Mayor Daley today threw more money and police bodies at a daunting problem no closer to being solved than at any time during his 20-year tenure: the bloodbath on Chicago streets that’s destroying another generation of young people.
The videotape replayed around the world of 16-year-old Fenger High School student Derrion Albert being beaten to death during a brawl by students from rival neighborhoods has captured the attention of political leaders like so many other youth murders before it.
Each time, Daley follows a now-familiar script: He summons police and school officials to a high-level meeting, then unveils a scatter-shot program that’s part police, part mentoring and part jobs and social-services.
Today, the pattern was repeated. Only this time, Daley is hoping the results will be different.
What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Throwing money at the problem doesn't work. Throwing cops at the problem only pushes the problem to somewhere the cops aren't at. What is needed is a wholesale change of attitude in the community, and unfortunately, that isn't happening and probably won't happen.
But somehow, Shortshanks found money. Hope the arbitrator is reading the local rags.
But somehow, Shortshanks found money. Hope the arbitrator is reading the local rags.
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