Daley: Remarks about FBI not 'derogatory' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: City Hall

Daley: Remarks about FBI not 'derogatory' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: City Hall

Sure it wasn't your Highness. The average person on the street knows it was.

In all honesty Mr. Mayor, I'm still a bit puzzled that you can't go down State and do some hard lobbying for passing a similar RICO law for this city? You, yourself just admitted it's a "Criminal Enterprise". So why are we just charging them like an ordinary criminal? Is it because they will wind up in a Federal Prison System, and the State, and City will lose out on some big bucks? I don't get it. If they are running a criminal enterprise, why not process them as such?

You and the entire police force have files on who is, and is not, a "Known Gang Member" right? So the logical thing for you and law enforcement to do, is go for the jugular, and charge them as such. Some criminals are not that stupid (but then again, we do have some total losers out there). If they know they run the risk of serving a nice 25-30 year stretch, they may rethink going into the criminal enterprise business.

Time to lock them for for more then 10 years (hell, sometimes even less) Mr. Mayor. I suggest you get down State and lobby hard for Longer Sentences for crimes committed with firearms by "Known Gang Members".

You not doing that, is "derogatory".