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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Lightfoot calls 2022 year of ‘accountability’ on violent crime, but says CPD Supt. Brown has her ‘total confidence’

After an “awful” year that was Chicago’s most violent in a quarter century, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday she’s looking for “accountability” from everyone, but that doesn’t mean Police Superintendent David Brown is “on the clock.”

Seven weeks ago, Lightfoot condemned members of the Chicago Police Department’s command staff who claimed to have lost faith in Brown as a bunch of “cowards” who want to perpetuate a status quo that served police brass, but not the public.

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