>> SIGNS OF TENSION BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATES OFFICER MISCONDUCT.

MEANWHILE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S AMBITIOUS BOND PLAN HITS A ROADBLOCK IN CITY COUNCIL AND TRAVELERS HIT AN ACTUAL ROADBLOCK AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN THE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE TO O'HARE HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS AND OF AN ICKY AND HEATHER, SURE AROUND.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE LATEST IN THE MARCH.

POLICE KILLING OF 26 YEAR-OLD DEXTER READ SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING HAD STAYED RELATIVELY QUIET UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN HE CALLED UP THE HEAD OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

HEATHER, WHAT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT UPSET ABOUT?

WELL, HE SAID THEY HAD ACTED IRRESPONSIBLY AND MOST OF HIS COMPLAIN SEEM TO CENTER ON THE FACT THAT W T TW NEWS AND OTHER NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.

>> OBTAINED A LETTER THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST THAT DETAILED WHILE CHIEF IT WHY CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR ANDREA KIRSTEN THOUGHT THAT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING SHOULD BE STRIPPED OF THEIR POLICE POWERS UNTIL THE PROBE IS COMPLETED.

IN THAT LETTER, SHE ALSO QUESTIONED WHETHER THE STOP WAS TRULY PROMPTED BY A MISSING SEAT BELT, WHICH IS WHAT THE OFFICERS TOLD INVESTIGATORS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF FREED'S DEATH.

SO ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE PUBLIC RECORD.

KIRSTIN DID NOT SORT OF HAVE ANY SORT OF DISCRETION ABOUT WHETHER TO RELEASE THOSE.

BUT I THINK IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THIS IS A PERHAPS NEW SUPERINTENDENT NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME FACING THE WHITE HOT SPOTLIGHT AFTER A TRULY SORT OF REALLY BREATHTAKING INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE CHICAGO'S YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

STOPPED FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, BUT WITH SOME PRETTY DARKLY TINTED WINDOWS THAT WOULD MAKE IT TOUGHER OFFICERS TO SEE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LATEST CRACK IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND COPA SNOW GONE AS FAR TO SAY THAT THE AGENCY'S TREATED OFFICERS SO POORLY THEY MIGHT CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE.

DOES THIS LATEST RIFT?

HEATHER DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW INTRACTABLE ISSUE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY CONTINUES TO BE.

YES, EVEN UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SHOWN OF REPEATED INABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISCONDUCT.

THAT IS WHY THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER A CONSENT DECREE.

THAT IS WHY THERE IS VARIOUS LAYERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT IS DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN EMOTIONS ARE SO FRAUGHT AND THERE'S SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGER IN THE COMMUNITY JUST SORT OF MAKE THE SYSTEM THAT HAS SOME REAL PROBLEMS WORK AS IT SHOULD YOU AND WE HEARD FROM MAYOR JOHNSON WHO SAYS TRANSPARENCY IS SO KEY IN CASES LIKE THIS.

THIS VIDEO CERTAINLY WAS RELEASED FAR QUICKER THAN PREVIOUS POLICE SHOOTINGS.

AND WE SAW GOING BACK TO LOOK ONE MCDONALD.

IT CAN TAKE COURT ACTION SOMETIMES.

>> IS TRANSPARENCY ENOUGH TO APPEASE FOLKS WHO ARE CALLING FOR WHOLESALE POLICE REFORM?

NO, IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

I THINK THAT IT HE'S HELPED.

YOU'RE NOT SEEING MASSIVE RIOTS IN THE STREETS.

IT CERTAINLY IS.

>> A STEP.

AND THAT IS A STEP THAT FRANKLY, I IT IS NOT JUST ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO ARE CALLING FOR CHANGES AT THE CPD, BUT ALSO SHOWING THEIR SIDE THEIR OFFICER WAS SHOT, OF COURSE, IS.

WELL, IT IS.

JOHNSON POINTED OUT, BUT NO.

IS THIS ENOUGH TO SATISFY THOSE CONCERNS?

CERTAINLY NOT.

AS HEATHER NOTED, YOU STILL HAVE AN ONGOING CONSENT DECREE IN ONE THAT THE CPD IS BEHIND IN COMPLYING WITH THIS HALL.

SO HE'S REALLY RAISED THE TENOR AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT STOP SUCH AS THIS, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FOR A SEAT BELT VIOLATION, WHETHER THERE SHOULD STOPS BEING MADE IN A CITY LIKE CHICAGO WITH THIS SORT OF CRIMES OF THESE ARE KNOWN AS PRETEXTUAL STOPS, WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE HAPPENING, RIGHT IS IT IS A NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT OR A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT ENOUGH TO ENDANGER THE LIFE OF >> SOMEONE BEING STOPPED.

AND AS WE SAW WITH THE OFFICER BEING SHOT OF A FOCUS ON THE FORCE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

THERE WAS SOME DRAMA IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AS THERE'S BEEN KNOWN TO BE A HEATHER.

WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THIS?

PRETTY AMBITIOUS BOMB PLANNED THE MAYOR'S PUT FORWARD?

WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE ONE MAJOR STICKING POINT, WHICH IS THE THRESHOLD FOR PROJECTS TO REQUIRE SEPARATE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SETS THAT THRESHOLD AT 5 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS RELATIVELY TIGHT REQUIREMENTS.

