JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

A JUDGE RULES ON THE PROTEST ROUTE FOR DEMONSTRATORS AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

PLUS, COOK COUNTY COURT OFFICIALS ARE CLEARING JUDGES SCHEDULES AHEAD OF POSSIBLE MASS ARREST AT THE DNC.

PORTER USED TO BUY IN.

AND CHICAGO'S NOTORIOUS PARKING METER DEAL COULD BE COSTING THE CITY EVEN MORE MONEY.

WE EXPLAIN HOW THE DEAL CAME ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS GATHERING TO DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL HAVE TO STICK TO THE CITY'S PROPOSED ROUTE INSTEAD OF THE ONE ORGANIZERS HAVE PROPOSED THE ROUTE TAKES MARCHERS FROM UNION PARK ALONG WASHINGTON BOULEVARD BEFORE JOGGING NORTH AWAY FROM THE UNITED CENTER.

AND THEN AGAIN, CONTINUING WEST KNOW YOU CAN SEE THE ROUTE THEN LOOPS BACK TO LAKE STREET BEFORE HEADING EAST RETURNING TO UNION PARK IN HER RULING FEDERAL JUDGE ANDREA WOOD DECIDED THE 1.4 MILE ROUTE IS SUFFICIENT FOR PROTESTERS TO GATHER WITHOUT FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS.

THE COALITION TO MARCH ON THE DNC HAD PREFERRED A LONGER ROUTE THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT THEM ALONG THE SECURITY BARRIERS ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD.

MEANWHILE, CITY AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE READY FOR NEXT WEEK'S CONVENTION AND THE PROTEST IN TRAFFIC HEADACHES THAT MIGHT COME ALONG WITH IT FOR CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

SECRET SERVICE SAYS WHILE IT HAS LEARNED LESSONS FROM THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LAST MONTH, THIS EVENT IS MUCH DIFFERENT FROM A CAMPAIGN RALLY.

IF YOU'RE NOT LEARNING AND TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.

SO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE TRYING TO GET BETTER EVERY DAY.

BUT AS FAR AS COMPARING BUTLER TO A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT, YOU CAN'T COMPARE.

THIS IS A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH.

WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS CONVENTION FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.

SO WE CAN'T COMPARE THE 2.

THE CITY'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISES RESIDENTS TO DOWNLOAD THE OEM SEE APP OR SEND A TEXT TO GET UPDATES ON TRAFFIC STREET CLOSURES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.

AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH O'HARE AIRPORT, ANYTIME SOON, YOU'LL HAVE SOME NEW FOOD AND RETAIL OPTIONS.

CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION OFFICIALS ARE ANNOUNCING THE ADDITION OF 5 NEW CONCESSIONS AT TERMINAL 5.

THE STORES INCLUDE PUBLIC AND QUALITY BREAD, 6 POINTS, MARKET METROPOLIS COFFEE COMPANY IN MOTION AND BOULEVARD AND BRANCH.

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THE DAILY CHICAGO WE'LL BRING YOU THE NEWS YOU NEED EVERY DAY ALONG WITH THE BACKSTORY WILL ALSO HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING YOU WITH INFORMATION AND HELPING YOU NAVIGATE CHICAGO'S MANY NEIGHBORHOODS.

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UP NEXT, HOW COOK COUNTY COURTS ARE PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE MASS ARRESTS DURING THE DNC.

CHIEF JUDGE 10 EVANS ON HOW TO WORK RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION JUST DAYS AWAY.

COOK COUNTY JUDGES ARE CLEARING THEIR SCHEDULES.

THAT COMES AS PART OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FROM CHIEF JUDGE 10 EVANS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MASS ARRESTS.

CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SPOKE THIS WEEK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH TO LARGE CROWDS.

WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE WE?

WE THE MANPOWER TO PUT AT THESE LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVE TO STOP ANY OF THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

WHEN YOU GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BECOME VIOLENT ACTORS ONCE ONE COMMITS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE AND IT'S GONE UNCHECKED AND OTHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE STEPPING IN AND DOING THE SAME THING.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE.

SO JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS CHIEF JUDGE 10 EVANS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CHIEF COULD SEE GOOD TO BE SO EXPLAIN FOR US IF YOU WOULD.

WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR NEXT WEEKEND FOR THE REST OF AUGUST?

WE'RE AT IT.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ENTERED A COUPLE OF ORDERS THAT I THINK WE'LL MAKE THINGS SMOOTH.

THINGS WILL GO ALONG VERY, VERY WELL.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY.

WE HOPE THE POLICE WILL BE SAFE.

WE HOPE THAT ALL WILL BE WELL, BUT IN CASE MASSIVE ARRESTS OCCUR.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ENTERED AN ORDER THAT ESTABLISHES A FACILITY, A BELLMAN WESTON THAT WILL BE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL WITH THOSE KINDS OF CASES.

IT WILL NOT IN A FIELD WITH A REGULAR ROUTINE.

REGULAR COURTS WILL CONTINUE UNABATED, BUT IT WILL BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN AND GET THEM PROCESSED AND GET THEM OUT QUICKLY IN A REASONABLE WAY.

THERE'S PLENTY OF TRANSPORTATION.

BOTH THE CTA AND THE TRAINS.

AND THINK THAT WE PREPARED FOR THIS POSSIBILITY, IF DOES OCCUR SO PROCESSING THAT USE ACPD, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MAKING AN ARREST, BUT THEY WOULD NORMALLY DO AT AT A A DISTRICT OFFICE THEY WOULD INSTEAD DO THAT AT THE BELMONT FACILITY AND ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE A JUDGE THERE IF NECESSARY.

THAT IS RIGHT.

AS LONG AS IT IS UNDER THEIR CHARACTERIZATION OF A COURT AND THEY DID MASSIVE ARREST.

AND THAT'S A TERM OF ART THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE.

THEY WILL NOTIFY MY OFFICE WHEN THEY REACH THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.

AND AT THAT POINT, THINGS WORLD IN THE SHIFTED FROM 26 IN CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BELMONT AND WESTERN THAT I'M DESCRIBING TO YOU AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED.

WE'VE HAD 50 55 PEOPLE MEETING ON THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S EXPECTED THEM AND THEIR TEAM.

AND WE EXPECTED EVERYBODY WORK WELL TOGETHER.

SO SHOULD CPD ALERT YOUR OFFICE THAT MASSIVE ARRESTS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL NEED TO OCCUR?

WHAT KIND OF PROCEEDINGS MIGHT YOUR JUDGES NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR AT THAT FACILITY WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE 2 WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE RELEASED AT BELMONT AND WESTERN ONE WILL BE BUSSED TO TICKETS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE DAY TO RETURN, IF IT'S NOT A VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATION, IF IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATION, THE FIRST APPEARANCE HEARING HAS TO TAKE PLACE THERE IN PERSON THERE ARE JUDGES WILL HAVE TO BE THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON CAN BE RELEASED.

INTO THE COMMUNITY OR BE DETAINED AND THEY WILL BE DETAINED IF THERE IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT THREAT OR IF THERE'S A FLIGHT RISK, THEY HAVE TO BE DETAINED, THEY WOULD THEN BE SHIPPED FROM DELMON IN WESTON.

2.26 IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY WILL STAY UNTIL THEIR THERE.

TIME COMING.

GOT, OF COURSE, BEEN PROCESS AND THE COOK COUNTY JAIL, THEIR FACILITIES.

AND YOU SEE YOUR OFFICE HAS TRAINED 57 JUDGES AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY ASSIGNED TO CRIMINAL AND PREACH.

I'LL DIVISIONS ON THE PRETRIAL FAIRNESS ACT AND SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITH REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WILL WHEN JUDGES MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE DETAINED.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO PROLONG THE DAY COULD INCLUDE FORGIVEN JUDGE IN SYRIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COURT THERE, BELMONT AND WESTERN WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 BEFORE AND THEN FROM 4 TO 12.

AND THAT'S TO SHIFTS IN EFFECT.

AND SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS BURN JUDGES OUT.

WE'VE GOT BACK OF JUDGES WHO ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THOSE JUSTICES.

AND YOU SAY THIS WON'T IMPACT PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE LEIGHTON CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE OR DALEY CENTER.

YES, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'VE SHIFTED MOST OF THOSE CASES.

