKING OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ THE MAYOR ASKED THE GOVERNOR TO CALL IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WAS THE RIGHT MOVE?

>> I THINK ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VERDICT, WE SEE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CONTINUE TO AVOIDING THE REAL ISSUE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] THE NATIONAL GUARD DO NOT SOLVE THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WE NEED THE MAYOR TO FOCUS ON THE LOCAL ISSUES AND FOCUS ON THE BILL FOR EMPOWERING COMMUNITY THES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CITY OF CITY, NO MORE POLICE OPPRESSION AND TERROR IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED IT NOW.

>> ALDERMAN HOPKINS, EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE UNREST LAST SUMMER.

OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR AND OTHER OFFICIALS WANTED TO HEAD THAT OFF.

GIVEN THE TENSION RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT POLICE HAVE A PLAN TO KEEP YOUR AREA SAFE AND ALL AREAS SAFE?

>> COMPARED TO 2020?

100%.

IT IS A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF OUR PREPARATION, OUR RESOURCES, OUR TACTICAL TRAINING, EVERYTHING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN 2020.

AND THE RESULTS WERE OBVIOUS TO ALL WITH THOSE TWO HORRIFIC INCIDENTS OF LOOTING AND WIDESPREAD CRIMINAL VANDALISM IN MAY AND IN AUGUST.

WE WERE CAUGHT UNPREPARED.

THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

BUT WHEN YOU SAY AM I CONFIDENT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN THAT IS ANOTHER MATTER ENTIRELY.

NO ONE HAS A KRYSTLE BALL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE AS ALDERMAN CHRIS TALIAFERRO MENTIONED SENTENCING WILL BE ANOTHER ISSUE.

WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT.

WE ARE NOT DONE DEALING WITH THIS YET.

WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE AS BEST WE CAN.

AND THE ONE LESSON WE TOOK AWAY FROM THE INCIDENTS IN 2020 IS THAT THE BEST TACTIC IS A PREVENTATIVE TACTIC.

THAT IS WHY THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HERE.

IT SERVES AS A DISINCENTIVE TO COME DOWNTOWN IN LARGE GROUPS.

THEY ARE SERVING THEIR PURPOSE AND WE THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEPLOY RESOURCES LIKE THAT TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM ENGAGING IN THAT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ABSOLUTELY.

PROTESTS AND EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE, ABSOLUTELY.

BURN DOWN A STORE, BREAK A WINDOW, TURNOVER A POLICE CAR, NO.

NOTHING JUSTIFIES THAT.

AND WE HAVE AS A CITY OUR OBLIGATED TO TRY AND PREVENT THAT ACTIVITY FROM HAPPENING AGAIN AS IT DID ON TWO OCCASIONS LAST YEAR.

>> CHRIS TALIAFERRO TO THE ADAM TOLEDO CASE.

AGAIN, HAVING BEEN A POLICE OFFICER, AND YOU SAW THAT VIDEO RELEASED LAST WEEK, THAT TRAGIC VIDEO, WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO IT?

>> WELL, FIRST LET ME SAY, PARIS, THAT THE TOLEDO FAMILY ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND MY CONTINUED THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

JUST FOR EVERYONE, I BELIEVE IT WAS HORRIFIC TO VIEW THAT.

WHETHER YOU SEE IT IN PERSON OR ON VIDEO IT IS DAMAGING EMOTIONALLY TO SEE THE DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN OR ANYONE.

BUT TO SEE THEM DIE IN THE ALLEY ON THE STREET WAS VERY HORRIFIC AND IT STRUCK ME.

AND WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW I FELT AFTER SEEING IT.

AND THIS IS AFTER HAVING A CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER WHERE I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

IT JUST RESOLIDIFIES TO ME THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND MAY BE, YOU AND A DEATH IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD NOT TAKE LIGHTLY.

AND IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T TAKE LIGHTLY.

MY PRAYERS ARE OUT TO THE TOLEDO FAMILY.

FOR ALL THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

AND ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AND WILL GO THROUGH.

>> ALDERMAN ROSSANA RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ, THE C.P.D.

MADE A CASE THAT TOLEDO DID HAVE A GUN ON HIM OR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GUN AND LESS THAN A SECOND TO BE WHAT APPEARS HE TOSSES THE GUN AND TURNS AROUND AND PUTS HIS HANDS UP.

DOES THAT MAKE THIS HARDER TO PROVE THIS IS AN UNJUSTIFIED POLICE SHOOTING HERE?

