>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW."
I'M JOEL WEISMAN.
DIVES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNERAL
RITES FOR CARDINAL FRANCIS
GEORGE, THE LONG-TIME SPIRITUAL
LEADER TO MORE THAN TWO MILLION
AREA CATHOLICS.
♪♪
>> HE WAS FOND OF REMINDING US
THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
LORD AND WITH EACH OTHER ARE ALL
THAT ENDURE.
EVERYTHING ELSE GOES TO THE
GRAVE.
>> THE ONLY CHICAGO NATIVE TO
BECOME ARCHBISHOP HERE.
GEORGE LED THE ASHE DIOCESE FOR
17 YEARS, BEFORE FATAL ILLNESS
FORCED HIS RESIGNATION.
>> IT IS INTENTIONAL, AND THE
CRIME, IF ANY THERE BE, IS FIRST
DEGREE MURDER.
>> A LEGAL TECHNICALITY BRINGING
AN BANKRUPT TONED THE TRIAL OF A
CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER CHARGED
WITH SHOOTING AN UNARMED BLACK
WOMAN.
>> DON'T BELIEVE JUSTICE HAS
BEEN DONE.
I ALSO BELIEVE AS A PROSECUTOR,
YOU LOSE CREDIBILITY IF YOU
OVERCHARGE.
>> A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
TRIGGERS SUSPENSION OF A CPS
CONTRACT WITH SUPES, THE
TRAINING ACADEMY FOR PRINCIPALS,
AND THE CEO JESSE ARE YOU
TACKLES A $1 BILLION SHORTFALL.
>> THE CHALLENGES IN SPRING
FEED.
I LIKE TO THINK I HAVE GREAT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH SPRINGFIELD,
SPENDING TIME THERE, CHAIRING
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
>> AND IN SPORTS, A TRIPLE
OVERTIME BLACKHAWKS THRILLER,
AND THE UNEXPECTED PASSING OF
BELOVED BEARS LINEBACKER DOUG
BUFFONE.
JOINING US ARE DERRICK BLAKELEY.
SAYRE SHOULD SCHULTE OR ABC 7
NEWS, MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA COULD
OF CHICAGO SUN TIMES AND MIKE
MULLIGAN OF 670, THE SCORE AND
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
FIRST TONIGHT, REMEMBERING
CARDINAL FRANCIS GEORGE, WHOSE
CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP, BOTH
CELEBRATED AND CRITICIZED DURING
HIS TENURE AT ARCHBISHOP.
GEORGE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
RESPONDING TO THE SEX ABUSE
SCANDAL, HELPED REWRITE THE
LANGUAGE OF THE CATHOLIC MASS,
AND OPPOSED OBAMACARE.
HIS SUCCESSOR CALLS GEORGE A MAN
OF PEACE, TENACITY AND COURAGE.
DERRICK BLAKELEY, WHEN SOMEONE
DIES YOUR HEAR THE PLAUDITS AND
PRAISE.
HOW WILL CARDINAL GEORGE BE
REMEMBERED.
>> HIS LEGACY WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT.
17 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP IS
SIGNIFICANT IN AND OF ITSELF.
AN INTELLECTUAL GIANT, A LEADER
IN CHICAGO AND NATIONALLY.
WITH THE BISHOPS CONFERENCE.
THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
HE WAS A CONSERVATIVE STALWART,
NO DOUBT.
HE WILL ALSO BE REMEMBERED
WITHIN THE ARCH DIOCESE AS
SOMEONE WHO GAVE THEM A COLD,
SHARP, SHOCK WHEN HE ARRIVED
HERE BECAUSE CARDINAL JOSEPH
BERNADINE WAS BELOVED, HE WAS
MUCH MORE KIND OF DECENTRALIZED
IN HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE.
HE LET THE PARISHES AND PRIESTS
OPERATE IN THEIR OWNER BIT A LOT
MORE -- ORBIT A LOT MORE, BUT
WHEN CARDINAL GEORGE' ARRIVED HE
CRACKED THE WHIP.
THERE WAS A REPROACHMENT WHERE
THE PRIESTS GOT USED TO HIS
MANAGEMENT STYLE, AND MAYBE HE
KIND OF BACKED OFF A LITTLE BIT
IN SOME INSTANCES, BUT
BASICALLY, HE WANTED THE
PRIESTS, POLICY, TO TOE THE LINE
AND WANTED PARISHIONERS TO DO
THE SAME THING.
I IF YOU WERE CONSERVATIVE, YOU
LOVED HIM.
IF YOU WERE LIBERAL OR MIDDLE OF
THE ROADER, YOU MIGHT HAVE
VIEWED HIM NOT SO FAVORABLY.
>> SARAH DO YOU THINK HE
REFLECTED HIS ARCH DECEASE, THE
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH?
>> I DON'T THINK SIMPLE THINK
DURING THE 17 YEARS, HE LOST
MEMBERSHIP.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE
REFLECTING THE DIOCESE.
HE IS A CONSERVATIVE IMI'M NOT
SURE OF THAT.
WHERE THE MEMBERS OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH -- WHERE THEY
HAD THE -- THE DIRECTION THEY
HAVE BEEN GOING.
>> OVER THE 17 YEARS, I THINK A
LOT OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE LOST MEMBERSHIP.
MAUDLYNE, HOW DO YOU VIEW HIM
AND YOU WROTE A VERY INTERESTING
OP-ED PEACE IN THE SUN TIME
ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DEALINGS
WITH HIM.
>> CARDINAL GEORGE WAS A COMPLEX
MAN, AND I SAY THAT AS A
REPORTER AND AS A LAY CATHOLIC,
AND WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T -- HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE
THE LUXURY OF BEING THE WARM AND
FUZZY PASTOR THAT BERNADINE WAS.
BERNADINE HAD A LOT OF
PROBLEMS TO FESTER, PARTICULARLY
SCHOOL CLOSINGS, SO BY THE TIME
CARDINAL GEORGE CAME IN, HE HAD
TO BE AN ADMINISTRATOR, AND SO
THERE WAS NO TIME FOR WARM AND
FUZZY.
HE HAD TO CLOSE SCHOOLS.
HE HAD THE PRIESTS SEXUAL ABUSE
SCANDAL.
AND SO A LOT OF THINGS HE DID,
THEY WERE -- HE HAD SHOULDER
BURDENS AND HE WAS AN
ADMINISTRATOR, NO CHASER,
STRAIGHT.
HE WASN'T A WARM AND FUZZY GUY
AND COULD BE VERY ABRASIVE.
I HAD INTERACTIONS WITH HIM THAT
LEFT ME FEELING COLD AND
DISCONNECTED AND A LITTLE
SADDENED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT --
I COULD NOT RELATE TO HIM.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, AS A
CATHOLIC, AND AS MANY CATHOLICS
WHO ARE DEVOUT IN THEIR RELIGION
YOU MOVER ON AND YOU JUST ACCEPT
HIM AS THE HEAD, THE SHEPHERD OF
THE FLOCK.
AND HE HAS MANY SIDES SIDES ANDE
JUST ACCEPTED HIM.
>> 17 YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE
IN OFFICE.
WAS HE -- SOME OF THESE
CRITICISMS FAIR, MIKE MULLIGAN,
OR WAS HE A VICTIM OF THE CHAOS
IN THAT PERIOD OF THE CHURCH?
>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE
THAT GOES INTO IT.
I THINK THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO
REMEMBER HE HAD POLIO WHEN HE
WAS A CHILD, AND OBVIOUSLY
DIDN'T GET INTO QUIGLEY, SO HE
DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE CATHOLIC
ARCHDIOCESE.
HE WASN'T A PRIEST.
HE WENT THROUGH A DIFFERENT
ORDER TO BECOME A PRIEST.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A PRIEST
AND HE SAID WHERE JOE BERNADINE
WAS THE KIND OF GUY THAT WOULD
WALK INTO A ROOM AND WOULD BE,
THERE'S FATHER PAUL, LET'S GO
OVER THERE.
THIS WAS MORE A PERSON, THERE
WAS FATHER PAUL, WHY DON'T HE
COME OVER HERE?
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF
BATTLING A DISEASE, HE WAS A
SHYER PERSON.
HE HAD A DIFFERENT WAY OF GOING
ABOUT IT, AND THE POPE THAT
APPOINTED HIM AND PUSHED HIS
CAREER WAS ALSO AN ULTRA
CONSERVATIVE AND THERE WAS A
REALLY CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT IN
THE CHURCH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
BELIEVED THAT IN ORDER TO
PRESERVE CATHOLICISM YOU HAD TO
MAINTAIN THE CONSERVATIVE
NATURE, AND I THINK WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT POPE NOW.
I THINK THE STUFF WITH THE
LETTER HE WROTE ABOUT GAY MAJOR,
THAT AFFECTED SOME PEOPLE AND
OBVIOUSLY OUR POPE NOW CHANGED
THAT POLICY MORE OR LESS, OR HAS
A DIFFERENT OPINION OF THAT, AND
HE WENT ALONG WITH THAT.
IT WASN'T LIKE -- HE APOLOGIZED
TO SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID.
SO I THINK TENACITY, NATIONAL
GOING THROUGH WHAT HE WENT
THROUGH, HAVING A DISEASE AS A
CHILD AND AT THE END OF YOUR
LIFE AS WELL AND BATTLING A
DISEASE.
>> HIS COURAGE IS UNDENIABLE.
>> ALTHOUGH, HE WAS OFTEN
CRITICIZED BY SOME OF THE
MEMBERS OF SNAP AND OTHERS
REGARDING THE PRIEST ABUSE
SCANDAL, AND HE ADMITTEDLY
DROPPED THE BALL WITH FATHER
DANIEL McCORMICK, HE WAS
FORCEFUL IN ADVOCATE CAN ZERO
TOLERANCE WHEN SOME OF THE
CHURCH HIERARCHY WAS NOT WILLING
TO GO THAT FAR, AND HE STRONGLY
ADVOCATED AMONG AMERICAN BISHOPS
AND ALSO TO ROME.
>> AND HIS PREDECESSOR, LOT OF
THESE THING OCCURRED UNDER HIS
PREDECESSOR.
>> A LOT OF THIS IS PERSONALITY
DRIVEN.
HE IS A PUBLIC FIGURE DID AND
DIDN'T HAVE THE PERSONALITY AS
CARDINAL BERNADINE.
ONE THING THAT THIS WEEK DID
SHOW, SHOWING THE SIDE OF
CARDINAL GEORGE THAT I THINK WE
PROBABLY ALL WANTED TO SEE, MORE
OF THE HUMAN SIDE AND IT REALLY
RESPECTED THE MAN, HIS INFLUENCE
AND HIS STRONG FAITH.
>> NOW AT THIS POINT, DO YOU
THINK ARCH BISHOP --
>> HE HAS THE PERSONALITY.
FROM THE VERY LIMITED DEALINGS
WE HAVE HAD SO FAR WITH HIM,
HE -- HE IS A VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> IT'S A TOUGH TRANSITION BUT
WE'LL GO ON TO OTHER
PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS.
CITY NEWS, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS CUT TIES WITH SUPES
ACADEMY, THE PRINCIPAL TRAINING
CENTER AT THE HEART OF A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION, BITTER DISPUTE
BETWEEN GOVERNOR RAUNER AND
MAYOR EMANNAL OUR THE SCHOOL
DEFICIT.
BUT RAUNER AND EMANUEL EAGERLY
AGREE ON FAST TRACKING THE OBAMA
LIBRARY AND LUCAS MUSEUM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HOW LIGHTNING
LIKE THEY'RE SENDING THROUGH
LEGISLATION THAT SAYS YOU CAN
PUT THE OBAMA LIBRARY IN THE
PARK, NOT WITHSTANDING THE PRIOR
LEGISLATION.
>> DOESN'T COME AS A SHOCK TO
ME.
AMAZING HOW THEY CAN'T GET OTHER
THINGS DONE LIKE PENSION REFORM
BUT, BOOM, THEY CAN GET THIS ONE
DONE.
THE ONE THING I DON'T GET IS THE
LUCAS MUSEUM.
WHAT IS THE REASON TO FAST TRACK
THE LUCAS MUSEUM?
OBVIOUSLY THE OBAMA LIBRARY WE
UNDERSTAND.
EVERYONE THINKS IT SHOULD BE
HERE.
>> A GENUINE COMPETITOR IN NEW
YORK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK THAT HAD TO BE DONE
IF WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE
LIBRARY TO NEW YORK.
THE LUCAS MUSEUM?
I'M NOT SURE WHO WANTS THAT.
BESIDES THE MAYOR.
>> THAT'S A BIG --
>> EXACTLY.
>> TOURISM BOARD MAYBE?
ISN'T THAT THE IDEA WITH THE
MUSEUM?
>> BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WILL
HELP.