SO THAT WILL ONLY BE DEALING WITH THOSE MATTERS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WILL BE SPEEDY TRIAL ISSUES KEYS HAS TO BE DISMISSED ON.

THAT'S THAT CASE CAN BE RESOLVED AMICABLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

THOSE CASES WILL GO AHEAD.

BUT INSTEAD OF THOSE CASES GOING AHEAD AT 26 IN CALIFORNIA WILL SHIP THOSE CASES TO ROLLING MEADOWS.

THE 3RD DISTRICT.

SO THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.

IT'S JUST THAT WILL BE SHIFTING CASES AROUND A BIT.

SO THIS MEANS PROBABLY JURORS OR POTENTIAL JURORS, ATTORNEYS DEFENDANTS, ALL THAT PLAINTIFFS, ALL THOSE FOLKS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP TO ROLLING MEADOWS FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED IN.

AND BEFORE THEY DO THAT, JURIES ARE BEING INFORMED THAT THEY ARE ON STANDBY.

SO IF THEY RECEIVE A SUMMONS FROM MY OFFICE, ALL THEY NEED DO IS CALL IN.

WE CAN TELL THEM WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEEDED AND THAT WE'VE TRIED BEST 2.

OBVIATE THE NECESSITY THAT MOST JURORS WOULD HAVE TO SERVE ON THIS OCCASION.

WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE, WHAT HAVE CONVERSATIONS BEEN LIKE WITH CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THEN AND YOUR OFFICE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS.

HOW ARE COMMUNICATIONS GOING TO GO GOING FORWARD?

WELL, THEY THEY APPROACH MY OFFICE, THE CITY OF CHICAGO, THE CORPORATION COUNSEL'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY CONSIDERED SEVERAL SCENARIOS AND WORKING WITH THE SECRET SERVICE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE OTHER OFFICIALS WHO ARE PART TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST.

POSSIBLE SCENARIO.

THEY KNEW THAT WE'D HAVE TO OPEN UP A WHOLE NEW COURT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET READY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT I TOLD HIM I WAS WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE ISSUES TO THE MEMBERS OF THEIR GOVERNMENT.

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE.

WE WANT AS MUCH FEAR IN THIS AS WE CAN SURROUND THEM WITH AS BECOMES NECESSARY.

WE GOING TO LIVE WITH IT.

HAVE YOU OR EVEN COOK COUNTY COURTS EVER DEALT WITH SOMETHING LIKE WHAT IS EXPECTED OR WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK AS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IN A MOSTLY THINKING BACK TO 1968.

BUT ARE THERE OTHER OCCASIONS THEY HAVE WE'VE SEEN PROTESTS THAT ERUPTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE DID THAT FULLY ANTICIPATE THE BROAD BASE OF THAT OCCURRING.

BUT WE'RE READY FOR IT.

NOBODY WANTS TO SEE 1968 AGAIN.

NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT.

WE KNOW THAT THIS CITY CAN HANDLE IT.

OUR COMMUNITY IS READY FOR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HEARD AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.

I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND ALSO BEING A SUMMER OF 2020, I IMAGINE THAT WAS PROBABLY A BUSY TIME FOR YOUR OFFICE THAT AS WELL.

IT WAS INDEED AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE'VE LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT AS LEGAL COMMUNITY.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS BEEN INVOLVED PUBLIC DEFENDER, THE STATE'S THE THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

THIS IS A TEAM ALL CHIEF JUDGE JANET EVANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM NEXT WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC.

ALL WILL BE WELL BE BACK.

GOOD TO SEE RIGHT.

UP NEXT, THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO'S INFAMOUS PARKING METER DEAL.

MAKE W T TW YOUR HOME FOR 2024 CONVENTION COVERAGE LEADING UP TO THE WEEK OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

FIND THE LATEST NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS INSPECT EACH CONVENTION NIGHT WITH US BEGINNING AT 05:30PM, WITH LIVE CHICAGO TONIGHT REPORTING AND ANALYSIS FROM THE CONVENTION BEFORE AND AFTER PBS NEWS HOUR IS PRIME TIME COVERAGE W T TW YOUR SOURCE FOR TRUSTED INDEPENDENT NEWS AND INFORMATION.