>> IT IS.

IT WAS AN EXECUTION.

WHAT WE SAW IN THAT VIDEO WAS A CHILD WITH HIS HANDS UP.

HE WAS TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDERS THAT THE POLICE OFFICER GAVE HIM.

AND TO HAVE SEEN HOW THE CITY AND THE MAYOR SPENDS TWO WEEKS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE ABSOLUTELY CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING THAT THE CHARACTER OF THAT CHILD WAS DISPARAGED FOR TWO WEEKS SO THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A SUSPICION OF CULPABILITY AND THE ENGAGING IN VICTIM BLAMING.

IT'S BEEN DISGUSTING.

>> BRIAN HOPKINS ONE OF THE THINGS THE MAYOR SAID SHE WANTS A REVISION TO THE FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO CHANGE ONE?

>> WE NEED TO HAVE ONE.

I GOT A COPY OF WHAT PASSES FOR THE CURRENT FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AND IT DOESN'T SHED LIGHT.

IT DOESN'T NEARLY GO FAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE KINDS OF HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THAT POLICE OFFICERS FACE ALL THE TIME.

AND MAKING THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO PURSUE AN ARMED OFFENDER.

THERE ARE VARIABLES THAT GO INTO IT AND NOW WE'VE SEEN IN HORRIFIC AND DRAMATIC FASHION THE CONSEQUENCES OF A LACK OF ATTENTION TO TACTICAL TRAINING AND DECISION MAKING THAT POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO EMPLOY.

LOOK WE COULD PASS A BAN AND SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHASE CRIMINALS.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO EITHER.

I THINK WE HAVE A SOCIETY WHERE THERE ARE DANGEROUS PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO DO THAT.

THAT IS THEIR JOB.

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO THAT JOB WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM AND WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH PROPER TRAINING TO INSURE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS DO NOT HAPPEN.

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHO MENTIONED THAT ADAM TOLEDO WAS ATTEMPTING TO SURRENDER THAT NIGHT.

HE WAS.

I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND HAVING WATCHED THAT VIDEO HE SLOWED DOWN HE STOPPED RUNNING AND HE TURNED.

WHERE I WOULD DIFFER WITH HER IT WAS NOT AN EXECUTION.

THE POLICE OFFICER IN THAT CASE HAD EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE A GUN IN HIS HAND.

HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS A 13.

DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOLER HE KNEW HE HAD A GUN AND LESS THAN A SECOND THE POLICE OFFICER HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PROTECT HIS OWN LIFE SO HE COULD GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY AND HE HAD TO DO WHAT HORRIBLE THING THAT WAS AND HE HAS TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

>> WE WILL BE JOINED LATER TO DISCUSS CHICAGO'S COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT.

OUR THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, VIBRANT PORTRAITS ON FABRIC AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

HOW TO COMBAT RUMORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

HISTORY AND MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARE STITCHED TOGETHER IN A SHOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" VISITED THE PANDEMIC-DELAYED EXHIBITION AND PRODUCER MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY BEHIND THESE PROTECT ANY COLOR TEXTILES.

>> THEY MAY LOOK LIKE PAINTINGS OR PHOTOGRAPHS BUT THEY ARE QUILTS INSPIRED BY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND FAMILY SNAPSHOTS.

WE SPOKE WITH THE ARTIST FROM HER STUDIO IN NEW JERSEY.

>> LIKE WALKING THROUGH A FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM.

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE SEEING THEM AND THEY ARE ALSO SEEING US IN WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM FROM WHATEVER TIME THEY SOME OF MY PHOTOS COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 1850s AND THE 1940s AND THEY ARE LOOKING BACK AT US, IN OUR TIME.

[♪♪♪] >> BISA BUTLER AND HER HUSBAND A LONGTIME DJ CURATED A SPOTIFY PLAY LIST OF SONGS TO COMPLIMENT EACH ARTWORK AND ADDS NOTES OF VISUAL ELEGANCE TO HER SUBJECTS.

>> I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE DURING WORLD WAR II, A LOT OF THE PHOTOS IN THE EXHIBIT, AND BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE MIDWEST WERE STRUGGLING AND SO SOMETIMES THEIR CLOTHING IS WORN AND FRAYED OR SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE ON SHOES OR THE HAT COULD BE TORN.

AND BECAUSE I'M SEWING AND MY NATURE I FEEL COMPELLED I HAVE TO FIX THOSE THINGS.

[♪♪♪] >> MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME TO SEW.

MY MOTHER WAS A FRENCH TEACHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A HOMEMAKER BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE REPLICA CHRISTIAN DIOR GOWNS OR REPLICA HALSTON.

I THINK ABOUT MYSELF BEING LIKE ONE IN THE SUCCESSION OF THIS LONG LINE OF CULTURES.

AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT QUILTING THAT IT GROUNDS YOU IN THIS HISTORY OF WOMEN CREATING.

>> NOW, BUTLER'S MODERN WORKS ARE INSTALLED IN GALLERIES RESERVED FOR CENTURIES OLD EUROPEAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.

>> IT'S MIND BLOWING.

HAVING MY INSTALLATION ABOVE THAT GRAND STAIRCASE, IT'S BEEN TRIPPY AND WONDERFUL.

>> WE ASKED AN ART INSTITUTE TEXTILE CURATOR FOR HER TAKE ON THE ARTWORK.

>> THERE IS IS A SCULPTURAL QUALITY AND IN MANY OF THEM A SENSE OF MOTION I NOTICE IT IN THE FACES AND THE HANDS AND YOU WILL SEE TOO AN EVOLUTION OF HER PRACTICE IN THE WORKS AND EXHIBITION WHERE SHE IS ADDING LAYERS AND STITCHING MORE TO REALLY CREATE THESE CULL STURRAL EFFECTS.

>> BISA BUTLER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE INFLUENTIAL CHICAGO ART COLLECTIVE THAT EMERGED IN THE 1960s.

>> I WENT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

AND OUR PROFESSORS IN THE PAINTING FACULTY CAME FROM THE MOVEMENT.

AND THEY BASICALLY REPRESENTED I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE VISUAL ARTISTIC ARMS OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT.

THE PHILOSOPHIES THAT THEY HAD WAS THAT ARTISTS SHOULD REFLECT THE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT MY WORK CAN INFORM AND EDUCATE PEOPLE AND ALSO SPEAK TO PEOPLE'S SENSIBILITY OF LOOKING INTO EACH PERSON AS A REAL HUMAN BEING WHO DESERVES RESPECT AND RECOGNITION JUST THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD LOOK AT A PIECE OF ARTWORK.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> AND BISA BUTLER'S SHOW IS ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6.

AND IT'S PROJECTED ON TO THE MERCHANDISE MART EACH EXAS PART OF THE ART ON THE MART SERIES.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER POLICE FATALLY SHOOT ADAM TOLEDO.

WE TALK WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT A POLICE MISCONDUCT ORDINANCE.

>> AS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SHOOTS DOWN RUMORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION.

AND HOW MUSIC VENUES ARE SURVIVING AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF SHUTDOWN AND ROLL OUT OF A FEDERAL AID PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THEM.

>> FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES RELATED TO THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

CHAUVIN WHO KEPT HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK NOR MORE THAN NINE MINUTES, SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION TODAY AS THE VERDICTS WERE READ IN COURT.

HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, THIRD DEGREE MURDER AND SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER AND FACES UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON.

SENTENCING IS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN EIGHT WEEKS.

>> THE TOP OFFICIAL AT THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS RETIRING AFTER GOING ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOLLOWING WHAT OFFICIALS SAY WAS AN EXTORTION ATTEMPT AGAINST THEM.

STEVEN SANDVOSS SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR THREE DECADES AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SINCE 2015.

OFFICIALS HAVE NOT GIVEN SPECIFICS ON THE EXTORTION ATTEMPT BUT SAY NO VOTER DATA WAS COMPROMISED.

>> EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED THE GUILTY VERDICT IN THE CHAUVIN TRIAL AND THE VIDEO OF CHICAGO POLICE SHOOTING ADAM TOLEDO WE ARE JOINED BY CHRIS TALIAFERRO, BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ, ROSSANA RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ AND BRIAN HOPKINS.

I WANT TO PICK UP THE POLICE DISCUSSION ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ WE KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT POLICE OVERSIGHT PROPOSALS CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PROPOSALS MERGED INTO ONE.

THE MAYOR HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO ASPECTS OF IT.

BOTTOM LINE WILL A FINAL VERSION OF POLICE OVERSIGHT GIVE THAT PANEL THE ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT?

>> WE SEE TIME AFTER TIME THE MAYOR TALKING ABOUT INDEPENDENT REVIEWS WHICH DO NOT EXIST WE HAVE TO BE FRANK ABOUT THIS AND BE HONEST IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WE DO NOT HAVE INDEPENDENT REVIEWS.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DEMANDING.

>> YOU ARE SAYING C.O.P.A.

THOSE ARE NOT INDEPENDENT REVIEWS?

>> CERTAINLY.

I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS THE FACT OF THE MATTER IN THIS CASE OF ADAM TOLEDO IN PARTICULAR CAV WENT TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND STATE ATTORNEY THAT IS NOW BACKTRACKING THE ORIGINAL COMMENTS BECAUSE OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOMETHING WE ARE NOW SUPPORTING AND INVESTIGATION WITH OTHER LATINO LAWYERS FOR AN INVESTIGATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

WE HAVE COMMUNITIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE NEED TO PASS THAT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN THAT CONTINUE TO DIE IN THE HANDS OF POLICE.

AND OF COURSE, A LARGER COMPREHENSIVE VIEW TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

I AGREE IT IS ABOUT PREVENTION BUT ACURRENTABILITY.

>> CHRIS TALIAFERRO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL APPEARED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED THEM TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CREATE A PUBLIC DATABASE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT FILES GOING BACK TO 1994.

YOU SPONSORED SUCH AN ORDINANCE AND NOW YOU HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT, HOW COME?

>> NO, I DON'T, PARIS, I DON'T HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.

ALDERMAN WAGUESPACK AND MYSELF COSPONSORED THAT TO BRING IT INTO FRUITION.

WHAT I DIFFER FROM... IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT OVERBURDENING THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITY WITH TIME AND GOING BACK TO A TIME-FRAME IN WHICH IS UNNECESSARY.

I BELIEVE ANYTHING RELEVANT TO FROM THE YEAR 2,000 TOWARD THE PRESENT IS VERY RELEVANT WITH REGARD TO POLICE INVESTIGATIONS OR A TOTAL TIME-FRAME IN WHICH THE CURRENT POLICE OFFICERS SERVING FROM THE LATE 90s.

TO GO BACK 30-40 YEARS I BELIEVE THAT CAN BE OVERBURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS.

>> YOU WOULD SUPPORT IT IF IT DID NOT GO BACK THAT MANY YEARS.

>> I SUPPORT IT THAT IS WHY I COSPONSORED IT.

I BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY.

AND THAT REQUIRES US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DATABASE IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING?

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IS YOUR THAT SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT COMPLAINT REGISTER NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND A LOG NUMBER IS NOT AN INVESTIGATION AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER.

ONCE IT'S BEEN UPGRADED TO AN INVESTIGATION I BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.

>> ALDERMAN HOPKINS WE TALK ABOUT POLICE REFORM WHILE THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING ANOTHER SPIKE IN HOMICIDES OVER LAST YEAR.

SPIKE IN VEHICULAR HIJACKING.

CURIOUS IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT TELLS YOU THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN KIDS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IN SCHOOL PHYSICALLY IN SCHOOL FOR MOST OF THE LAST YEAR AND THE HIGHER CRIME NUMBERS WE'RE SEEING?

>> I AM NOT AWARE OF EVIDENCE.

I AM AWARE OF STORIES AND PEOPLE WHO THINK THERE IS A CONNECTION.

CLEARLY, OUR YOUTH ARE BEING HARMED.

AS WE ALL ARE.

THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHICAGOANS OF ALL AGES NOT JUST OUR YOUTH AND NOT JUST OUR FAMILIES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THAT FOR QUITE A LONGTIME.

THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD WHERE THE MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO BRINGING ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES TO OUR SCHOOLS.

WE NEED THEM NOW MORE THAN EVER.

AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP BRING YOUNG PEOPLE BACK IN OFF THE STREET AND TO THE EXTENT THERE'S BEEN DAMAGE DONE TO THEIR PSYCHES OVER THE LAST YEAR WE CAN BEGIN REPAIRING WHEN SCHOOLS ARE FUNCTIONAL AGAIN.

>> I HAVE TO PIVOT TO COVID THE CITY IS GOING TO GET $2 BILLION IN RELIEF FUNDING YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAYING SHE IS GOING TO USE HALF OF THAT TO PAY OFF RISKY DEBT THE CITY TOOK TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

IS THAT THE RIGHT MOVE?

>> I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE HURTING.

I THINK THAT THE ROLLOUT FOR THE VACCINE HAS PUT OUR COMMUNITIES IN A DELICATE PLACE AND PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED IN MY WARD I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SETUP A VACCINE CLINIC I HAVE TO WORK WITH JEW WELL OSCO TO DO THAT AND THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MY MESSAGES.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE WE ARE NOT MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED?

WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH FEEDING PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WE HAVE A LOTTERY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

ALL OF THAT FUNDING IS COMING IN BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

I SURE HOPE THAT NONE OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO END UP REIMBURSING POLICE FOR ANY REASON.

>> CHRIS TALIAFERRO, I WILL POSE THAT QUESTION TO YOU, $2 BILLION, IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BUT IT IS A PROBLEM WHEN WILL YOU HAVE 50 PEOPLE IN CITY COUNCIL THAT PERHAPS BELIEVE THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

IS SPENDING HALF THE MONEY ON DEBT THE RIGHT MOVE?

>> YOU WILL HAVE ALL 50 OF MY COLLEAGUES, 49 OF MY COLLEAGUES, ALL OF US ARE GOING TO SAY WE WANT TO SEE A LOT OF THE FUNDS GO TOWARD COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

WE WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE WANT HOMELESSNESS TO BE IRRADICATED AND WE WANT THE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS THAT.

IN LOOKING AT WHAT WILL BETTER OUR COMMUNITIES WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT CITY DEBT.

IF WE CONTINUE TO CARRY A LOAD OF CITY DEBT GUESS WHAT HAPPENS TO PROPERTY TAX NZ PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING TO BE INCREASED.

THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR FAMILIES MORE.

IF WE CAN GET RID OF DEBT AND TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, I AM WILLING TO LISTEN THAT PROPOSAL.

I WILL NOT SAY IT IS A BAD PROPOSAL.

BUT IF IT WILL SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITH OUT INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE WE ARE PAYING OFF DEBT AND WE CAN SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR BUSINESSES WITH THIS RELIEF FUND I'M ALL FOR IT.

I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO IT.

>> A LOT OF ISSUES.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU TO CHRIS TALIAFERRO, BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ, ROSSANA RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ AND BRIAN HOPKINS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> OVER THE WEEKEND RUMORS IN BURNING UP SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WOULD REPORTEDLY LEAD TO THE RESIGNATION OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

THE MAYOR RESPONDED TO THE RUMORS ON TWITTER AT AT A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY TAKE A LOOK.

>> CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTING.

THAT SOMETHING THAT SO SALACIOUS AND FALSE AND GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING AND WHO I AM, THAT SOME OF YOU TOOK SERIOUSLY.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO TRACE DOWN SOURCING FOR.

BUT I WILL JUST SHARE MY EXCHANGE WITH MY 13-YEAR-OLD.

WE EXPLAINED TO HER AND FELT A NEED TO EXPLAIN TO HER, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU PUT HER IN YOUR MOUTH.

SHE SAID WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID AND MEAN?

>> AND HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW RUMORS SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW JOURNALISTS SHOULD COVER THEM ARE PETER ADAMS THE SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT AT THE NEWS LITERACY PROFIT THAT TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE IN THE DIGITAL AGE.

AND CHARLES WHITAKER, DEAN OF NORTHWESTERN'S MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.

PETER THIS IS WHAT YOU DO AT THE PROJECT TRY TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO FACT CHECK AND TRUST WHAT THEY SEE.

AND PEOPLE BELIEVE THE RUMORS BECAUSE THEY WERE SPREAD FAR AND WIDE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HOW DO YOU COMBAT IT WHEN IT SPREADS SO FAST?

>> INDEED.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO JUST SLOW DOWN AND TO BE AWARE OF YOUR EMOTIONS.

I THINK THIS SPREAD QUICKLY ESPECIALLY AMONG THE MAYOR'S CRITICS WHO MAY BE LEANED INTO THAT INFORMATION AND ENGAGED IN CONFIRMATION BIAS AND DID NOT SCRUTINIZE OR QUESTION THE SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION OR LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.

IF WE SLOW DOWN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE INFORMATION IS COMING FROM AND DO NOT FALL FOR SCREEN SHOTS OF ANONYMOUS POSTS.

>> BIAS COMES INTO PLAY SO OFTEN AS PEOPLE SEEK OUT INFORMATION.

CHARLES WHITAKER AS A JOURNALIST YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS WHETHER THERE'S TRUTH TO THIS.

HOW DOES A JOURNALIST GO ABOUT TRYING TO DIG INTO THIS WITHOUT AMPLIFYING BASELESS INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

>> WE TRACK IT DOWN LIKE IF WE WERE REPORTING ON ANY OTHER STORY.

PETER IS RIGHT WE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND APPLY THE SAME STANDARDS OF VERIFICATION AND ACCURACY THAT WE DO TO TRADITIONAL MEDIA.

TOO OFTEN PEOPLE TREAT SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IS NOT JOURNALISM.

YOU SHOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] IN YOUR NORMAL BEAT.

>> AND PETER, THERE'S BEEN A LOT WRITTEN ABOUT THE CASE OF ADAM TOLEDO HERE IN CHICAGO AND PERHAPS JOURNALISTS GOING WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INITIAL EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU SEE THE VIDEO AND IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY SAID.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

HOW DID JOURNALISTS HANDLE A SITUATION LIKE THAT?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING NOW IN NEWSROOMS AND MUCH-NEEDED REVISITING OF PRACTICES AROUND HOW OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ARE REPORTED.

I THINK IN THE INITIAL COVERAGE OF THE SHOOTING, WE SAW A LOT OF AMPLICATION OF OFFICIAL STATEMENTS.

THE WHAT WE KNOW TO BE A FALSE STATEMENT THAT TOLEDO HAD A GUN WAS AMPLIFIED IN A HEADLINE FINANCE IT IS ATTRIBUTED TO OFFICIALS IF IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO POLICE IT LENDS CREDENCE.

SO I THINK NEWS ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK OF BEING MORE THOUGHTFUL AND SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE INITIAL INFORMATION RELEASED BY POLICE.

WE'RE SEEING THAT TODAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEREK CHAUVIN VERDICT.

REVISITING THE INITIAL STATEMENTS ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.

>> THE INITIAL STATEMENT FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS PD WERE VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAPPENED.

CHARLES WHITAKER WHAT SHOULD NEWSROOMS DO WHEN THE POLICE OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUT OUT A STATEMENT AND THERE IS A TRACK RECORD HERE OF PERHAPS NOT COMPORTING WITH THE TRUTH?

>> I THINK AS PETER SAID WE HAVE CANNOT TAKE THE OFFICIAL VERSION WE HAVE TO REPORT ON ACCURATE EVENTS.

IT IS ENOUGH TO SAY IT WAS THE OFFICIAL VERSION WE HAVE TO VERIFY AND WAIT FOR VIDEO, COVERAGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD DO BUT WE CAN'T SACRIFICE EXPEDIENCE AND HAVING BEING THE FIRST ONES TO THE STORY FOR ACCURACY.

AND WHEN WE ARE WRONG WE HAVE TO OWN UP TO THAT AND SAYING WHERE THE MISTAKES OCCURRED AND HOW THEY OCCURRED >> AND PETER ADAMS NO SECRET THAT TWITTER AND Facebook, YouTube, ARE SUPER SPREADERS OF MISINFORMATION AND SO MUCH OF THE PUBLIC IS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IS TRUTH, WHAT IS CREDIBLE JOURNALISM, WHAT ARE MEMES, WHAT ARE HOT TAKES.

SIMPLY PUT CAN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES DO MORE THAN THEY ARE DOING?

DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO MORE TO ROOT OUT MISINFORMATION?

>> ABSOLUTELY THEY HAVE MORE CAPACITY.

THEY CAN DO A NUMBER OF THINGS.

THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL ASTRONOMICAL RESOURCES TO DEVOTE TO THIS AND AREN'T DOING ENOUGH THERE AND NOT OPENING THE PLATFORMS UP ENOUGH FOR RESERVERS AND THEIR DATE TO RESEARCHERS WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE BAD ACTORS NETWORK ON-LINE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY CAN GO FURTHER.

I THINK THERE ARE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF REGARDING PUBLIC FIGURES DIFFERENTLY THAN PRIVATE CITIZENS AND I THINK WE SHOULD SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS TO WHICH PEOPLE ARE HELD.

PEOPLE WITH LARGE FOLLOWINGS INFLUENCERS SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACCURACY OF CONTENT AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM SPREADING HARMFUL INFORMATION SHOULD BE MORE SEVERE THAN AN AVERAGE USER.

>> THE SOMETIMES THE HARMFUL INFORMATION OR PERSONALITIES SPREADING STUFF GETS MORE CLICKS IT BUILDS THEIR BRAND AND IT'S HARD FOR JOURNALISM TO COMPETE WITH THAT.

HOW DOES JOURNALISM WIN OVER THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF FOLKS THAT WANT SALACIOUS INFORMATION?

>> WELL, I THINK WE CAN'T SUCCUMB TO THE DESIRE FOR CLICKS.

FALLING INTO THE TRAP OF JUST PRODUCING SALACIOUS INFORMATION FOR CLICK SAKE WILL BE THE DEATH OF MEDIA.

THAT IS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE LACK OF TRUST THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.

WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES TO HIGHER STANDARDS.

I KNOW IT IS A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE ALL SEARCHING FOR EYEBALLS.

BUT IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T TRUST US IF THEY COME TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THE FAKE NEWS PROPAGATORS THAT TOO WILL BE THE DEATH OF JOURNALISM.

>> AND A LOT OF TIMES THE PUBLIC CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE WHICH BOTH OF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE VERY MUCH.

AND WE WANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS.

FOR NOW OUR THANKS TO PETER ADAMS AND CHARLES WHITAKER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT CHECKING IN WITH SOME OF CHICAGO'S MUSIC VENUES.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER...

THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF COVID TUNNEL BUT MUSIC LOVERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO CONGREGATE AT A MUSIC HALL TO HEAR A CONCERT?

UNDER PHASE FOUR GUIDELINES LARGER VENUES MUST STAY AT 50% OR 50 PERSON, AND SMALLER VENUES ARE 25% OR 25-PERSON OCCUPANCY.

AND FEDERAL AID ROLLED OUT FOR MUSIC VENUES AND THEATERS IS ADDING MORE STRAIN TO A STRESSFUL SITUATION.

JOINING US ARE ROBERT GOMEZ OWNER OF SUBJECT TRAINIAN AND BEAT KITCHEN, ERIC WILLIAMS FOUNDER OF THE SPACE SILVER ROOM WHICH HOSTS THE SOUND SYSTEM BLOCK PARTY AND CHRIS BAUMAN OWNER OF THE AVONDALE MUSIC HALL AND PATIO THEATRE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ROBERT, THE $16 BILLION FUND FROM THE SBA IT HAS NOT DELIVERED THE FUNDING AS PROMISED.

WHAT HAS GONE WRONG?

>> WE ALL GOT IN WHEN THEY TOLD US TO JUMP ON -- WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD GET AN E-MAIL LETTING US KNOW IT WAS OPEN AND ON THE WEBSITE.

WE ALL APPLIED AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE IT.

SO IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE AUDREY WENNINK ONE OF THE NUMBERS OF OUR GROUP SAID IT WAS THE WORST THAT HE HAS EVER SEEN.

>> AND YOU'RE COMING IN AND OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH YOUR AUDIO.

CHRIS, HOW DEPENDANT ARE MUSIC VENUES ON THIS FUNDING?

THE ONES STILL AROUND THEY SURVIVED A YEAR DARK.

HOW BADLY NEEDED IS THIS FUNDING?

>> YEAH, SO, PARIS FIRST THANKS FOR HAVING US.

IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.

I'VE BEEN COMPARING WHAT MY COLLEAGUE GOMEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF US TRYING TO APPLY TO SIMILAR TO A BOAT SINKING AND EVERYONE TRYING TO GET OFF THE BOAT.

THAT IS HOW IT WAS EVERYONE TRYING TO GET INTO THIS APPLICATION THAT DESPERATION.

LOOK IT'S BEEN 14 MONTHS ALMOST THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHUTDOWN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP AT FULL CAPACITY IT LOOKS FOR MONTHS TO COME.

WE REALLY NEED THESE FUNDS TO GET GOING.

WE CANNOT BE CAPITALIZED BANKS WILL NOT TOUCH US.

THE GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOR THE FUNDS.

>> AND ERIC AT THE SILVER ROOM YOU USUALLY HOST THE SOUND SYSTEM BLOCK PARTY 40,000 FOLKS ATTENDING EVERY YEAR AND YOU MADE A DECISION TO CANCEL THAT.

WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU WILL SEE LIVE EVENTS AT YOUR PLACE?

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE PUT A HOLD ON ALL LIVE EVENTS UNTIL WE CAN GET BACK TO 100% CAPACITY.

MAYBE THE END OF SUMMER.

AS FAR AS DOING LARGE SCALE EVENTS IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DISTANCE.