>> CAN WE CHARGE EVERYONE A BUCK
IF THEY WEAR A GOOFY UNIFORM?
>> CHARGE MORE THAN THAT.
THAT WOULD FIX THE BUDGET
CRISIS.
>> IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT THE
HEAD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE PARKS
RESIGNS, AND DID SHE RESIGN
BECAUSE SHE SAW THIS COMING OR
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM OVER THERE?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
>> GOOD QUESTION.
I HEARD --
>> EVERYBODY SAYS WHEN THEY
DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
>> LEAVE IT AS A GOOD QUESTION?
>> AT ANY EVENT, THE CHICAGO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCANDAL INVOLVING
THIS PRINCIPAL ACADEMY, WHERE
BIRD BENNETT USED TO WORK, AND
NOW IS UNDER FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION, CONTINUES TO
SIZZLE.
NOW THEY HAVE SUDDENLY SUSPENDED
THE CONTRACT, AND THEY WANT TO
ULTIMATELY TERMINATE THE
CONTRACT.
THE MAYOR IS DENYING HE HAS --
HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
CAN HE JUST WALK AWAY FROM IT?
>> CAN THE MAYOR -- NO.
EVERYTHING STOPS WITH THE MAYOR
ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
HI CAN TRY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE HAS
CONTROL OVER THE CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT,
IN 1995, THE MAYOR GOT CONTROL
OVER THE CHICAGO POCK SCHOOLS SO
TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THIS,
I'M NOT SURE HE CAN.
>> BUT THAT'S THE RULE OF THE
DAY WITH THIS PARTICULAR
SCANDAL.
GOVERNOR RAUNER HAS DISTANCED
HIMSELF, TOO, AND CLEARLY HIS
FIRM WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH
THIS FIRM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
BOARD DISTANCING -- THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION DISTANCING THEMSELVES
FROM IT, SAYING THIS WAS
BENNETT.
BUT THE BOARD MUST APPROVE
ANYTHING THAT BARBARA BIRD BEN
IT IN PROPOSED.
SO -- BARBARA BIRD BEN NET
PROPOSES BUT EVERYONE IS
CULLABLE.
>> DID SHE IN FACT TELL THE
BOARD SHE USED TO WORK THERE
AND.
>> THAT SHE DID REVEAL, YES.
>> THEY KNEW THAT.
>> SHE MADE THEM AWARE OF THAT.
BUT THE CURIOUS THING, IS THAT
THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE TWISTING
THEMSELVES INTO PRETZELS,
STANDING BEHIND THE VOTES YOU
TWO YEARS AGO TOO PURSUE THIS
AND NOW BACKING AWAY FROM IT AT
THE SAME TIME.
SO, THAT IS THE CURIOUS ELEMENT
HERE.
>> PRETZEL ON TOP OF A PRETZEL.
>> EXACTLY.
WE KNOW THAT BARBARA BIER T --
BENNETT WORKED WITH THE FIRM AND
THAT WAS REVEALED AND THIS WAS A
NO-BID CONTRACT.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS EXACTLY
WHAT THE FEDS ARE LOOKING AT.
IN OTHER WORDS, DID BARBARA
BYRD-BENNET RECEIVE BENEFITS?
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK.
>> THEY MUST BE LOOKING AT MAIL
FRAUD OR FINANCIAL GAIN ON HER
PART, OR MAYBE ON THE PART OF
TWO OR THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT
ALSO WORKED FOR THAT FIRM IN THE
PAST, WHO FILED.
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, IS
SHE DONE.
>> HER CONTRACT IS UP AT THE END
OF JUNE.
>> ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT BE
RETURNING TO THE SYSTEM.
>> DOES THIS GIVE MORE IMPETUS
TO AN ELECT SCHOOL BOARD?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
>> ON ANOTHER NOTE -- ANOTHER
NONANSWER.
>> PROS AND CONS TO BOTH, BUT
SCHOOL BOARD, THIS COULD HAPPEN
UNDER AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD
WAS WELL.
SO I'M NOT SHRIVER AN ELECT
SCHOOL BOARD IS THE ANSWER.
>> MAYBE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO
STAND FOR ELECTION THEY'RE A
LITTLE MORE CAREFUL IN WHAT
THEY'RE APPROVING.
>> MAYBE.
>> IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO?
>> ANOTHER INTERESTING THING.
