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Tough talk on crime won’t work

Lori Lightfoot Timothy Evans

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown here in 2019, said those charged with violent crimes automatically should be presumed guilty and not given bond. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

As Chicagoans grapple with summertime violence, Mayor Lori Lightfoot once again took a swing at Cook County’s court system, blaming it for the city’s uptick in crime.

It was a swing and a miss, and not for the first time.

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