AGAIN UNTIL WE CAN DO IT THE RIGHT WAY I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO IT HALFWAY.

WE PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

>> ROBERT, YOUR PLACE, WITH 50% ALLOWED, IS IT JUST NOT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET TO HAVE BANDS COME IN AND PAY THEM AND PAY ALL THE WORKERS?

>> WELL THERE ARE MORE RESTRICTIONS THAN JUST 50% IT'S UP TO 50 PEOPLE AND THE BIGGER ISSUE FOR US IS THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

AND TO BE SEATED.

THAT DOES NOT WORK IN A CONCERT SETTING.

MY OF MY COLLEAGUES WE ARE THE OPPOSITE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.

>> CHRIS, WHAT ABOUT LIVE STREAM.

SOME VENUES TURNED TO LIVE STREAMING THE GREEN MILL DID IT TO MAKE MONEY HAS THAT BEEN ANY KIND OF LUCRATIVE DEAL TO STAY AFLOAT?

>> YES.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT HAS NOT BASKETBALL A LUCRATIVE DEAL IT'S BEEN A GOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL DEAL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE MUSIC GETTING OUT TO PEOPLE.

BUT FINANCIALLY IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

WE HAVE LARGE BUILDINGS, LARGE TAX BILLS, LARGE MORTGAGES, LIVE STREAMING, I THINK ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES DESCRIBES IT THE RIVER OF PENNIES.

IT DOES NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IT'S GOOD MORALLY AND A LOT OF US HAVE DONE IT.

WE DID A GREAT LIVE STREAM CALLED CIVILIZATION WHERE WE WENT TO NUMEROUS VENUES.

>> AND CIVIL WAS THE GROUP OF MUSIC OWNERS THAT BANDED TOGETHER.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

WE'RE UP TO 30 INDEPENDENT CHICAGO VENUES ARE PART OF CIVIL.

AND WE CAME TOGETHER AND MANY OF US WERE ABLE TO LIVE STREAM A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL GREAT FOR MORALE AND WE RAISED MONEY FOR OUR STAFFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT LIVE STREAMING DOES NOT CUT IT.

>> ERIC WILLIAMS WE MENTIONED YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR 40,000 PERSON EVENT THE SOUND SYSTEM EVENT.

CAN YOU MOVE YOUR NORMAL PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE WHEN THE WEATHER GETS GOOD AND CAN THAT HELP YOUR BUSINESS OUT?

>> MAYBE SMALLER EVENTS.

BUT AS GOMEZ SAID DOING EVENTS AND BEING OUTSIDE IS ABOUT BEING TOGETHER TONIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL, I THINK IN THE SUMMER IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY.

WE MIGHT DO SMALLER THINGS.

>> ROBERT, OR CHRIS, I'M HEAR THE WICKER PARK FEST MIGHT TAKE PLACE THAT IS A LARGE OUTDOOR EVENT HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE PROGRAMMED IF WE ARE NOT IN FULL REOPEN MODE HERE IN ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, WE ARE NOT IN FULL REOPEN MODE WE HAVE TO PLAN THIS CAREFULLY WITH AN EASY EXIT STRATEGY IF WE ARE UNABLE TO PULL IT OFF.

>> SO THAT JUST IS CONTINGENT ON GETTING TO THE FULL REOPEN.

CHRIS, THERE IS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY OVER THE THOUGHT OF VACCINE PASSPORTS.

DO YOU THINK MUSIC VENUES TO BE ABLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND DO BUSINESS WOULD REQUIRE FOLKS TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION TO COME TO A CONCERT?

>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT'S GONE BACK AND FORTH.

I THINK WE'RE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME BACK OUT TO OUR VENUES THAT IT IS SAFE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME SEE A CONVERT SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU DID BEFORE IN 2019.

AND THAT OUR GOAL TO GET TO THAT POINT, GET TO 100% CAPACITY AND WE'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO MAKING SURE THERE'S SANITATION AND EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STAFFING AND WE WANT TO OPEN OUR DOORS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO AGAIN IS OUR GOAL.

>> AND WHEN YOU DO I WILL BE IN ALL OF YOUR VENUES EVERY EVERY MUSIC VENUE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN MISSING LIVE MUSIC AS I KNOW YOU HAVE.

OUR THANKS TO ROBERT GOMEZ, ERIC WILLIAMS AND CHRIS BAUMAN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS APPRECIATE IT.

>> AND THAT IS HOUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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