THEY SAID THIS CONTRACT, BECAUSE
IT WAS NO BIT, WIN THROUGH TWO
REVIEW PROCESSES.
ONE THAT ALL CONTRACTS GO
THROUGH.
A SECOND ONE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS
NO BID.
AND THAT SECOND SET OF EYES
SIGNED OFF ON IT.
SO THEY SAID, OH, THAT'S WHY WE
VOTED FOR IT, THE BOB MEMBERS
ARE SAYING.
>> IT SHOULD A NO-BID CONTRACT.
>> OF COURSE NOT.
THE WAY TO FIND OUT IF THAT
VENDOR WAS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT
COULD SUPPLY IT WAS TO PUT IT UP
FOR BID.
>> THEY TOOK HER WORD FOR IT.
>> YOU FINE ANYTHING UNUSUAL
ABOUT THE MAYOR SAYING THAT WE
HAVE ELECTED SCHOOL COUNCILS AND
THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE
PRINCIPALS?
THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER WHETHER
THESE PRINCIPALS SHOULD BE
TRAINED OR NOT.
>> THE MAYOR SAYING THAT THAT'S
A BUNCH OF MALARKEY.
THE MAYOR HIMSELF KNOWS HE
TOTALLY EMASS CALCULATED THOSE
COUNCILS YEARS AGO.
>> IN FAIRNESS TO HIM DON'T
THINK HE EMASCULATED.
THE PUBLIC DECIDED NOT TO
PARTICIPATE.
LOADS OF COUNCILS THEY COULDN'T
GET ENOUGH PEOPLE RUNNY,.
>> THAT IS TRUE BUT EVEN THOSE
THAT DID HAVE PEOPLE RUN, THEY
HAD NO POWER.
>> LOCAL SCHOOL COUPLES HAVE TO
ABIDE BY MORE STRICT ETHICAL
RULES THAN MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
>> THEY REALLY DON'T CONTROL ALL
THAT MUCH MONEY.
>> THEY DON'T CONTROL ANYTHING.
>> THEY CONTROL APPOINTMENT OF
THE PRINCIPAL, THOUGH, WHICH I
GUESS IS SOMETHING.
>>> LET'S GO ON TO OTHER SERIOUS
LEGAL STORIES.
A SWIFT ACQUITTAL OF A POLICE
OFFICER CHARGED WITH THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF AN UNARMED
BLACK WOMAN.
THE JUDGE THROWS OUT A
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AND SAYS THE
MURDER WAS THE APPROPRIATE
INDICTMENT.
POLICE SUPERINTENDENT GARY
McCARTHY BLAMES THE STATES
TAKEN FOR BRINGING THE
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.
ALVAREZ IS REFUSING TO PROSECUTE
LOW LEVEL DRUG CASES WHICH CLOG
THE COURT SYSTEM, AND THERE'S A
LAWSUIT FILED ON THE CITY'S STOP
AND FRISK POLICY.
THE DANTE SERVIN CASE IS NOT
GOING AWAY.
TRIBUNE THIS WEEK HAD A LONG
EDITORIAL, MENTIONING THAT NO
CHICAGO POLICEMAN HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH MURDER IN ALMOST 20
YEARS.
AND YOU SEE THEM BEING CHARGED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PEOPLE ARE
KIND OF TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT
LAW OFFICERS.
WHAT DO YOU BECOME ABOUT THE
RULING AND ALVAREZ CHARGING
MANSLAUGHTER INSTEAD OF MURDER?
>> I MEAN, ACCORDING TO SEVERAL
CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS I
SPOKE WITH, THEY AGREE WITH THE
RULING.
THEY AGREE WITH THE JUDGE'S
RULING.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIED ON A
MURDER CHARGE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK --
>> OF COURSE NOW THAT IT'S
THROWN OUT --
>> NOTHING ELSE CAN HAPPEN.
AND CIVILLY THEY HAVE ALREADY
SETTLED A $4.5 MILLION CIVIL
SUIT WITH THE CITY.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE,
HAPPENED IN MARCH OF 2012.
DANTE SERVIN IN A CAR IN AN ALE
YEAH, DARK, FOUR PEOPLE WERE
BOTHERING HIM.
HE TURNS AROUND, OFF-DUTY, TURNS
AROUND IN HIS CAR WITH HIS GUN
AND SHOOTS FIVE TIMES INTO A
CROWD OF PEOPLE.