CHICAGO'S NOTORIOUS PARKING METER DEAL COULD BE COSTING THE CITY EVEN MORE MONEY.

THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES REPORTS THE CITY COULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR 100 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AFTER ARBITRATORS DETERMINED THE CITY SHORTCHANGE THE COMPANY.

BUT IF YOUR MEMORY IS A LITTLE FUZZY ON HOW THE CONTROVERSIAL DEAL CAME ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE, HERE'S PATTY WITH THE BACK STORY IN TONIGHT'S EDITION OF WT TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

EVERY TIME A CHICAGO PAYS FOR PARKING AND INVESTOR SAYS CA CHANGE THE METERS ARE A SERIOUS MONEY MAKER.

JUST NOT FOR CHICAGO.

MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT INFAMOUS PARKING METER HERE'S WHY IT'S SO UNPOPULAR AND HOW IT BECAME A CASE STUDY WORST PRACTICES.

PICTURE THE YEAR 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS STRIKES AND EVERYONE IS LOUISVILLE STRAPPED FOR CASH, INCLUDING CHICAGO.

THE CITY IS BROKE.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BUDGET GAP, RAISING PROPERTY TAXES WILL DO THE TRICK.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO REMAIN POPULAR WITH VOTERS, THAT'S NOT SUCH A GREAT IDEA.

SO MAYOR RICHARD DALEY GOT CREATIVE.

HE LOOKED AROUND FOR ASSETS TO SELL.

WHAT ABOUT CHICAGO'S 36,000 PARKING METERS?

HASTILY FORMED INVESTMENT 3, THE CREATIVELY NAMED CHICAGO PARKING METERS.

AGREED TO COUGH UP 1 BILLION IN CHANGE FOR A 75 YEAR AND CHICAGO'S CITY COUNCIL RUBBER STAMP THAT PLAN FASTER.

THE MEMBERS COULD READ THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.

A BILLION DOLLARS SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH MONEY AND IT IS BUT SO MUCH MORE MONEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN LEFT ON THE TABLE.

SOME ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE PARKING METERS WILL WORTH AT LEAST 2 BILLION DOLLARS AS SOON AS THE NEWS RENDERS TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY, THEY BEGAN RAISING NEWS AND THEIR PROFITS A QUARTER USED TO BUY IN OUR PARKING TIME TODAY.

WAIT, THERE'S THE CITY TAKES A PARKING SPACE OUT OF SERVICE FOR SAY STREET FESTIVAL TO BUILD A PROTECTED BIKE LANE.

IT HAS TO PAY CHICAGO PARKING METERS FOR THE LOST REVENUES.

SO NOW THE LANDLORD IS PAYING THE RENT PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT SEARCH FOR NEW POLLS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO BREAK THIS ALMOST COMICALLY LOPSIDED LEAST NO DICE.

THE COURTS HAVE CALLED THE DEAL SHORT-SIGHTED OR WORSE.

BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO STRIKE A BAD DEAL WITH SOME 60 YEARS LEFT ON ITS LEASE CHICAGO PARKING METERS, LLC HAS ALREADY MADE BACK INITIAL INVESTMENT AND THEN SOME AND IMPRESSIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THEM.

AND BREAK FOR CHICAGO.

GOT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE IN OUR W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS SERIES FROM WHY CHICAGO'S PENSION DEBT IS SO HIGH TO HOW THE CITY'S GRID SYSTEM, GRID STREET SYSTEM WORKS.

YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL AT WWW DOT COM SLASH EXPLAINS.

UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WITH THE LATEST ON NEXT WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

A FEDERAL JUDGE SIDES WITH THE CITY GREENLIGHTING ITS PROTEST ROUTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THAT SAME JUDGE SAYS STATE BILL INMATES NEED TO BE MOVED OUT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AND WE'VE GOT UPDATED NUMBERS ON WHAT POLICE MISCONDUCT COSTS, TAXPAYERS HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AMANDA, VICKI AND HEATHER SHARON.

HEY TEAMS.

SO HEATHER LATE YESTERDAY.

YOU WROTE ABOUT THIS, OBVIOUSLY, JUDGE ANDREA, WOULD FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT EXPECTED PROTESTERS ARE BEING GIVEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ON THE CITY'S EXISTING ROUTE NEAR THE UNITED CENTER.

WHAT EXACTLY WAS THIS DISPUTE PLAY ABOUT?

WELL, THIS IS A COALITION OF NEARLY 200 GROUPS WHO WANTS TO PROTEST ALL SORTS OF ISSUES NEAR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND THEY WANTED ALMOST 2 AND A HALF MILE LONG PROTEST ROUTE THAT WOULD TAKE THEM DIRECTLY UP WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL GO RIGHT BY THE UNITED CENTER SO THAT THEY CAN SEE DELEGATES IN DELEGATES CAN SEE THEM.

AND OH, YEAH, THE TV CAMERAS THAT WILL BE THERE WILL ALSO SEE THEM AS WELL.

BUT THE CITY AND THE SECRET SERVICE NO, THAT WOULD CREATE MASSIVE PROBLEM BECAUSE PART OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS GOING TO BE PART OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE HARD PERIMETER THAT THAT ORANGE AND THAT IS GOING TO BE CONCRETE, NOT FLEXIBLE BARRIERS.

AND THEY SAID, LOOK, IF WE ALLOW YOU TO MARCH UP WASHINGTON, IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WOULD BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

IT'S SOMETHING GETS OUT OF HAND COULD BE CRUSHED AGAINST THAT NON FLEXIBLE BARRIER, WHICH IS WHY YOU WANT TO SEE THEM MAKE THAT TURN AND HEAD AWAY FROM WASHINGTON BOULEVARD.

NOW, THE COALITION SAID THIS AFTERNOON THEY'RE GOING TO APPEAL THAT RULING.

BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR THESE CHANGES TO BE MADE.

AND THE FEDERAL JUDGE SAID, LOOK, THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU GET SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO STAY, WHERE YOU WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND SHE THE CITY YOU KNOW, I WILL ADD BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, PART OF THIS IS ABOUT GETTING ATTENTION OF THE MEDIA WORLDWIDE AND MAYBE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.

BUT THIS BACK AND FORTH IN COURT AND THE WHOLE QUESTION OF WHAT THE MAP IS GOING TO BE.

THEY BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION ALREADY TO THEIR ISSUES, AT LEAST HERE IN CHICAGO.

SO ANYBODY WHO MATTERS IN THE CITY AND STATE CERTAINLY IS VERY WELL AWARE THAT ALONE HAS DRAWN THE ATTENTION THAT THEY ARE AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS ALONE.

THAT'S JUST THE PROTESTERS.

WE HAVEN'T SAID A THING ABOUT THE DELEGATES IN ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE DESCENDING UPON THE CITY FOR THIS NEXT WEEK FOR VARIOUS ROLES THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT CPD IS GOING TO BE UNDER SOME SCRUTINY NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

THEY WILL FACE A HUGE TEST.

THE BIGGEST ONE SENSE THE SUMMER OF 2020 WHEN THE RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS REALLY SWEPT THE CITY AND RESULTED IN UNREST IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.

THE OUTCOME THE HANDLING OF THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN ROUNDLY CRITICIZED BY NOT JUST THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, BUT ALSO THE FEDERAL COURT MONITOR IN CHARGE OF CP DEA'S EFFORTS TO REFORM ITSELF.

SO THEY ARE UNDER ALL NEW POLICIES WHICH WILL FACE THEIR FIRST STRESS TEST IS STARTING ON SUNDAY AND THEY WILL HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER NEW PROTOCOLS FOR WHEN THEY CAN MAKE MASS ARRESTS AND WHEN THEY CAN ARREST PEOPLE ENGAGING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY AND IT'S COMPLICATED, RIGHT?

BECAUSE HAVE A RIGHT TO SORT OF PROTEST AND HAVE YOUR SAY YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO CREATE A PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT.

THE ISSUE IS IS WHEN DOES THAT LINE GET CROSSED?

MUCH LIKE A LOT OF THINGS.

IT CAN BE IN THE EYE OF THE BUBBLE OKAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A GOOD BIT AT STAKE FOR GOVERNOR PRITZKER AS WELL.

AMANDA, WHAT'S WELL?

YEAH, I MEAN, HE PARDONED VERY HARD TO HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE.

AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT CHOSEN TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS IS RUNNING MATE ON HER BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

IT IS STILL VERY OBVIOUS HE WANTS A POLITICAL FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM.

BE THAT RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM AS GOVERNOR, BE THAT MOVING TO WASHINGTON IN THE IS HIS FOCUS AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

SO CERTAINLY, YES, THIS IS HUGE FOR HIM.

HE IS ALSO REALLY TRIED HARD BE WHAT HE IS THE SORT OF MODELED AS A PRAGMATIC PROGRESSIVE AND TO STAND UP FOR RIGHTS OF PROTESTERS AND REALLY SAY THAT POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT NEED TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME HE AVOIDED SOME OF THAT SCRUTINY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THAT FACE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THIS, HOWEVER, IS IN THE EVENT THAT HE IS REALLY THE FACE SO THE SAME JUDGE WHO SIDED WITH THE CITY ON THAT PROTEST ROUTE IS THE SAME FEDERAL JUDGE WHO ALSO HAD ANOTHER IMPORTANT RULING FOR THE STATE ABOUT STATE CORRECTIONAL AND WHAT ARE THOSE DEETS THERE?

SO THIS IS IN WILL COUNTY AND WE HAVE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THAT IT IS DECREPIT.

IT'S FALLING DOWN.

THAT'S WHY GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAID THAT HE DESERVED MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S STATE BUDGET AND ALSO PUT FORTH A PLAN TO REALLY TEAR DOWN DEMOLISH IT.

BUILDING NEW ONE IN THE SAME SITE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE UNION HAS BEEN FIGHTING.

THEY DON'T.

THEY'RE FEARFUL THAT THOSE JOBS ARE GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND YET THIS JUDGE HAS REALLY NOW SOLIDIFIED THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, SAYING THAT THE PRISONERS IN ALL, BUT THE HEALTH UNIT THERE NEED TO BE MOVED OUT BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

THAT DOES FIT WITH A TIMELINE THAT THE PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION HAD PREVIOUSLY LAID OUT FRONT.

YOU'VE DONE REPORTING ON SOME OF THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS ARE.

YEAH, WE HAVE AND OUR COLLEAGUE WHERE PADDOCK AND I HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE COVER THE CASE OVER THE SUMMER OF ONE OF THE NORTHWESTERN PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAM.

GRADUATES DYING WHILE INCARCERATED AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE HEAT.

WE KNOW HE SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA, BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT PHOTOS A FEW MINUTES AGO.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU CONCRETE LITERALLY CRUMBLING AROUND THEM WEEKS.

THE STIFLING HEAT ON AND THERE BEING NO VENTILATION FANS NOT WORKING OR BEING PADLOCKED WINDOWS BEING NAILED SHUT.

SO A COMPLICATED SITUATION.

THERE OBVIOUSLY ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE TRANSFERS.

WINDY MIGHT HAPPEN AND CERTAINLY FOR FAMILIES OF THE MEN WHO ARE CARS INCARCERATED THERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.

BUT SOMETHING WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO GET TO ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT STORY THAT HEATHER HAS BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.

YOU'RE PROTECTED BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM DOING A DETAILED ANALYSIS ON WHAT POLICE MIXED MISCONDUCT IS COSTING TAXPAYERS.

WILL WE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT PAYOUTS THAT THEY HAVE COME OUT OF THE POCKET BUT OF CHICAGO TAXPAYERS WHEN THE SAME OFFICER HAS BEEN ACCUSED MISCONDUCT REPEATED TIMES WE FOUND OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS THAT 200 OFFICERS HAVE LED TO MULTIPLE PAYOUTS.

BE THAT A SETTLEMENT OR A JURY VERDICT COSTING TAXPAYERS NEARLY 165 MILLION DOLLARS.

NOW, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT YEAH, IS NEARLY 43% OF THE TOTAL.

NEARLY 368 MILLION DOLLAR COST OF POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS OVER THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

NOW SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS IS IT'S DOCUMENTED INABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISCONDUCT.

NOW THE CITY DOES NOT TRACK THESE LAWSUITS SO THEY CANNOT DISCIPLINE OFFICERS FOR THIS CONDUCT THAT HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED TO BE IMPROPER.

AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AS THE REFORM EFFORTS ENTER NEARLY 5 AND A HALF YEARS LONG.

AND JARED AND I ARE GOING TO KEEP POUNDING ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A MASSIVE COST TO TAXPAYERS.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE BRING CHICAGO HOME REFERENDUM, WE TALK SO MUCH THAT WOULD HAVE RAISED 100 MILLION DOLLARS YEAR.

SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE CITY'S BUT THIS REALLY US BACK TO STATE POLITICS.

AMANDA, TRUE, THE GOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNED WHAT 260 NEW BUT HIS THE AND THERE'S NEED TO WATCH WHEN HE SIGNS BILLS DURING ONE HAND.

AND THEN, I THINK COMES EXACT EXACTLY 260 BILLS.

ANYTHING STANDS I MEAN, ARE A LOT OF BILLS AMONG THEM AND SOME WILL BE REPORTED.

IT IS COMES BECAUSE MANY OF THEM DON'T TAKE EFFECT RIGHT AWAY.

BUT I'LL NAME A COUPLE OF THEM.

THERE'S ONE REQUIRES TRAINING FOR FOLKS LIKE NAIL TECHNICIANS.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT 3 GOOD MEALS FRENTE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO TO THAT NEW ATTACK OR MAYBE IF YOU GET A WELL-TRAINED HAVE TO BE TRAINED AND ACTUALLY SKIP SPOTTING SKIN CANCER.

AND SO IT'S THINGS THAT PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE IN A PLACE TO KNOW TO BE IN A POSITION TO KNOW IS THAT SORT OF THINGS COULD TOTALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO EARLIER EDUCATION AND ON AND ON FENTANYL.

AND THE DANGERS OF THAT'S MUST BE STARTING IN 6TH GRADE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE CONTINUED MAJOR HEALTH HAZARD.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ALSO REQUIREMENTS THAT IF YOU STATE BUILDINGS OR PARKS, BUT IF THEY GET NEW LIGHTING IN REHAB, THAT IT HAS TO BE UP TO A CERTAIN CODE SO THAT IT'S NOT SO BRIGHT THAT IT'S DAMAGING POLLUTION, FOR BIRDS FOR WILDLIFE.

WHAT HAVE YOU?

AND THEN AT ANOTHER ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE, I THINK RELEVANT TO OUR RENTERS.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS THEM.

IF THEY SAY, HEY, WAIT, YOU NEED TO FIX MY HEATER.

YOU I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH OUR HOUSING HERE SUNSITES SAFE THAT THEIR LANDLORD CANNOT RETALIATE AGAINST THEM BY SAYING YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.

ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET TO IS THE STATE'S OFFICIAL MUSHROOM WHICH FEELS IMPORTANT.

THE COWS AYSHA JUG AND TIA WILL BE SURE TO GET CALL OF NEXT WEEK.

DON'T COME UP SAVE WE'RE GOING PEOPLE ON THIS GOOD TO KNOW CAME HERE THAT SPOTLIGHT DEMAND OF AN OKAY AND OF COURSE, MAKE CHICAGO TONIGHT YOUR HOME FOR THE DNC NEXT WEEK.

JOIN ME.

AND THESE PEOPLE LIVE AT 5, 30 10 EACH CONVENTION NIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE ANALYSIS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF ILLINOIS'S LEADING DEMOCRATS BEFORE AND AFTER PBS NEWS HOUR.

ONE MORE NOTE BEFORE WE GO, WE JUST LAUNCHED OUR BRAND NEW E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, THE DAILY CHICAGO AND SHOUT OUT TO JOSH TERRY, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR AWESOME TEAM MEMBERS.

IT IS A NEWSLETTER CREATED WITH INPUT FROM YOU.

WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU THE NEWS.

YOU NEED EVERY DAY ALONG WITH THE BACK STORY.

HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WILL ALSO HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY THAT YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH.

YOU CAN GO TO WWW DOT COM SLASH NEWSLETTER TO SUBSCRIBE AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW 5, 30 10, WE HEAR FROM SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES HOPING TO RAISE THEIR PROFILE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND LEARN ABOUT A STRATEGIC VOTING INITIATIVE FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND LAW.

CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS FARM AND SENIOR PARK ROBERT, WHO RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE