Keeping Score in Chicago Episode 18: Crime and the Crusade of Andy Shaw

This week the guys talk about some funny crime stories in Chicago -- and some not so funny crime stories.

Former ABC-7 political reporter and new Better Government Association boss Andy Shaw outlines his plan for combating corruption. It involves a teapot and you. And they're bring the heat with an all-sports Speed Score. Cue chin music.

Be sure to check out Keeping Score in Chicago for more information and previous episodes.

Comments

[John Ridgway]

The Rico act could be applied to gangs and pick them all up. The other thing that needs to be done is legalize drugs so the gangs have no money to buy weapons. legalization also stops the addicts from having to support their habits through crime, lowers AIDS, and is the ONLY PROVEN way to deal with the problems in this society. Why is such a simple solution never tried in this country? We believe lies all the time. The politicians lie all the time, the advertisers, salesmen..­. we have to decide which lies we are going to believe, because little else is offered. This country would rather believe a pleasing lie than an ugly truth.

[mergina]

This city is NOT SAFE. Not a day goes by that people in every part of the city are being SHOT, BEATEN, ROBBED, SET ON FIRE BY GANGS. Chicago is NOT A SAFE CITY and it is getting worse day by day by day. We probably have more police in this city per capita than ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN AMERICA, but they cannot seem to stop (or don't want to bother stopping) the growing rash of murder, beatings, shootings, robberies, rapes and gang activity in every corner of this city. DON'T COME TO CHICAGO, and if you do, be careful, be very careful no matter where you are at in the city.