IT TOOK ANITA ALVAREZ A YEAR AND
A HALF TO CHARGE HIM.
NOW, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WOULD
ARGUE, IF THIS WALT YOU OR ME OR
ANYBODY ELSE --
>> THE GRAND JURY WOULD HAVE THE
CASE NEXT WEEK.
>> 48 HOURS TO GET CHARMS OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
>> THEN, AFTER A YEAR AND A
HALF, SHE CHARGES HIM
INAPPROPRIATELY WITH INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER.
COME ON.
THIS IS THE STATE -- THIS IS A
PROSECUTOR.
WHO IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THESE
THINGS.
>> FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW,
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MANSLAUGHTER AND --
>> INTENTIONAL.
>> IS NOT INTENTIONAL.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> IN MURDER IS INTENTIONAL.
>> EXACTLY.
THE BURDEN OF PROOF FOR
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IS
REPUBLICLESSNESS.
SO THE JUDGE SAID THIS IS BEYOND
RECKLESSNESS, THIS IS
INTENTIONAL.
>> SO ALVAREZ, AS A SEASONED
PROSECUTOR, HAS TO HAVE NODE
THIS.
>> REMEMBER, SHE RAN FOR OFFICE
SAYING SHE'D TRY CASES.
HE WASN'T JUST A FIGUREHEAD.
>> SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING
AND THIS REALLY BOILS DOWN TO
POLITICS BETWEEN ALVAREZ AND THE
POLICE FORCE, AND SHE DID NOT
BRING MURDER CHARGES WHEN THAT
IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE
BROUGHT.
>> THE REASON SHE DIDN'T IS WHY?
>> BECAUSE OF POLITICS.
SHE HAS TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION,
IN THIS CITY?
IN THIS CITY YOU CANNOT HAVE THE
POLICE FORCE TURN AGAINST YOU.
I YOU'RE RUNNING FOR
RE-ELECTION.
>> SHE RUNS COUNTYWIDE.
>> I SPOKE WITH HER ON THAT DAY,
AND I BROUGHT UP THAT WITH HER,
AND SHE -- HER ANSWER TO THAT
WAS, WELL, IF THAT WAS THE CASE
I WOULD HAVE CHARGED AT ALL.
>> SHE COULD NOT GET AWAY WITH
NOT CHARGING.
>> A YEAR AND A HALF LATER --
>> SERIOUS CHARGES YOU'RE
THROWING OUT CANNER LIKE SHE
UNDERCHARGED ON PURPOSE.
KNOWING IT WOULD GET THROWN OUT.
>> THAT'S WHAT OTHERS ARE --
>> A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT
BELIEVES THAT.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THED AND YOU
LOOK AT WHAT THE JUDGE SAID,
YOU -- COME ON.
>> THERE'S NO APPEAL ON THIS.
>> AND INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER?
PROBATION IS A PENALTY.
>> NOT EVEN PROBATION.
>> THIS IS SOMEONE -- THE VICTIM
WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD
>> MADE NO SENSE.
>> THERE WERE PROTESTS FOLLOWING
THE VERDICT DO YOU THINK IT'S
GOING AWAY?
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT McCARTHY.
HOW DARE HE SAY THIS CASE SHOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT WHEN THE
JUDGE CLEARLY SAYS IT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MURDER.
HOW DARE McCARTHY SAY THAT.
>> WAS HE STANDING UP FOR HIS
GUY?
>> RIGHT.
>> IT'S TRULY AN ASTOUNDING
RESULT.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS THE
COMMUNITY LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO
RALLY AGAINST THE I POLICE
DEPARTMENT?
>> FOR SOME REASON IN CHICAGO.
IS --
>> LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON
AROUND THE COUNTRY A.
>> A PROTEST THAT NIGHT, A
PROTEST THE NEXT DAY.
MAYBE, MAYBE, 100 PEOPLE --
>> IS THAT BECAUSE CHICAGOANS
THINK IT WOULD BE FUTILE TO DO
SO OR WE'RE NOT OUTRAGED BECAUSE
THESE THINGS HEY HAPPENED HERE.
>> A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
WE'RE NOT ACCUSING HIM OF
MURDER.
>> NO.
NO.
IN CHICAGO, I THINK THAT WE'RE
VERY JADED AND WE UNDERSTAND THE
WAY THE CITY WORKS, AND I THINK
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT
IT'S -- PROTESTS ARE NOT GOING
TO DO YOU ANY GOOD IN THE CITY
OF CHICAGO.
IT'S SHE CHICAGO WAY.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TRIED.
THEY TRIED TO DRUM UP THE
ENERGY.
THEY'VE DONE THESE PROTESTS BUT
DON'T GET THE FOLLOWING THAT
YOU'RE GETTING IN CITIES LIKE
NEW YORK, OKLAHOMA.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BIG
PROBLEMS --
>> BALTIMORE AND CLEVELAND.
>> AND WISCONSIN.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN
CHICAGO IS LACK OF LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE NO LEADERSHIP.
WHERE IS THE REVEREND JESSE
JACKSON ON THIS?
MR. IS BOBBY RUSH, THE BLACK
LEADERSHIP ON THIS?
THESE THINGS ARE ALLOWED TO
HAPPEN, TWO AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN
THE CITY OF CHICAGO, BECAUSE
THERE'S A VOID IN LEADERSHIP,
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE CANNOT DO
IT BY THEMSELVES.
>> LET'S GO ON TO SPORTS.
WE HAVE A TON OF SPORTS NEWS.
AFFABLE BEARS LINEBACKER DOUG
BUFFONE IS REMEMBERED TO ALREADY
HARD-HITTING CAREER AND BRUTALLY
HONEST POST GAME INDIANAPOLIS.
BLACKHAWKS PLAYERS AND FANS ARE
EXHAUSTLED BY A TRIPLE OVERTIME
WIN.
AND TOP SUPPOSE PROTECTS-TOP
PROSPECTS ON DISPLAY.
TELL ME ABOUT DOUGIE BUFFONE.
>> ONE OF GOD'S GREAT MEN.
DOUG WAS DISH WAS LUCKY ENOUGH
TO WORK WITH DOUG AND SHARE AN
OFFICE.
WHEN SOMEONE DIES PEOPLE SAY
NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM.
THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE.
DOUG BUFFONE IS THE TYPE OF
PERSON -- HERE'S THE GUY THAT
PLAYED 14 YEARS IN THE NFL AND
HE COULD HAVE TREATED ANYBODY
ANY WAY HE WANTED TO.
HE TREATED EVERYONE WITH
RESPECT.
DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE HIS
BOSS, AN INTERN, SOMEBODY ON THE
STREET, HE TREATED EVERYBODY THE
SAME WAY HIM WAS WONDERFUL
PERSON AND EVEN MORE SO THAN A
SPORTSMAN, HE WAS A GREAT
PLAYER, AND HE PLAYED 14 YEARS
IN THE NFL, AND WAS -- I HAD A
LINE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, HE WAS
THE GREATEST BEARS PLAYER NEVER
TO BE -- TO MAKE A PRO BOWL TEAM
HELP PLAYED NEXT TO DICK BUKKAS
AND WAS OVERSHADOWEDFUL WEST AN
EIGHT AREA CAPTAIN FOR THE
BEARS.
>> HE WAS NATURAL ON THE AIR.
>> HE WAS AN UNBELIEVE NATURAL,
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
COMPLIMENT, I THINK.
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
>> ONLY HAVE NATURAL PEOPLE ON
THE SHOW.
>> DOUG IS THE KIND OF GUY, IN
HIS -- HE LOVED THE BEARS.
DITKA SAID THAT OF ALL THE
PLAYERS THAT EVER PLAYED FOR THE
BEARS, DOUG HAD MORE PASSION FOR
THE TEAM THAN ANYONE.
WHEN YOU HEARD HIM AND O.B. IN
THE POST GAME THEY WOULD SCREAM
AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THE BEARS.
THEY TOOK IT PERSONALLY AND IT
WAS REVETTING RADIO.
IT WAS BETTER WHEN THEY LOST
THAN WHEN THEY WON.
>> I AGREE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM.
A REAL VOID FOR ALL OF US.
>> STILL AROUND ARE THE CHICAGO
BLACKHAWKS, AND THEY SEEM A
LITTLE INSPIRED AND MADE THE
GOALIE CHANGE.
WHY?
>> THAT'S THE BIG STORY.
I THINK IT STARTED SIMPLY
BECAUSE COREY CRAWFORD WAS BAD.
HE HAD A GREAT YEAR, AND I'M NOT
SURE THE BLACKHAWKS ARE WHERE
THEY ARE RIGHT NOW IF IT WASN'T
FOR HIM IN THE REGULAR SEASON.
HE IS A CUP-WINNING GOALIE, BUT
HE WAS TERRIBLE IN THE FIRST
GAME.
HE JUST WASN'T VERY GOOD.
HE ALLOWED THREE GOALS IN THE
FIRST PERIOD.
THEY MADE A CHANGE.
AND HERE'S SCOTT DARLING, AND HE
STANDS ON HIS HEAD, 42 STOPS IN
A DOUBLE-OVERTIME VICTORY IN THE
FIRST GAME, AND THEN COMES BACK,
THEY GO BACK TO COREY, AND HE
LETS UP SIX GOALS, INCLUDING
THREE IN THE THIRD PERIOD OF THE
SECOND GAME, AND HE JUST WASN'T
VERY GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD A CRISIS
OF CONFIDENCE BUT A COUPLE OF
SOFTIES AND IT WAS ROUGH.
>> IF THIS CONTINUES ARE THEY
GOING TO TRADE CRAWFORD?
>> A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK JOEL -- THAT SCOTT
DARLING WILL BE IN GOAL UNTIL
THEY LOSE A GAME, AND THEY HAVE
NOT LOST ONE WITH HIM YET.
DEPENDS ON HOW HE LOSES A GAME,
FOR HIM TO LOSE HIS JOB.
HE LOOKS VERY GOOD.
THE THING IS, THEY GOT REAL
SALARY CAP ISSUES NEXT YEAR SO
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY
COULD TRY TO TRADE COREY
CRAWFORD NEXT YEAR, AND THEN
SAVE A TON OF MONEY.
HE IS 25 YEARS OLD.
HE IS THE SAME AGE AS KANE.
>> DO YOU SEE THE SAME HUNGER
WITH THIS TEAM THAT THEY HAD IN
YEARS PAST?
>> THEY'RE ROLLING FOUR LINES
NOW, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN WAITING
TO DO KANE HAS COME BACK AND
THEY HAVE THE GOALIE HOT.
>> WE'RE RUNNING OUST TIME.
A WORD ABOUT THE BULLS.
>> CLEVELAND.
THAT'S THE ONLY WORD.
>> TWO WORDS ABOUT THE CUBS AND
THE WHITE SOX.
>> YOUNG PLAYERS WOULD BE THE
TWO WORDS.
>> NAME ONE ON EACH SIDE.
>> CHRIS BRYANT, AND YOU HAVE
CAR CAR CAR -- CARLOS RODON.
>> THE WHERE DO THE FINISH.
>> CUBS, GREAT MANAGER.
SHE SOX HAVE TO GET BETTER IN A
HURRY BECAUSE 25 OF THE FIRST 28
GAMESSER IN THE DIVISION YOU.
BETTER WIN IN YOUR DIVISION.
>> IF THEY DON'T GET BETTER DOES
ROBIN VENTURA NEED ANOTHER JOB?
>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET
BETTER.
>> TALK ABOUT DUCK DODGING AND
WEAVING.
YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
THANKS TO DERRICK BLAKELEY,
SARAH SCHULTE, MAUDLYNE
IHEJIRIKA COULD, AND MIKE
MULLIGAN.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT
EDITION OF "CHICAGO WEEK IN
REVIEW."
GOOD EVENING.
DECREED DECREED
>> THE BULLS LOOKED GREAT IN THE
FIRST GAME AGAINST THE BUCKS.
>> THE BUCKS ARE A GOOD
DEFENSIVE TEAM SO IF YOU PROTECT
THE BALL, THEY CAN'T SCORE ON
YOU.
THE BEST PLAYER IS PARKER.
>> WHICH TEAM ARE THE FANS MORE
EXCITED ABOUT RIGHT NOW IN THE
PLAYOFFS, THE BLACKHAWKS OR THE
BULLS.
>> THE BLACKHAWKS BECAUSE
EVERYONE BELIEVES THEY CAN WIN.
IF THE BULLS -- ONCE THEY GET TO
CLEVELAND, ALMOST LIKE THIS IS
ALMOST PRESEASON FOR THE BULLS.
ONCE THEY GET TO CLEVELAND
EVERYBODY WILL BE ONBOARD.
>> WELL,.
>> THAT'S WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS.