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Vaccine eligibility expands in Illinois, but not without confusion. What’s behind the rise in anti-Asian violence. The City Council debates police oversight. A fight over converting historic homes.
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March 22, 2021 - Full Show
3/22/2021 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Vaccine eligibility expands in Illinois, but not without confusion. What’s behind the rise in anti-Asian violence. The City Council debates police oversight. A fight over converting historic homes.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE ARE HERE FOR A PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE IS VACCINATION.
>> ARE YOU CONFUSED HOW TO GET A COVID VACCINE?
WE TAKE ON SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> HERE IN ILLINOIS THERE IS NO PLACE FOR RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND.
>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER JOINS LOCAL ASIAN-AMERICAN LEADERS TO CONDEMN THE SURGE IN ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES.
>> THIS IS TRULY WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.
>> TWO COMPETING PROPOSALS FOR POLICE OVERSIGHT STRIKE A COMPROMISE.
>> THE OUTCRY THAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
>> DETAILS ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD RESTRICT WHERE SO-CALLED HOUSE MUSEUMS COULD OPEN IN CHICAGO.
>> ONE-ON-ONE WITH COOK COUNTY'S NEW PUBLIC DEFENDER ON HIS CHALLENGES.
>> BUSINESS HEADLINES FROM CRAIN'S.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAVELING DOMESTICALLY AGAIN?
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AN OCTOBER FIRST DEADLINE.
>> THEY ARE GIVEN YOU VISION TO CULTURE.
>> AND A GREEKTOWN ART EXHIBIT COMBINES MYTHOLOGY AND CURRENT EVENTS.
FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN THE CITY TO ADMINISTER THE COVID-19 VACCINE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING MORE DOSES FOR A BIT AFTER REPORTS FROM BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO THAT THE HOSPITAL VACCINATED INELIGIBLE WORKERS IN THE TRUMP TOWER WHERE HOSPITAL LEADERS INCLUDING THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER LIVES.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY PUT PLANS TOGETHER FOR OTHER PROVIDERS TO TAKE UP THE WORK THAT LORETTO WAS DOING.
BUT CLEARLY THEY HAVE TO HAVE BETTER SYSTEMS IN PLACE, BETTER CONTROLS.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE BETTER DATA INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN TRACK PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO BE COMING BACK ON-LINE ANYTIME SOON.
>> BUT THE UNION REPRESENTING THE NURSES AT LORETTO ASKED LOCAL 1217 SAYS QUOTE... AND AMANDA VINICKY HAS MORE ON THE VACCINE ROLLOUT CONFUSION AND LORETTO IN JUST A BIT.
>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ANOTHER 1200 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS SINCE YESTERDAY AND 22 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
MORE THAN 1.223,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND 21300 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
SOUTH SIDE ADVOCATES FIGHTING TO KEEP MERCY HOSPITAL OPEN GAINED ANOTHER VICTORY TODAY AS THE STATE HEALTH BOARD APPROVED THE SALE OF THE HOSPITAL FOR $1 TO A MICHIGAN BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FIRM.
THE APPROVAL COULD MEAN THAT THE SAFETY NET HOSPITAL WILL NOT HAVE TO CLOSE AT THE END OF MAY AS PLANNED BY TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION.
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS IS REPORTING INSIGHT SAYS THE FIRM PLANS TO BRING THE HOSPITAL CLOSER TO SOLVENCY AND DOESN'T PLAN TO DISCONTINUE SERVICES.
>> VACCINE ELIGIBILITY WILL OPEN UP TO EVERYONE BY MID-APRIL.
AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US TO HELP BREAK IT DOWN.
>> BRANDIS ON ONE HAND YOU HAVE MORE VACCINE COMING, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ONE AND IT'S SO CONFUSING WHO IS ELIGIBLE AS COOK COUNTY AND THE STATE OPENED UP ANOTHER MASS VACCINATION SITE THIS ONE IN FOREST PARK.
>> HAVING THE ACCESS TO A VACCINE AT A SITE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED AND HIT THE HARDEST DURING THIS PANDEMIC, IT'S SO CRUCIAL BECAUSE IT IS A MATTER OF SAVING LIVES.
>> ALREADY COOK COUNTY HAS MASS VACCINATION SITES AND TILLLY PARK AND THIS ONE OPENS FRIDAY.
>> STARTING FRIDAY, THIS LOCATION WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER UP TO 1,000 DOSES PER DAY AT LAUNCH AND THEN OVER 2,000 SOON AFTER, AND IT WILL SERVE AS YET ANOTHER MASS VACCINATION SITE OPEN TO ALL ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS, NO MATTER THEIR ZIP CODE >> NOW, I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT LAST PHRASE THAT THE GOVERNOR UTTERED AND THAT IS AS LONG AS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE AND THERE IN LIES THE CONFUSION BECAUSE COOK COUNTY IS OPERATING ON DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND TIMELINES THAN IS THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAN IS THE STATE.
SO MAYBE YOU JUST SAY TO HECK WITH IT I WILL TRY CALLING TO GET AN APPOINT MANY, THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE HAVE HOTLINES BUT GOOD LUCK OUR TEAM STRUGGLED TO CONNECT WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET THROUGH TO COOK COUNTY'S NUMBER.
THEY DID SUCCEED IN GETTING THROUGH TO THE STATE.
>> REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL NEVER REQUIRE THAT YOU SUPPLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR REQUIRE PAYMENT TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST.
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED YOUR VACCINATION APPOINTMENT, PRESS ONE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YESTERDAY SCHEDULE -- YET SCHEDULED YOUR APPOINTMENT PRESS 2.
>> FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND ANOTHER MEANS BY AVOIDING THE PHONE CALL, YOU CAN DO IT BY GOING ON-LINE BUT, AGAIN, TROUBLESOME BECAUSE ILLINOIS' 97 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS CAN EACH DO THEIR OWN THING WITH THIS.
ANOTHER WAY, YOU CAN TRY INDIVIDUAL PHARMACY'S WEBSITES AND ALSO CHICAGO DOES HAVE ONE CENTRAL WEBSITE THAT IS ZocDoc.
BEYOND THAT THERE IS NO CENTRALIZED STATE OR GOVERNMENT-RUN WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN FIND WHAT APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS.
ONE OPTION, YOU CAN VISIT VACCINE SPOTTER.ORG AND THIS SCANS PHARMACIES FOR OPEN APPOINTMENTS STARTED BY A DENVER RESIDENT WHO DID IT AS A SIDE PROJECT.
HE SAYS HE IS NOT FOCUSING ON ELIGIBILITY MORE OPPORTUNITY BUT HE DOES HEAR FROM OTHER FOLKS WHO ACCESS THE WEBSITE AND SAYS THAT IN OTHER LOCATIONS, ELIGIBILITY IS MURKY, TOO.
>> TO MAKE MATTERS MORE CONFUSING THERE WERE SITUATIONS WHERE IT VARIED BY CITY.
IN PHILADELPHIA WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF PENNSYLVANIA OR NEW YORK CITY IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF NEW YORK.
SO YEAH, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW SORT OF ALL OF THE CRAZINESS THAT IS HAPPENING.
BUT, YEAH, I DO AT LEAST HEAR FROM USERS THAT FACE A LOT OF THE SIMILAR CONFUSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> SO WHAT IS THE DEAL HERE?
STARTING TODAY, ILLINOIS IS OPENING UP AND HAS OPENED UP ELIGIBILITY TO MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO WORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ARE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
NEXT WEEK ON MARCH 29TH, OTHER WORKERS LIKE THOSE WHO WORK IN RESTAURANTS AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES ARE ALSO ADDED.
BUT AGAIN THAT IS ONLY FOR ILLINOIS.
OUTSIDE OF COOK COUNTY AND CHICAGO.
COOK COUNTY IS STARTING WHAT IT'S CALLING 1B PLUS AS OF TODAY.
IN EFFECT ALREADY ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THAT IS WHEN INDIVIDUALS 16 AND OLDER WHO HAVE CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE.
AND CERTAIN ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
NOW, IN CHICAGO, AGAIN, MOVING TO 1C AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND SO IF THIS IS ALL, AGAIN, REALLY CONFUSING THAT IS WHEN CHICAGO WILL DO THOSE FOLKS WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS MARCH 29TH.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET THEIR TURN IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN.
>> OUR PACE IN THE MARATHON IS QUICKENING BUT TODAY WE ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE FINISH LINE AND WE ENCOURAGE AND ASK PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO WASH YOUR HANDS, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, WEAR YOUR MASK, BE PATIENT.
>> THERE'S CONFUSION PARTICULARLY AFTER BLOCK CLUB'S REPORTING THAT LORETTO HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES GAVE CONNECTED PEOPLE LIKE THOSE THAT SHOPPED AT THE FAVORITE HIGH-END JEWELRY STORE VACCINES THAT WERE MEANT FOR NEEDED WEST SIDERS.
STATE SENATOR KIM LIGHTFORD IS SERVING AS VICE-CHAIR OF LORETTO'S BOARD AND SAYS THE EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN REPRIMANDED AND SANCTIONED.
>> I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT WE DID AS A BOARD THAT WAS AN EXECUTIVE DECISION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
NEITHER ONE OF THEM WERE PLEASED, OF COURSE.
PERHAPS THOUGHT WE WERE HEAVY HANDED.
I ASSURE YOU IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> LIGHT FORWARD SAYS THE -- LIGHTFORD SAYS THE C.E.O.
IS APOLOGETIC BUT WE COULD SEE ANOTHER STORY EMERGE ABOUT VACCINES GOING TO THE WRONG PLACES.
I DID CALL AROUND A BUNCH OF PHARMACIES WALGREENS, KROGER, TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES ARE THEY USING?
AFTER ALL THESE ARE STORES LOCATED IN CHICAGO WHICH IS IN COOK COUNTY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WHILE THEY DID GET BACK TO ME AND SAID ELIGIBILITY IS SET BY JURISDICTION AND WE FOLLOW ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES BASED ON WHERE THE PATIENT RECEIVES A VACCINE.
NOW, THE GOVERNOR SAYS THROUGH ALL OF THIS, MORE IS ON THE WAY.
AS MENTIONED THE END OF MARCH SEVERAL TIMES.
ANOTHER KEY TAKE, THAT WHEN GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAYS ILLINOIS IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MILLIONS OF SHIPMENTS OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE ON TOP OF THE PFIZER AND MODERNA ALLOCATIONS THAT IT RECEIVES AND THAT, HE SAYS, IS WHY ELIGIBILITY IS GOING TO BE WIDE OPEN, AGAIN, JUST IN ILLINOIS NOT NECESSARILY CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY STARTING APRIL 12TH.
BACK TO YOU.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THERE, THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.
AND NOW TO PARIS AND A LOOK AT THE SURGE OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES.
>> THE ATLANTA SHOOTINGS THAT LEFT EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD INCLUDING SIX ASIAN WOMEN ARE RESONATING IN ILLINOIS.
TODAY GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER JOINED WITH LOCAL LEADERS OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO CONDEMN ANTI-ASIAN-AMERICAN VIOLENCE.
AND HAD THIS MESSAGE... >> I WANT THE AAPI COMMUNITY IN ILLINOIS TO KNOW THAT I SEE YOU.
AND I SEE THE FEAR AND ANXIETY THAT THESE EVENTS FORCED INTO YOUR LIVES.
AND THE LIVES OF YOUR LOVED ONES.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ILLINOIS IS YOUR HOME.
AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER AS GOVERNOR TO PROTECT YOU AND TO WELCOME YOU.
>> AND JOINING US WITH MORE ARE YOONSUN CHOI A PROFESSORSER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
AND GRACE CHAN McKIBBEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION FOR A BETTER CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND INHE CHOI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HANA CENTER THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO KOREAN AMERICANS AND OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> INHE CHOI, ACCORDING TO ONE STUDY FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY ANTI-ASIAN-AMERICAN HATE CRIME WAS UP 150% LAST YEAR.
TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE ARE MANY FACTORS.
IMMEDIATELY, WE COULD THINK ABOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF THIS COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY BRAZEN ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS, ASIANS AND WITH THE CORONAVIRUS WITH THE LAST ADMINISTRATION LEADERS CALLING IT AND LABELING IT AS A CHINESE VIRUS AND EVEN THERE'S BEEN FAKE NEWS THAT REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO SAYING IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN CHINA AND DELIBERATELY SPREAD IT.
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS DEFINITELY ATTRIBUTED TO IT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY I DON'T THINK WE CAN DENY THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A NEW INCIDENT IT IS A NEW MANIFESTATION AND EXPRESSION.
BUT IT IS A LONG HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST RACISM AGAINST ASIANS STARTING WITH MASSACRES OF CHINESE FOLKS AND THE EXCLUSION ACTS AND HUMAN DUES OF [INAUDIBLE] IT IS A LONG HISTORY.
THIS IS JUST LIKE A ONE EVENT THAT IS LINKING TO THAT.
THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER.
>> AND GRACE CHAN McKIBBEN, WHAT KIND OF INCIDENTS HAVE WE SEEN IN THE CHICAGO AREA PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST YEAR?
>> I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HANA CENTER AND ASIAN-AMERICANS JUSTICE CHICAGO AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN NEW YORK OR LA OR SAN FRANCISCO NOR THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ARE INCIDENTS LIKE DIRTY LOOKS OR PEOPLE AVOIDING FOLKS ON THE STREET OR YELLING AT THEM AND AGGRESSIONS RATHER THAN ACTUALLY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.
>> AND YOONSUN CHOI WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT THIS TO REDUCE THE VIOLENCE AT LEAST IN THE SHORT-TERM?
>> SHORT-TERM IS THE INVOLVEMENT.
THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY NEED TO BE MUCH MORE VOCAL AND SILENCE IS NOT GOING TO SERVE ANYONE AND KEEPING YOUR HEAD DOWN AND WORK HARD THE STEREOTYPES WOULD DICTATE DOES NOT SERVE ANYONE OR PROTECT ANYONE.
WE NEED TO BE MORE POLITICALLY INVOLVED AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO INCREASE AWARENESS IN OTHER GROUPS, OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN SPEAK OUT.
INHE CHOI LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MURDERS IN ATLANTA.
THE SUSPECT WHO MURDERED SIX ASIAN WOMEN, EIGHT TOTAL, SIX ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN HE SAID HE HAD A SEX ADDICTION AND FREQUENTED THE MASSAGE PARLORS.
IS THERE AS MUCH A GENDER MOTIVATED ASPECT OF THIS CRIME AS A RACIALLY MOTIVATED ASPECT?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THAT IS A CRITICAL POINT TO CONNECT TO WHAT IS HAPPENING.
BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE RISE OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH FIRST GOING TO THE THIS IS AN ANTI-ASIAN HATE.
WHICH IT IS.
BUT WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT AMONG ALL OF THE RECORDED -- RECORDING OF THE VIOLENCE, ALMOST 70%, 68% OF ALL THE REPORTED VIOLENCE WERE DIRECTED AT WOMEN.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IN ATLANTA WHERE THE LAW OFFICERS WERE SAYING HE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY.
HE IS JUST A SEX ADDICT ONE WAY TO ISOLATE THAT BUT THAT IS A POINT YANT MATTER IT IS A RACIALIZED MISOGYNY THAT IS LIFTING UP HERE AND GENDER VIOLENCE AND WHITE SUPREMACY AND SEXISM THAT IS AT PLAY THAT WE MUST REMEMBER TO LIFT UP.
AND THAT SEXISM IS JUST A PERPETUATED IN EVERY COMMUNITY BUT THAT COMING IN PLAY WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR THIS AND WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH YOUNG ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE TERRIFIED EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT DIRECTLY VIOLATED IN THIS WAY, THEY FEEL VIOLATED AND THEY FEEL -- BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING WITH THAT ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN THAT IS PREVALENT IN OUR COMMUNITYINGS.
>> INHE CHOI CAN YOU GO FURTHER THE STEREOTYPES HERE.
SEXUALIZATION OF ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ESPECIALLY WORKING IN MASSAGE PARLORS HOW PREVALENT AND STRONGLY DO ASIAN-AMERICAN FEEL THOSE STEREOTYPES?
>> SO THE MEDIA, THE PERPETUATION OF THE HYPER SEXIZATION OF ASIAN-AMERICAN HAS BEEN PERVASIVE AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE VICTIMS OF THE ATLANTA SHOOTING SHOWS THESE PEOPLE COMMITTING THE CRIMES ARE COWARDS.
THEY ARE TARGETING THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE PHYSICALLY STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT BACK.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TARGETING.
THAT IS A PRODUCT OF THE MEDIA AND THE PORTRAY AND THE TREATMENT OF THE ASIAN WOMEN AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND WHATNOT AND THESE PEOPLE ARE COWARDS.
>> GRACE CHAN McKIBBEN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO COMBAT THIS.
THERE'S SOME TALK THAT HAVING MORE POLICE INVOLVEMENT OR PROTECTION OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST ROUTE TO GO BECAUSE THERE IS FEAR AMONG ASIAN-AMERICANS IN THE POLICE.
CAN YOU EXPOUND ON THAT?
>> I THINK THERE DEFINITELY ARE PEOPLE CALLING ON MORE POLICE PRESENCE.
WE THINK THAT THAT IS ONLY PART OF THE SOLUTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT COMPLETELY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER.
BOTH WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WITH GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED SERVICES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND ALSO EDUCATION.
ANY REPORTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, HAS TO BE -- THERE NEEDS TO BE LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES TO THAT FOLKS CAN USE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE IN REPORTING INCIDENTS.
>> AND ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS WHAT ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS HERE?
>> YEAH, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LEADERS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHY ARE PEOPLE STRUGGLING SO MUCH IN SO MANY WAYS?
AND IT'S REALLY TO LOOK AT AS DIRE AS THE CURRENT SITUATION, TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THINK ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WORKING IN SPAS AND MASSAGE PARLORS AND THEY COULD BE UNDOCUMENTED.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORTS LIKE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, LIVING WAGE JOBS, ACCESS TO HOUSING AND EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS LIKE THAT AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT NOW IS PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL 11 MILLION PEOPLE SO THEY ARE PROTECTED AND LIVING HERE IN A SECURED WAY.
>> YOONSUN CHOI, THERE IS LEGISLATION IN THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TEACH THINGS LIKE THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT, INTERNMENT CAMPS AND HISTORY EDUCATION WILL THESE THINGS HELP?
>> IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.
BECAUSE WE ARE SO USED TO BE INVISIBLE.
THE HISTORY AND THE EXPERIENCES OF THE ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BRUSHED OFF.
AND PEOPLE TO TAKE IT AS PERVASIVELY FINE TO SAY THROW RACIAL JOKES ON ASIANS BECAUSE WE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
EDUCATION WILL BE CRITICAL.
>> AND WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE EFFORTS GO.
OUR THANKS TO YOONSUN CHOI, GRACE CHAN McKIBBEN AND INHE CHOI.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.
>> PARIS, TWO GROUPS WITH COMPETING PROPOSALS FOR ELECTED CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT IN CHICAGO HAVE COME TOGETHER.
THE GRASSROOTS ALLIANCE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND COUNCIL PLANS ARE A SINGLE ORDINANCE UNDER A COMPROMISE DEAL FORMED AS THE MAYOR SAYS SHE BUSY CRAFTING HER OWN PROPOSAL.
ALDERMAN RODERICK SAWYER WHO SUPPORTS THE PLAN SAYS THE MAYOR'S LACK OF ACTION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT PUSHED THE TWO GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER.
>> THANKS TO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT FOR PUTTING US TOGETHER, BY DELAYING WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A VOTE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.
BUT NOW WE HAVE A TRUE PEOPLE'S ORDINANCE, A UNITY ORDINANCE THAT WE FEEL IS THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE POLICE OVERSIGHT BILL IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND JOINING US NOW ARE FRANK CHAPMAN OF THE CHICAGO ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION WHICH BACKED THE CPAC PROPOSAL AND DESMON YANCY THE ALLIANCE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE INVITED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE A REPRESENTATIVE.
BUT THEY DECLINED.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
DESMON YANCY, THESE TWO GROUPS HAVE HAD COMPETING PROPOSALS WHAT BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER?
HOW DID YOU COME TOGETHER?
>> WELL, MUTUAL INTEREST, RIGHT?
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING INDEPENDENTLY FOR YEARS TO TRANSFORM POLICING AND FOUND OURSELVES AT AT CROSSROADS WHERE WE COULD DO NOTHING OR COME TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING TRANSFORMATIVE AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE COME TOGETHER TO DO.
>> THIS PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE, FRANK, COMMITTEES IN EACH POLICE DISTRICT AND A CITYWIDE COMMISSION.
CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OVER THE HEAD OF C.O.P.A., THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND FINAL SAY ON DISPUTES BETWEEN C.O.P.A.
AND THE POLICE BOARD AND FORCE THE MAYOR TO CHOOSE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS FROM CANDIDATES APPROVED BY THE CIVILIAN COMMISSION.
FRANK CHAPMAN HOW SIGNIFICANT OF A CHANCE WOULD THIS MARK FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM?
>> WELL, IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BECAUSE FOR ONCE IN THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN THIS CITY, AND I WILL SAY THIS NATION, WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE PROCESS THE COMMUNITY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUDED.
NOW, THEY ARE INCLUDED.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHO POLICES OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW OUR COMMUNITIES ARE POLICED.
IS THIS A VOICE THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE QUESTION OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND POLICE CRIMES AND ABUSES.
>> AS WE MENTIONED, THE CITY DID NOT SEND A REPRESENTATIVE BUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PROVIDED US A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART QUOTE... >> DESMON YANCY ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT THE MAYOR WILL INCORPORATE ANY OR ALL OF YOUR IDEAS INTO HER PROPOSAL?
>> I WOULD RATHER SHE WOULDN'T.
I RATHER SHE GET BEHIND THE PEOPLE'S PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS.
AND EVEN IN HER OWN WORDS WHEN SHE CHAIRED THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE SHE SAID THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE DESIGNED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD DESIGN ITS POWERS.
AND WE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM HER RELATED TO HER PROPOSAL AND WHILE WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM HER, WE HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
BUILT A COALITION OF ALDERMEN FROM DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL THAT HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY.
BUT ALSO ROBUST AND TRANSFORMATIVE.
I PREFER HER TO GET BEHIND OUR PROPOSAL.
AND GOING TO FALL SHORT OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES.
>> 29TH WARD ALDERMAN AND TALIAFERRO SAID SOME OF THE CHANGES HE CALLS THEM OVERREACHING.
SHOULDN'T THE MAYOR MAINTAIN SOME OF THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU ARE SEEKING IN YOUR PROPOSAL?
>> WELL, THE MAYOR DOES MAINTAIN SOME OF HER AUTHORITY.
IN THE PROPOSAL.
WHAT TALIAFERRO IS OBJECTING TO IS SOUNDS LIKE HE IS OBJECTING TO OUR PARTICIPATION, THE COMMUNITY.
IS THAT THE OVERREACH HE IS TALKING ABOUT?
THIS IS DEMOCRACY.
I AGREE WITH ALDERMAN SAWYER.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.
WE NEED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
AND DEMOCRACY IS NOT OVERREACH.
SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE FIGHTING FOR AND SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE TRYING TO EXPAND.
>> DESMON YANCY, THE ORDINANCE CONTAINS A BINDING REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT WHAT WILL THAT DO?
>> IT WILL GIVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSION AS WE CREATED IN OUR ORDINANCE.
THE TRANSFORMATION IS IN THE ORDINANCE IT'S 25 PAGES LONG AND I WOULD RATHER LIKE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS INVOLVED IN THIS AND HOW TRANSFORMATIVE IT IS.
I CANNOT STATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HUGE.
TO HAVE THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SETTING POLICY IS HUGE AND UNHEARD OF AND NECESSARY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOW FAR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO IN TERMS OF TRANSFORMATION AND HOW FAR THEY HAVE GONE ON THEIR OWN.
THEY NEED US TO DO THIS.
>> I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, FRANK, DO YOU HAVE THE VOTES FOR THIS THAT ARE NEEDED IN CITY COUNCIL?
>> I BELIEVE WE DO.
WE COMBINE THE VOTES THAT WE HAVE FOR CPAC AND THE VOTES THAT WE HAVE FOR GAPA, WE HAVE NOW JOINED THOSE TOGETHER WHICH MEANS THAT THESE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING CPAC AND ALL THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING GAPA ARE NOW ONE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE VOTES.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO LOBBY FOR THEM.
YEAH, I'M CONFIDENT WE HAVE THE VOTES.
>> I'M SURE MORE ON THIS GOING FORWARD.
THANKS TO DESMON YANCY AND FRANK CHAPMAN FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
>> UP NEXT, CELEBRATING GREECE'S 200TH INDEPENDENCE DAY.
STICK AROUND.
MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM AND DETAILS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD RESTRICT HOUSE MUSEUMS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
FIRST, GREEKTOWN IS PREPARING TO CELEBRATE ITS 200TH INDEPENDENCE DAY.
THE COMMUNITY STILL FOUND A WAY TO BRIGHTEN THE STREETS.
>> FROM VAN BUREN TO MONROE, A DOZEN FIVE-FOOT FISH SCULPTURES LINE GREEKTOWN'S HALSTED STREET PART OF THE COMMUNITY'S FISH OUTDOOR EXHIBIT CREATED WITH FAMILIES IN MIND.
EVE MORAN IS CHAIR OF THE GREEKTOWN ARTS COMMITTEE AND SAYS FISH CREATIONS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE CHILDREN COULD IDENTIFY THEM.
>> FISH WERE ALSO PART OF THE ANCIENT DIET IN GREECE.
BECAUSE GREECE IS A COUNTRY SURROUNDED BY WATERS.
>> EVERY WINTER, GREEKTOWN'S SPECIAL SERVICE AREA INSTALLS AN OUTDOOR ART EXHIBIT FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
THIS YEAR AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THE EXHIBIT HAS NEW MEANING.
>> I THINK IT HAD A LOT OF RELEVANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD NOT GO TO ART GALLERIES AND PEOPLE COULD NOT GO TO MUSEUMS.
EVERYTHING WAS SPORADIC AND EBBS AND FLOWS OF WHAT WAS OPEN.
AND HERE WAS A SAFE OUTDOOR WAY FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE ART AND BE UPLIFTED.
>> PROFESSIONAL AND EMERGING CHICAGO ARTISTS PAINTED THE SCULPTURES.
IT IS A PROCESS THAT BEGAN LAST SPRING DURING THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.
LOGAN SQUARE CART ACTIVITY JUAN CANO USED HIS SHATTERED GLASS TECHNIQUE ON ONE SIDE OF HIS SCULPTURE.
>> I HAVE POSEIDON AND HE IS OVERLOOKING A CHURCH.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, JUAN CANO DID A PAINTING OF GREECE AND SAYS CREATING THE ART PIECE PROVIDED THE ESCAPE OF THE UNCERTAINLY OF THE SPRING.
>> IT GIVES YOU AN OUTLET TO GET AWAY AND DISTRACT YOURSELF FROM THE SITUATION WHICH WAS THE BEGINNING OF COVID, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS, UNCERTAINTY.
>> SOME ARTISTS CENTERED THEIR WORKS AROUND GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND OTHERS PULLED FROM CURRENT ISSUES LIKE WATER CONSERVATION OR THE PANDEMIC.
>> MY GREEK SCHOOL WE DO IT AT AT SCHOOL BUT BECAUSE OF COVID WE COULDN'T ALL BE TOGETHER.
SO I WAS SELECTED TO PAINT IT.
>> NIKOLETTA RENTZELOS IS A SEVENTH GRADER AND PAINTED THE WORD LOVE IN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN LANGUAGES ON THE SCULPTURE.
>> I REALLY WANTED TO SPREAD A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND NOW IN QUARANTINE IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER AND TO FIND JOY IN STUFF.
>> MANY OF THE SCULPTURES SIT OUTSIDE RESTAURANTS, ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES IN GREEKTOWN THAT HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC.
ESPECIALLY WITHOUT TOURISM TO THE AREA.
ARTISTS HOPE THE EXHIBIT CAN BRING MORE PATRONS.
>> I WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE COMING BACK TO GREEKTOWN AND JOINING US AND ORDERING TAKE OUT.
>> YIANNI THEOHARIS IS THE OWNER OF 9 MUSES MELI CAFE.
HE SAYS HE WELCOMES THE HART WORK AND HE TOO, OPENS THE EXHIBIT WILL BRING MORE FOOT TRAFFIC AND BUSINESS TO THE AREA.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
DON'T FORGET GREEKS INTRODUCED THE ART.
WE SUFFER A LOT.
THE RESTAURANTS EVERYWHERE NOT ONLY IN ILLINOIS EVERYWHERE.
SO WE APPRECIATE WHATEVER CAN BE DONE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE DOWN.
>> THE EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH THE END OF APRIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAS A SPECIAL VIRTUAL CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR THE 200TH GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY THIS THURSDAY EVENING AT 7:00 P.M. >> AND NOW, BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.
AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... RECORD-HIGH SALES OF CHICAGO AREA HOMES THAT AND MORE BUSINESS HEADLINES FROM CRAIN'S.
>> THE LATEST ON A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL THAT WOULD RESTRICT SO-CALLED HOUSE MUSEUMS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
COOK COUNTY HAS A NEW PUBLIC DEFENDER, SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. WE HEAR HOW HE IS PREPARING TO DO HIS JOB.
AND THE DEADLINE FOR GETTING A REAL ID HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER FIRST WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FLY DOMESTICALLY.
FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
FATHER MIKELING PFLEGER IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST HIM AND CALLED ON THE ARCHDIOCESE TO COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION SOONER.
HE SAID QUOTE...
THOUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES CONCLUDED ITS INVESTIGATION LAST MONTH, FINDING THE ALLEGATIONS QUOTE UNFOUNDED, THE ARCHDIOCESE SAYS IT MUST COMPLETE ITS OWN.
THE ACTIVIST PRIEST SAYS HE WILL BEGIN TO FIND A WAY TO MINISTER AS HE AWAITS THE DECISION.
>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT ALSO RECEIVE MORE TRAUMA SUPPORT THROUGH A HEALING CENTER FRAMEWORK.
SCHOOL'S CHIEF JANICE JACKSON SAYS THE PANDEMIC HAS DEEPENED THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS' SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
>> AT ITS CORE, TRAUMA IS AN EQUITY ISSUE.
WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC HOW STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN OUR UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.
NOT ONLY BY THE TERRIBLE DISEASE COVID-19, BUT THE IMPACT OF CLOSURES, LACK OF RESOURCES, ET CETERA.
>> THE FRAMEWORK EXPANDS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAMS TO EVERY SCHOOL OFFERS TRAINING TO STAFF AND ADDS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTING $24 MILLION USING FUNDS FROM NONPROFIT CHICAGO BEYOND, THE CHILDREN FIRST FUND AND FEDERAL COVID RELIEF.
AND TO PARIS FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.
>> THANK YOU.
THE COST FOR NATURAL GAS IS SET TO REACH LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE 2014.
HOME SALES ARE UP AND FULTON MARKET IS THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AFTER ANOTHER HIGH-RISE IS PROPOSED FOR THE AREA.
HERE IS CRAIN'S BUSINESS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
FIRST WITH THE HEATING STORY.
THE COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GO WAY UP.
HOW MUCH AND WHY?
>> WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR HOW MUCH BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PAINFUL ESPECIALLY IF APRIL IS COLD LIKE IT CAN BE.
YOU HAD THE SEVERE WEATHER IN TEXAS THAT CRIPPLED GAS PRODUCTION WHILE DEMAND WAS SOARING THE COST OF NATURAL GAS WENT UP MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR AND THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE POLAR VORTEX IN 2014.
AND APRIL CAN BE CHILLY HERE.
THE AVERAGE BILL WAS $85 AND THE SAME THIS YEAR WOULD BE AT LEAST $110.
AND WHAT IS CONCERN SOMETHING THAT UTILITIES NEXT MONTH WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN OR RESUME DISCONNECTING HOUSEHOLDS BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.
AS OF JANUARY, 3-10 HOUSEHOLDLESS ARE BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.
>> AND ALSO ONGOING GIANT PEOPLE'S GAS MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
AND MORE HOMES SOLD IN THE CHICAGO AREA LAST MONTH THAN IN ANY FEBRUARY GOING BACK TO 2008.
GOOD REAL ESTATE NEWS.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> WELL, THE CONTINUATION OF THE HOUSING BOOM LAST SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT COVID.
TWO BIG FACTORS.
PEOPLE WANT MORE SPACE ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE WORKING FROM HOME.
AND TWO, INTEREST RATES ARE INCREDIBLY LOW.
YOU KNOW MORE THAN 7,000 HOMES THAT SOLD IN FEBRUARY IN THE METRO AREA ALMOST 15% MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
OUT PACED THE NATIONAL TREND.
AND THERE WERE HAPPY SELLERS BUT THAT APPLIES TO THOSE WHO NOT ALSO BUYERS.
>> AND A NEW PROPOSAL FOR A RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE IN FULTON MARKET NORTH OF LAKE STREET WHICH IS KIND OF UNUSUAL.
TELL US WHY?
>> YES, SO UNTIL THE PANDEMIC STARTED ALDERMAN BURNETT PUT A BAN ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF LAKE STREET IN FULTON MARKET WHICH HAS GONE FROM THE MEATPACKING NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A CORPORATE DESTINATION.
AND BURNETT SAID HE WAS GOING TO START ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL AND CATALYZE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THEY DID AND NOW WE HAVE THE FIRST MAJOR PROPOSAL FOR A RESIDENTIALING BUILDING.
32 STOREYS, 443 APARTMENT UNITS ON THE 1200 BLOCK OF FULLION -- FULTON.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE MANY OF THESE TO COME AS COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO FULTON MARKET AND DEVELOPERS SEE A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE, THEY WILL HOP ON IT.
>> AND THERE IS A LOT OF VACANT LAND TO THE NORTH THAT PERHAPS COULD BE BUILT ON.
DANNY, THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, PARIS.
>> AN ORDER NAPS GOING IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW WOULD RESTRICT HOUSE MUSEUMS.
THE PROPOSAL HAS DRAWN INTENSE CRITICISM FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PRESERVATIONISTS AND THEY SAY IT WOULD HAMPER THE VIABILITY OF WHAT THEY CALL VIT CAL CULTURAL SPACES.
BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE ORDINANCE SAY IT'S ABOUT INSTITUTING A REVIEW PROCESS FOR PROJECTS THAT COULD BRING TOO MUCH TRAFFIC TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
JOINS US ARE NAOMI DAVIS, C.E.O.
OF BLACKS IN GREEN WANTING TO CONVERT THE HOW MANY OF EMMETT TILL.
AND CHANDRA COOPER THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUDDY WATERS PROPOSED MUSEUM.
>> WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
>> ALDERWOMAN KING, AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ASK THOSE THAT WANT TO CONVERT A HOME INTO A MUSEUM IN MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN CHICAGO TO GET ZONING APPROVAL FROM THEIR ALDERMAN.
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY?
>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH MS. COOPER AND MS. DAVIS.
JUST A SLIGHT CORRECTION IT WOULD NOT PROVIDE FOR ZONING APPROVAL.
IT WOULD MOSTLY PROVIDE FOR SOMETHING CALLED A SPECIAL USE.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
SO WE ARE NOT TRYING TO STOP, INHIBIT OR DETER CULTURAL EXHIBITS AND MUSEUMS.
THAT'S ANTITHETICAL TO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.
OUR OFFICE LANDMARKED THE EBONY JET BUILDING, THE JOHNSON BUILDING, THE PEOPLE KNOW IT AS THE EBONY JET BUILDING THERE WAS NO OUTCRY FROM THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY WANTED TO TAKE THE SIGN DOWN FROM THE EBONY JET BUILDING BUT WE PUSHED FORWARD AND TRIED TO PRESERVE THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BROUGHT IDA B.
WELLS DOWNTOWN.
PRESERVING OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE.
WE WANT TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
>> AND CHANDRA COOPER, YOU ARE WORKING ON A MUSEUM AT THE FORMER HOME OF YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER THE BLUES PIONEER, MUDDY WATERS.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS ORDINANCE WOULD IMPACT YOUR EFFORTS TO CONVERT THAT HOME INTO A MUDDY WATERS MUSEUM?
>> THE PROCESS SOUNDS QUITE EASY ACCORDING TO WHAT ALDERMAN KING IS SAYING.
IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE.
WHEN YOU ARE CHANGING THE ZONING, WE HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF THE ZONING BOARD.
THERE IS APROCESS IN THIS.
I HONESTLY THINK THAT IF THIS ORDINANCE IS CHANGED, ON THE BOOKS THE LAW IS CHANGED, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO PREVENT US FROM HAVING A MUSEUM.
AS YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, HOUSE MUSEUMS OUT RIGHT CAN BUY THEIR RIGHT -- BY THEIR RIGHT CAN OPEN.
NOW WE HAVE TO GO UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ALDERMEN AND THE OPINIONS OF SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THE MUSEUM.
THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD AND CHALLENGING.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED.
>> NAOMI DAVIS HOW ABOUT TO YOUR EFFORTS TO THE TILL HOUSE PROJECT AND THE ALDERMAN'S CONCERNS THAT COMMUNITY VOICES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE HEARD IN THIS PROCESS?
>> NOBODY BELIEVES IN COMMUNITY VOICE MORE THAN NAOMI DAVIS AND BLACKS AND GREEN I PROMISE YOU THAT.
AND MY TRACK RECORD IN THE COMMUNITY STANDS FOR THAT.
AND WE STAND WITH ALDERMAN JENNETTE TAYLOR.
SHE DEMONSTRATED HER COMMITMENT TO AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT IS USED AS A COVER FOR OTHER PURPOSES, OTHER MOTIVATIONS AND WE ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE BILL IS SAYING, WHAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS SAYING.
I'VE READ WHAT WAS AVAILABLE OF IT.
I'VE WATCHED THE VIDEO THREE TIMES.
I AM A LAWYER.
I'M REASONABLY INTELLIGENT I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT IT SAYS WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE AND THE BROAD SWEEPING BRUSH OF IT IS OVERKILL BY ANY STANDARDS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
>> ALDERWOMAN KING I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I DO WOULD SAY THAT LANDMARK PROCESS WHICH THE EMMETT TILL HOUSE WENT THROUGH IS VERY EXTENSIVE AND SHOULD BE PROBABLY ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO.
I WILL POINT BACK TO THE MUDDY WATERS, WHICH IS IN THE FOURTH WARD, MUDDY WATERS IS AN RM5 DISTRICT IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO -- >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS?
>> IT WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL USE.
SO I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF MISINTERPRETATION WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T.
IT'S REALLY JUST TRYING TO BRING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY LIKE I SAID, LANTD MARKS WE PROVIDE EXTENSIVE PROCESS IN THE COMMUNITY SCRUTINIZE.
YOU HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND YOU COME BEFORE THE BOARD.
THERE IS AN APPROVAL YOU GO THROUGH COUNCIL.
WHY DO THEY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT FOR SOMETHING AS IMPACTFUL TO A COMMUNITY AS A MUSEUM?
WE ARE SIMPLY SAYING THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
THERE'S NOTHING NEFARIOUS GOING ON WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR OVER A YEAR.
AND REALLY PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WASN'T A PROCESS ALREADY.
IT WAS INTUITIVE THAT THERE WAS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIGGING AND A LOT OF INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT THAT IT IS, INDEED, AS.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING IMPACTFUL TO A COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE -- >> IT IS IMPACTFUL.
>> IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED.
SO I WOULD ASK WHY THERE'S RESISTANCE.
>> PART OF THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IMPACT ON A COMMUNITY PART OF THAT IMPACT, CHANDRA COOPER IS PARKING, LOGISTICAL ISSUES BRINGING FOLKS TO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WHAT ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS?
>> WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE WORK WITH THE ALDERMEN IN OUR CASE AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE MOJO MUSEUM.
IN OUR CASE WE HAVE A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET THAT WE ARE GIVEN PERMISSION TO USE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SMALL HOURS.
SHORT HOURS.
BOUTIQUE STYLE MUSEUM WE ARE NOT TRYING TO I AM PRING PING ON THE COMMUNITY OR CHANGE THE LIFESTYLE OF THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS CRITICAL.
THE MUSEUMS ARE CRITICAL.
FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS HOUSE MUSEUMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP OUT RIGHT.
>> AND THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
>> THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN.
THERE IS NOTHING IN WRITING AND I WILL SAY YES THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTFUL OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
ALL FOR THE POSITIVE.
ALDERMAN KING IS PROVIDING A OFFERING AN ORDINANCE THAT IS FIXING SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN.
THE IDEA THAT IS THAT WE ARE WONDERING IF IT'S JUST REALLY ABOUT YOU KNOW, A FAILED EFFORT TO STOP THE ELIJAH MOHAMMED HOUSE.
>> WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS I WANT TO GIVE ALDERWOMAN KING A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
>> NO, THERE'S NOTHING NEFARIOUS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT.
IT'S JUST ABOUT INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN THE MUDDY WATERS CASE, THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TO OUR OFFICE AND THEY ARE COMPLAINING ALREADY.
BUT IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE AGAINST IT THEY -- NOR AM I. I'M NOT AGAINST ANY OF THOSE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE PROCESSES BECAUSE THEY LIVE THERE.
NONE OF THESE FOLKS LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
[ALL TALKING AT ONCE] [ALL TALKING AT ONCE] >> THIS IS A VERY HEATED ISSUE BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU NAOMI DAVIS, ALDERWOMAN SOPHIA KING AND CHANDRA COOPER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND BACK TO BRANDIS AND ONE-ON-ONE WITH A NEW MEMBER OF THE COOK COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> COOK COUNTY HAS A NEW PUBLIC DEFENDER COMING INTO THE POSITION IS SHARONE MITCHELL, JR., WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER UNTIL SELECTED AS THE ILLINOIS JUSTICE PROJECT IN 2016.
HE IS COMING IN AT A TUSH LEAST TIME.
JURY TRIALS ARE RESUMING WITH A BACKLOG, A CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AMID THE BACKDROP OF COVID-19.
JOINING US IS SHARONE MITCHELL, JR., THE NEW PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR COOK COUNTY WHO OFFICIALLY BEGINS THE TERM ON APRIL FIRST.
SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. CONGRATS ON THE NEW POSITION AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AS I MENTIONED COOK COUNTY COURTS RESUMING TRIALS AND THERE IS A MASSIVE CASE BACKLOG.
HOW DO YOU PLAN ON HANDLING THIS COMING INTO THIS POSITION AT SUCH A TURBULENT TIME?
>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO HANDLE IT BY REALLY GETTING TOGETHER WITH BOTH OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR RANK-AND-FILE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE FRANKLY, A LOT OF THOUGHT.
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALREADY STARTING.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF LOGISTICS BUT THE KEY THING IS MAKING SURE THAT I HEAR FROM THE STAFF AND I HEAR FROM LEADERSHIP AND I PROTECT THE SAFETY OF OUR CLIENTS AND PROTECT THE SAFETY OF OUR STAFF AND MAKING THE CORRECT DECISIONS.
>> HOW DID YOU COME TO FIND YOUR CALLING AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS EARLY ON.
I AM A LIFELONG CHICAGOAN.
I AM A SON OF A LIBRARIAN, A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARIAN.
A DRIVER, LONG-HAUL DRIVER THAT FINISHED HIS CAREER IN SANITATIONS.
I WAS BORN IN MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL.
I WAS RAISED FOR MY FIRST SIX YEARS AT SOUTH SHORE AND SPENT THE BALANCE OF MY TIME UP BRINGING IN WEST PULLMAN.
I GREW UP IN A PLACE AND I GREW UP IN A TIME WHERE IT WAS CLEAR THAT JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS NOT ALL ABOUT PUNISHING THE BAD GUYS PROTECTING THE GOOD.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU SEE THE BLUE LIGHTS AND YOU WILL BE SAFE.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH INCOURSE R CARS RATING THE WRONG PERSON OR TREATING PEOPLE WITH DISRESPECT AND SOMETIMES VIOLENCE.
IT WAS EARLY ON.
I INTERNED AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE AS A LAW STUDENT AND I KNEW I WAS INTERESTED IN JUSTICE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
AND WHEN I RAN INTO A FORMER CLASSMATE WHO COULD NOT BELIEVE I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAR IN A SUIT AND TIE INSTEAD AF KHAKI JUMPSUIT WONDERING THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THIS AS A LAW CLERK?
IT DEFINED WHAT I DO FOR THE REST OF MY CAREER AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TALKING WITH YOU TODAY.
>> ONCE YOU GET INTO THE POSITION, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE OFFICE?
>> I START ON APRIL FIRST.
IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WISDOM IN THE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO LEADERSHIP OR RANK-AND-FILE.
WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A DUAL ROLE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE ADVOCATETY AND BE AN ENGINE FOR PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM CHANGE I WILL BE TALKING TO FOLKS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
I HAVE IDEAS BUT I AM NOT THE PERSON WHO WALKS INTO A ROOM AND SAYS I HAVE ALL THE GOOD IDEAS AND I KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE WISDOM IN THE ROOM.
AND REALITY IS REALITY AND WE HAVE TO PREP FOR TWO CASES.
AND THE CHANGES PRESENTED BY THE WONDERFUL SAFETY ACT AND I'M EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT REEVALUATE HOW WE DO JUST THE BASICS AND COLLECT DATA AND HOW WE TRAIN AND ADVOCATE AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY DEMANDED THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THE LEGAL SYSTEM GIVE IT BETTER RESULTS.
>> YOU WERE VERY ACTIVE AND INFLUENTIAL IN THE ABOLISHING CASH BAIL PORTION OF THE SAFETY ACT THAT YOU REFERENCED, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BILL THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED LAST MONTH.
WHY WAS THAT A PARTICULAR IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR YOU?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S CLEAR.
USING MONEY TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE IN JAIL AND WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN JAIL CREATES ALL TYPES OF REALLY BAD CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DOLLARS THAT ARE PULLED OUT OF COMMUNITIES THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD IT.
NAMELY PAID BY BLACK WOMEN, MOTHERS, SISTERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
OR IT'S THE OVERINCARCERATION WE SEE TRUE RELIANCE OR THE USE OF CASH BOND WHICH HAS A BIG ROLE TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.
MASS INCARCERATION, WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.
I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT MOVE.
AND FRANKLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A LONGTIME.
BECAUSE THE CURRENT SYSTEM FAILS TO KEEP US SAFE AND FAILED TO PRODUCE JUST RESULTS.
>> AND HOW DO YOU VIEW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY?
>> WELL, LISTEN IT IS AN ADVERSARIAL POSITION IN THE COURTROOM.
WITH THAT SAID, I THINK ATTORNEY FOX HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GIVEN THE ROLES WE WON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG BUT I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE.
ATTORNEY FOXX HAS WORKED HARD ADVOCATING FOR THE END OF MONEY BOND AND WORKED HARD ON LEGALIZING CANNABIS.
AGAIN, THERE WILL BE TIMES WHERE WE WILL HAVE BACK AND FORTH AND BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE COURTROOM BUT I RESPECT ATTORNEY FOXX I KNOW SHE IS A CHAMPION FOR CHANGE AND I'M A FAN.
>> AND SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
COVID CASES IN THE COOK COUNTY JAIL HAD BEEN RELATIVELY LOW AS OF LATE COMPARED TO THE SPIKES LAST YEAR.
HOW DO YOU PLAN ON WORKING WITH TOM DART TO MAINTAIN THAT RATE?
>> WE'LL TALK WITH SHERIFF DART.
AND I ANYTHING THE KEY IS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE JAIL.
THE WAY THE JAIL IS SETUP ANY JAIL IS SETUP, WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE JAIL, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING DEEPLY HOW PEOPLE GET INTO THE JAIL AND GET OUT OF THE JAIL AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS.
>> WORK IS CUT OUT FOR YOU.
SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. WILL BE STARTING APRIL 1, COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THIS PAST WEEKEND'S GUEST HOST FOR LATINO VOICES ALEX HERNANDEZ TALKS WITH A MEMBER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE ABOUT AN IMPORTANT DEADLINE FOR THE NEW REAL ID.
FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER...
IN LESS THAN SEVEN MONTHS ALL AMERICANS FLYING DOMESTICALLY WILL NEED A REAL ID OR PASSPORT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SET A DATE OF OCTOBER 2020 BUT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS PUSHED TO OCTOBER FIRST OF THIS YEAR AHEAD OF THE TRAVEL HEAVY HOLIDAY SEASON.
IT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTERING MILITARY BASES, FEDERAL FACILITIES AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS HENRY HEALTH AND PRESS SECRETARY, SECRETARY OF STATE.
FIRST OFF WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY GET A REAL ID?
>> THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR A REAL ID.
NOT EVERYONE NECESSARILY NEEDS ONE.
AND ILLINOIS RESIDENTS HAVE A CHOICE.
IF FOR INSTANCE YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT FLY DOMESTICALLY AND YOU DON'T VISIT SECURE FEDERAL FACILITIES, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A REAL ID.
YOU MAY WANT TO RENEW YOUR STANDARD DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD WHEN THEY COME TO THE EXPIRATION DATES.
NATD TO THAT -- IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF YOU HAVE A VALID U.S. PASSPORT OR A MILITARY ID OR ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT TSA WILL ACCEPT FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A REAL ID.
>> WHAT ARE THE DOCUMENTS PEOPLE WILL NEED TO GATHER FOR OBTAINING THE REAL ID FOR THE FIRST TIME?
WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW?
>> THE FIRST STEP IS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS REQUIRING PEOPLE TO PROVE THEIR IDENTITY AND THEIR CITIZENSHIP OR LAWFUL PRESENCE AND YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS.
THE MAIN ONES PEOPLE BRING IN ARE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR A VALID U.S. PASSPORT.
THE NEXT STEP INDIVIDUALS WOULD BRING IN, IS PROOF OF THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
AGAIN, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS YOU CAN BRING IN TO PROVE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
MANY PEOPLE BRING IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY CARD OR BRING IN A W2 OR A PAY STUB.
THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FULL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND NOT JUST THE LAST FOUR DIGITS.
THE NEXT CATEGORY YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOUR ADDRESS THE RESIDENCY THAT YOU LIVE AT.
AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BRING IN TWO DOCUMENTS PROVING ADDRESS.
FAIRLY SIMPLE.
YOU COULD BRING IN A BANK STATEMENT OR UTILITY BILL.
WE JUST ASK THAT THEY NOT BE MORE THAN 90 DAYS OLD.
AND LAST YOUR CURRENT DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD.
WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS COLLECTED, YOU VISIT YOUR NEAREST DRIVER SERVICES FACILITY AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES WILL TAKE YOUR DOCUMENTS, THEY WILL SCAN THEM, WE TURN THEM BACK TO YOU AND WITHIN 15 BUSINESS DAYS YOU WILL BE MAILED YOUR REAL ID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I KNOW THIS IS USEFUL INFORMATION TO EVERYONE WATCHING AND A REMINDER YOU HAVE TIME UNTIL OCTOBER FIRST TO GET THE REAL ID.
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