THE CITY COUNCIL ROUTINELY ONLY UP APPROVES PROJECTS OF THIS KIND THAT ARE MORE THAN 10 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THIS IS >> A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

MORE OF OVERSIGHT PROMPTED BY CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE GREATER SAY ABOUT HOW THIS BORROWED MONEY IS USED.

HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THEY WANT TO SEE THAT THRESHOLD DROPPED TO 1 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT TOMORROW RECONVENED MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

IF THEY FIGURE IT OUT, THE FULL CITY COUNCIL COULD VOTE ON IT JUST A COUPLE HOURS LATER.

BUT THAT'S A BIG IF, IT'S THE MAYOR DID HAVE A REQUEST THAT I MADE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE SUCCESSFULLY YESTERDAY.

THIS IS FOR 70 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

>> TO FUND SERVICES FOR MIGRANTS COMING TO CHICAGO THAT PAST 28 20 TO 8 RATHER.

AND IT'S HEADED TO A FULL VOTE TOMORROW.

AND IT DID TAKE SOME ARM TWISTING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE PUTTING FORWARD MONEY.

YOU KNOW, IS THE MAYOR GOING TO HAVE THAT ON HIS FACE?

IF THIS DOESN'T CLEAR THE COUNCIL, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO FACE.

>> BUT YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD PRESENT AN ISSUE.

FIRST OF LET'S SET ASIDE THE POLITICS FOR A MOMENT.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT MORE MIGRANTS WILL BE COMING.

SO THERE'S JUST A PRACTICAL ISSUE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THOSE DOLLARS IN BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIGURE THAT TO BE STATE COUNTY AND CHICAGO'S LEADERS HAVE AGREED UPON AS >> CARRYING THROUGH.

THEY BELIEVE AT LEAST THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

SO WHAT THEN?

BUT OF COURSE, YES, IT WOULD BE.

I GUN THE MAYOR'S FACE AND FRANKLY, THAT OF 20 PRECKWINKLE WHO WAS DOING A LOT OF THAT ARM TWISTING, SHE, OF COURSE, IS NOT JUST THE CHAIR OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD, BUT SHE'S ALSO >> HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SAW BOTH HER I THINK PUBLICLY PRITZKER SAYING THIS MONEY NEEDS TO COME FOR >> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE THE IDEA HERE MAY HAVE BEEN TO TRY AND PRESSURE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PUT FORWARD MORE MONEY BY SHORTCHANGING AT THE CITY SIDE.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK DOWN.

NO, I DON'T THINK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PLENTY GOING ON.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY REALLY CARE.

ONE HOWEVER, THINK THAT >> PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD HAVE HIS EYES ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO A BIT BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS RE-ELECTION GO AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT IS WHAT THE DNC IS ALL ABOUT.

WELL, AND SPEAKING OF THE DNC, WE HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY'S GAZA PROTESTS DOWNTOWN.

THERE IS ALSO THAT HUGE BROKE UP PROTEST BLOCKING.

>> THE HIGHWAY INTO O'HARE, A COORDINATED PROTEST BLOCKING GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, BROOKLYN BRIDGE, OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

HEATHER, HOW WORRIED ARE THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR?

AND CERTAINLY FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ABOUT DISRUPTIONS LIKE THIS AROUND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE SHADOW OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 1968 LOOMS VERY LARGE HERE IN CHICAGO AND THEY WANT TO SORT OF PORTRAY CHICAGO AT ITS BEST.

SO THEY HAVE A VERY FINE LINE THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK BETWEEN PROTECTING PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND SORT OF MAKING SURE THE PROTESTS DON'T GET OUT OF CONTROL.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THOSE PLANS WILL UNTIL LATER THIS WEEK.

THE CITY IS DUE TO DEFEND ITS POLICY FOR MASS ARRESTS IN COURT.

THE COALITION BEHIND THE CONSENT DECREE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED SAYS IT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND VIOLATES THAT COURT ORDER.

SO MORE TO COME ON THIS.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO MADE SOME HEADLINES THIS WEEK WITH A BIG CHANGE TO THE STATE'S PAROLE BOARD.

THIS COMES.

>> AFTER THE TRAGIC KILLING OF A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO OF 11 YEAR-OLD JADEN PERKINS BY A PAROLEE JUST A DAY AFTER HE WAS RELEASED.

>> A MAN WHO IS THE GOVERNOR BRINGING IN.

>> I DON'T KNOW DON'T EXPECT MANY IN FROM ILLINOIS.

DO AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED JAMES MONTGOMERY JUNIOR.

HE HAD WORKED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY.

>> IN MASSACHUSETTS IS SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES PREVIOUSLY IN THAT STATE.

SO HE'S COMING IN REALLY.

>> HE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON THESE PAROLE CASES.

SO I THINK THAT IS CRUCIAL TO POINT OUT WHAT HE IS CHARGED WITH IS DOING TAKING SOME OF THE MATTERS OFF OF THE BOARD'S HANDS.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO DO TAKE UP THOSE CASES, WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON THEM, SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BLAMED THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HEARING THIS CASE NOT DOING ENOUGH?

>> CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT A