Criminal justice advocates are against the mayor’s new ordinance

By Brenda Ruiz
Mayor Lightfoot calls for federal help to combat violent crime across Chicago
In this Friday, March 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to a question after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a shelter-in-place order to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, during a news conference in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot delivered a speech on public safety Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, to address a rise in violent crime in the city. Charles Rex Arbogast, File / AP Photo
Mayor Lightfoot calls for federal help to combat violent crime across Chicago
In this Friday, March 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to a question after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a shelter-in-place order to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, during a news conference in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot delivered a speech on public safety Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, to address a rise in violent crime in the city. Charles Rex Arbogast, File / AP Photo

Criminal justice advocates are against the mayor’s new ordinance

By Brenda Ruiz
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Critics of Mayor Lightfoot’s ordinance to sue Chicago gang members still haven’t warmed up to the plan.

Reset discusses it’s finer details and how critics would want that plan to change.

GUESTS: Patrick Smith, criminal justice reporter at WBEZ

Sheila Bedi, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Community Justice Clinic