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The National Guard rolling down Chicago streets.

Local leaders say not so fast.

>> He has no, absolutely no right.

And no legal ability to send troops in to the city of Chicago despite President Donald Trump's DC police take over Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson SWAT away the president's threat that Chicago could be next.

It's very difficult for us to be able to make cuts of this magnitude and keep the impact off of our school.

>> Cps Bucks calls for major borrowing in its budget proposal and kicks a pension payment down the road unless the district gets an infusion of new cash.

>> This decision is not reached lightly, nor does it diminish the tragedy that has occurred.

>> Chicago police officers won't face charges in the fatal shooting of Dexter read after a traffic stop.

Plus, an Illinois judge won't force local law enforcement to apprehend Texas.

Democrats taking refuge here.

The city sets a speedy timeline for applicants interested in replacing former Alderman Walter Burnett and former Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy throws his hat in the ring for the U.S. Senate.

>> And now to our week in review panel.

Joining us are for Washington from ABC, 7 News and the Chicago Tribune, Melody Mercado from Block Club.

Chicago.

not only from city cast Chicago and from the Chicago Tribune.

Jake Sheridan, thank you all for being here.

Let's get right to it.

So Lord, you know, President Trump has long made Chicago a target saying it's it's a failed city.

It's a dangerous place.

Is this more of the same or does it feel like floating the idea of of a police takeover is kind of taking things to a new level?

I think it's a little bit of both.

mean, he's and he hinted at this before when when he sent a sext National Guard he was.

>> Talk a lot about or are these urban cities need to be brought under control.

So I think he's but he's also upping the ante.

And, you know, Many of us threats he doesn't follow through on.

But I think the city needs to take this one seriously.

This is this is completely in line with this whole long order strategy.

And that's really big part of his political messaging right now.

One, especially because with the LA situation, you know, they were sending in troops when they were no demonstrations, some of which turned violent, whereas in Chicago, you know, crimes down.

And there's not like there's any emergent situation.

They be responding to crime is down, but he's misrepresenting the situation here as he is as he's done in DC.

But I think I think is probably waiting for an opportunity to team, take over some other you know, flare up.

That doesn't last long problem be things like LA.

But just give him an excuse.

And I think that's a real possibility.

You know, Jake, we heard Governor Pritzker say that sending in troops would violate a federal law the coast all the way back to the 18 70's, I believe.

>> You know, how do you expect Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson to respond?

What can they do if Trump makes good on this threat?

They've repeatedly cited that this is against the rules and that they will cite the laws.

But you haven't gotten super specific.

There's a bit of analysis on Democrats in the Trump era that I think about this moment.

It's kind of silly.

It's it's like the movie air.

But you know where there's a basketball team playing its golden retriever and they're saying dogs can't play basketball in the mile getting dunked on by by So that they're not talking about, you know, exactly how they'll stop him.

But they are citing the laws.

But whether that holds up kind of meant be seen, I think that might be the first air.

now, Goldstar to go, but but they'll do poll.

Also ensuring also everything down.

And I think the U.S. bank, you might just be the too.

>> Get it into court, you know, get past the initial problem.

Is it good because of the court in an evening to get rolling to to put whatever Trump's going to hold, gives some time to to maneuver.

And I think they're all eyes are on the lawsuit happening in California, which just started this week.

But again, you know, Donald Trump doesn't really care about legality and laws.

I think his history proves that.

And so.

>> I think that, you constituents want to hear some more plans that are going to be in place just in case something like this does happen, will it?

You know, mean, obviously the president is saying crime in DC is out of control, even though it is down nationwide.

And, you know, >> crime rates per capita are far higher in other municipalities.

Duties is going after DC because there is that element of federal control because it's, you know, sort of a blue area, maybe a combination of factors.

I think it's a little bit of both.

Technically, you know, Trump is not overstepping legally here in regards to D C. >> Because the heat does have that right to put federal troops in that area.

I I do think that we're seeing this trend, obviously with cities that are led by black mayors and blue cities.

And I don't think that that's a coincidence.

You know, Simon, we saw the pushback to Trump's sending troops to LA and there are legal actions.

>> What kind of backlash you know, politically, do you think the president might face a few tries to send troops to places Biondi see that are under federal jurisdiction even really a factor for Yeah, I don't know if he cares about the political backlash, but it certainly will happen.

I mean, a place like Chicago.

That would be my fear actually is like.

>> You know, if he decides to to circumvent the law or to, you know, take some kind of opportunity is Laura was saying, you know, I it then what happens when you have a group of when you have people in Chicago who are >> kind ready to protest, they're ready to stand up there like what kinds of conflicts could that then cause?

And then the knock-on effects of what does that mean for our police force and how they're responding it just seems like there's a it's a potential powder keg.

You know, if something like that were to happen, the other issues of the National Guard is not trained for this kind of policing the prize for placing it all.

There.

>> Military forces, federal military force that they don't know neighborhoods sit these communities and we know how difficult it's been for the Chicago Police Department officers who do know these communities to build trust and to be able to work with the community.

>> When there's a problem, so the National Guard I think when you see the video of what's going on in DC You see a lot of national guards, people standing around because I think that's it's going to be more for the president for the perception and the reality in terms of what they can really and what happened in La.

We saw that local police were actually dispatched to help National Guard because they actually made the situation worse didn't actually help.

Yeah, you could very well for see an instance where people who are not familiar with the terrain with with the players.

>> That it could actually sort of escalate situations.

Well, an Illinois court declined to force local law enforcement to arrest Texas Democrats, which they probably didn't the county to do to.

They're here to try and block that redistricting effort to add 5 GOP seats allure of those lawmakers indicating they'll head home soon.

What do you think the next front in this fight might be?

Well, I think that they they want to make a point.

They want to get a lot of national attention, which they got.

They wanted take take another step toward being able to fight back.

They can't do that in Texas when they go back to Texas, they'll be another special session called and Texas legislator and governor will get what they want, which is to do reach resisting.

But they've they've got Gavin Newsom now out there in California who saying he's going to move ahead with redistricting.

I think the governor of New York has been talking about it, too.

So they I think the next front will be well tip for Ted.

If you're going to do this to us, we're not going sit back and not fight back.

We're going to a fighting fire with fire course establishing precedents that maybe we don't tie redistricting to the census little farming.

think if if that is the way it goes, you know, I think it was interesting because Pritzker for his part.

>> Played a very like.

Well, everything's on the table you know, Illinois, of course, already has such strong Democratic majorities that I'm not quite sure how that would play out here.

But yeah, very.

>> Also a lot and alarming sort of pattern potentially.

Yeah, I'm not sure they could find many more Democratic seats are map is one indeed JCPS unveiling its long-awaited budget proposal.

Doesn't include the borrowing that the mayor has long pushed for.

Doesn't include.

>> The pension payment that the mayor has long pushed for the district to make.

What kind of reaction did we hear from this proposal?

You know, I think was a sort of a mixed reaction will really see how the CPS lands its budget now, because it seems like the school board is not totally sold here, that they shouldn't borrow more money to to have more additions or tend to keep some of the investments they have.

Now.

It's gonna be really interesting to see how it plays out.

Yeah, I mean, you know, Simon, that the interim CEO here came over from City Hall.

Were you surprised to see that?

>> She didn't necessarily put out a budget proposal in line with what the marijuana.

I was a little surprised.

That was the whole reason we had this fight last fall over who over the previous CPS CEO right?

>> That was the whole reason Mayor Johnson, you know, that the board resigned and we got a new board rate and I think it's doubly interesting that now you have a majority of board members, most of which were appointed by Mayor Johnson who have now says sent a letter.

They were like, no, the budget absolutely should include alone and we should be paying this this pension payment a and you know, what does that mean now for the vote what this budget proposal will be?

What are the conversations going on among the board?

I certainly want to now.

I would love to be a fly on that because it doesn't seem like there's any consensus at the moment.

Yeah, especially with the budget that they have to sign off and on the 28 days.

Yeah.

I think it puts a lot of pressure on the city as well because a lot that they're hoping to get some tip money from the city when the ballpark of was it about around 300 million dollars and as a city hasn't a budget season, that's going to be something that, >> you know, it's going to be a little bit of a pressure point because the you know, the the schools are saying if we get extra the pension and maybe do some additional things with that one extra money, I mean, to see raising of the that they can.

It's interesting.

There's a huge interest for the city to have a big tip service because of that.

There's a ratio that the city gets when it declares surplus so that schools get about half the city gets quarter.

>> So the more the bigger the tips are, plus the better off the city budget.

It's kind of it's one time thing.

But, you know, the city does have a reason to kind of do that.

And the aldermen, the people who are going vote on whether or not surplus will go to the schools.

>> They benefit because if they don't get money from from to surplus, that doesn't go to their wars and there's a lot of infrastructure economic development needs that they want to feel a clear cold or who has a TIF districts that, that money lot of conflicting interests.

point.

Yeah.

And the state not exactly likely to be forthcoming with any additional money for CPS.

Doesn't seem like a priority for them right now.

>> Will the military heard that the Cook County State's attorney will not pursue criminal charges against the officers?

>> Who fatally shot Dexter read during a traffic stop last year.

What did we hear from State attorney Eileen O'Neill, Burke about why she came to this decision?

>> You know, I think primarily part of the decision was that their investigation shows that Dexter Reid fired first, even though following that the officers fired 94 rounds under, you know, couple minutes ultimately killing him.

And and I think that was primarily, you know, they were not able to prove beyond a reasonable but beyond a reasonable doubt and that the officers put him in position where where they fired first.

And so again, there are people that are, you know, obviously outraged over this specifically, the family members who have filed a wrongful death suit against the city saying that Dexter Reid was a target of a pretextual stop.

Officers said that they initially stopped him and want it wanted to see what was going on because of his seatbelt, but his windows where very tented until people argue that you could not have been able to to see him inside car.

It will be interesting to see to Cpd has said since this incident that they're going to add.

>> You know, training and regulations related to traffic stops to the consent decree see have to wonder whether the lack of charges might ramp up pressure on them to get that moving because so far that has not been finalized incorrect.

And then, of course, >> with this wrongful death lawsuit that we have going on the city did not move forward with a settlement agreement, but now the city is going to be in this lawsuit going back and forth for a couple years is estimated to cost you know, about 5 times more than the initial settlement, settlement agreement, which is 1.0, 2, 5 million dollars.

And then you're going to see.

But good thing about this lawsuit is it that will bring out some of the evidence and answer some of the questions that people have about why stop?

>> Well, the circumstances were issues about training and so that hopefully will provide some kind of a public service.

Yeah, issues with with the folks who stopped him, who there have been at least a couple instances of them violating the constitutional rights of other drivers that the Copa, the superintendent agreed should lead to a suspension.

There.

Well, speaking of the suspensions, we learned late today that the officer who fatally shot a crystal Rivera and an incident of friendly fire.

>> He's been stripped of his police powers for an unrelated incident and alleged battery against an off-duty female officer at a bar in recent days.

Where are we surprised to see that?

It took so long for it for this officer tipped to have those powers stripped even after that that for now what you're is everything is taking so long for From the minute he came on the force and there are number of complaints didn't come out until after.

Fortunately.

>> Rivera case there was obviously this is obviously a bit actor who should probably if he was actually, you know, got got past probation should never got on the on the force.

And so this is just one in a series of mistakes or or misjudgments and led to some really tragic circumstances.

And it I was in say the circumstances of this of this is is also very concerning because the fight was allegedly about wanting that female officer to delete a video that she had on her phone.

We don't know what that footage entails, but given his past, I'm I'm would like to know more about that.

So and she had the footage on her phone was in the bar and this the same time how wide the or so.

>> The presumption is that there was something appropriately.

He was doing this on a video.

Yes, and we know is video been obtained by investigators or what would happen to it?

not sure.

I think the >> Well, you know, Jake CPD is also facing a lawsuit accused by the ACLU of targeting black and Latino drivers during traffic stops.

Aclu lawyers want the judge to certify this as a class of all black and Latino drivers in the city.

You know how much how costly has this issue been for Chicago already?

Well, you know, police misconduct settlements and the last year have just skyrocketed.

I mean, we're talking now, I think over 200 million dollars this year where it's usually closer to 100 and it's only going up.

Watts cases are coming up.

There's dozens and dozens of them.

It's just going to cost so much money to handle the police misconduct.

decades old often.

it's a huge problem for the city and its finances.

interesting.

We heard recently from the corporation counsel on our show saying, Yeah, we understand that this is expensive, but we are paying essentially for the sins of Chicago's past.

Yeah.

And it's and it's almost better to pay now to some extent more.

That's their logic at them to let it go to court.

that could cost no 10 times as much.

And that wasn't the case this year.

2 guys who are present vindicated 120 million Dollar settlement total.

although it's interesting we're talking about paying for the sins of the past because the whole reason that we're talking about traffic stops right now is because this used to be about stop and frisk, right?

Like we this this whole.

>> And then the sort when that policy when it was like okay can to stop and frisk anymore.

>> All of a sudden traffic stops are up.

having more and more traffic stops in the pretext of those traffic stops are now coming into question.

And so, you know, yes on some level, this is a a longitudinal problem.

Great that has spanned many, many years in the span generations.

But changes that have been made.

Our it's very it's very, you know, at best 2 steps forward.

One step back.

Yeah, and a lot of the debate is about, you know, things like a broken you know, not having your seat belt on.

>> You know, obviously, I don't think anyone's in favor of someone having an unregistered handgun that they shouldn't be possessing.

But, you know, it puts members of the public at risk of puts members of of CPD at risk to be making stops.

Yeah, I mean, any any encounter between an officer and a driver or someone else right is a potential for conflict.

And so the more stopped making them or potential conflict, then there's you know, a lot of evidence to suggest that the stops that are being made, you know, are being made primarily of black and brown neighborhoods are primarily of black and brown people in white neighborhoods right Just a lot of questions about it.

>> Well, over to some political news melody, former Alderman Walter Burnett recently resigned the city gave those interested in applying to replace him just a week to apply.

The deadline just passed.

I think of clock.

So sorry if you were hoping But was the rush there?

>> You know, I I think they're they're trying It's interesting that the that they're moving for Russian really is a frontrunner here.

And that's aldermen, Burnett, son Walter, Redmon Burnett, who says he would like to go by Redden said of his his father's But I think that whats more interesting are the qualifications that are listed for these applicants, which only include living in the ward for at least one year and doesn't list a priority for any government experience elected offices held in the past.

People argue that when the vacancy for the 35th Ward was happening, that the requirements for that were much were much higher and much more string stringent process.

And this seems to be a little bit more loose cqc in order to let one particular person be able to submit their application and most likely be appointed to the position by the mayor.

The cynic might argue it's tailor made, but I'm sure there are no, sir.

Next on you don't you say you mentioned it's only week long.

You need one week to consider Candice when you know when you are to something you're going to friend.

And I think in this committee to be fair is is the the one that's going to be making a recommendation to the mayor for committee was handpicked by the mayor and obviously is is going follow its his dictates and to know that everybody, you know, up all the Michelle Harris is is on that.

But then the 3 community members are long time.

>> Allies of now Alderman Walter, looked at the election board site yesterday and I saw 2 of them had donated to Burnett's campaign last 2 So friends, yes, yeah.

that's how it goes in All right.

Well, look at a statewide former state GOP chair Don Tracy, the first sort of major Republican candidate to announce he's going to run in the primary for Senate.

>> So for a pretty thin list of GOP candidates for for statewide or national office representing Illinois, do expect that will change in the coming months and you know, it's kind of change pretty quickly because of petitions are already out.

And I think that Republican Party, Illinois, is that they're trying to >> united.

They're trying to regroup.

They had they had a session in Springfield this this past week where they've there was a lot of optimism, but they're they're in disarray and their Dontre season is a classic symbol of that because he was the head of the party for several years.

And he and is it because there was so much dissension in the party was being personally attacked by some of the more concerning members apart.

So I think party is not unified.

I think that they're they're not the resources you need to run against.

The Pritzker running a very expensive Senate race.

So that's why you see so few candidates.

Yeah, especially with you know, 2 of the candidates extremely well-funded, the 3rd candidate very well connected and unable to raise that money.

So it's going to be an uphill climb for them.

Will Simon, the Trump administration going after the union contract of hundreds of employees at the Environmental Protection Agency here in Chicago.

>> Are you surprised to see the sort of anti union moves given that Trump kind of unusually for Republican really was courting unions and union voters in the most recent presidential But sort of not that interesting.

The EPA, first of all.

>> you know, he he has sort of demonstrated again and again that he is looking to defund particularly any agencies related to health and science of which the EPA is one right, that that the cancellation of contracts is a direct sort of a result of of other efforts you know, reduce funding from up there.

Also cancellation contracts, I believe with.

>> Cdc, FDA and and some other health science organizations as well within the federal government.

And so, you know, while this sort of working that union represents the working class, right, that may be that the voter base.

It has sort of nothing to do action with his actual agenda that he's looking to enact here.

>> Well, as some of the Union news, Jake, after about 4 years of negotiations, Chicago firefighters appear to have a tentative contract deal with the city.

Why have these negotiations dragged down?

so long?

You know, I think there are a number of things.

seems like the actual the wage part of it has been kind of a settled matter for quite a while.

There was some discussion I understand and city hall over staffing requirements that was during the life of 10 or I think it's specially that into the Johnson Center as well.

>> Over how fire truck should be staffing in the super opposed to minimum is coming down on that.

I think that was a bit of a holdup.

you know, it's looks like it's a done deal.

Now, voter, the members of the Union got a pass at Alderman got to pass it.

it seems like it's heading towards being done.

>> Melody CPS facing a lawsuit saying it failed to properly vet a security guard who is had multiple arrests and convictions pre-dating his hiring eventually charged with with grooming and assaulting a 15 year-old girl.

Do you think parents might have any more fears about a problem?

Staffers slip us living through the cracks given that CBS is looking to reduce its its front office staff.

That checking on those sorts of things.

I mean, absolutely.

If if I was a parent and I was sending my child to CBS School, that would be top of mind reading the story.

>> Especially the fact that this individual was arrested 16 times before he was ultimately hired by CBS and and also admitted to being a part of the gang in Chicago.

And that was documented with CPD.

I think that, you know, parents obviously send their kids to school to be safe and a security guard is supposed to help keep your child safe and to find out they were doing the exact opposite and they weren't even qualified to hold the job in the first place.

This terrifying.

>> We've got about 30 seconds left, but some positive news before we go, our we've got a a new announcement of a leader at the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ somebody with a deep Chicago roots.

Tell us about him Real Kelly.

I I've known can come cameo from a year.

She worked at Chicago reporter early in her career.

She earned her chops as a journalist here in Chicago.

She went on to The Washington Post.

The La Times won a Pulitzer very distinguished nationally known journalists who wants to come back home to take over this sort of.

>> exciting, high-profile news organization is merged these emerging with us in Chicago Sun-Times and a very crucial time in this point, the merger when they're trying to really bring in news rooms together.

And so is this going to be a big challenge for her?

But she's she's a big, big personnel in a big general associate.

Hopefully she's up for.

I bet she's up to it and none of you are a big challenge.

You are great.

But unfortunately, that's all the time we have for this evening.

>> So hour, thanks to Laura Washington.

Melody Mercado, some only and Jake Sheridan.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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Have a great weekend.

Okay, Jake, you had a piece this week about a topic most of us might not think much about storefront signage.

Tell us about alderman especially the South and West side feel like signs to cover every inch and a ton of storefronts, especially gas stations, nail salons.

>> They want to get those signs.

>> Out of that, they want to clean up their their shopping corridors and looks bad.

It's crazy.

How how much of the storefront is covered and some of these places I went a Philly cheese steak shop.

>> And there was small little sliver of church, you know, is just as wild.

So they want to get rid of that.

Some people feel like 10 type business.

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