Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on what he's looking for in the next Chicago police superintendent. 'Someone who understands the desires of the rank-and-file members who serve this city, but they also have to understand the desires of everyday residents.'
“Chicago Tonight” host Brandis Friedman sat down with Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson for a wide-ranging interview on everything from why he chose to raise his family in Austin to how he’ll choose the next police superintendent.WTTW News: You’re originally from Elgin. What made you move to Austin when you did?
Johnson: There’s no secret that the West Side of Chicago has yet to recover in totality from one of the more dramatic moments in our city’s history. And when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to the West Side of Chicago and he expressed all that, which was certainly tumultuous, but he also expressed, what was possible, there’s great history here, right? So Chairman Fred Hampton, one of the great educators and organizers. So there’s just a rich history here.
Johnson: The conversations have been incredible, and the outreach I’ve started from the moment that I accepted the results last week and what every single business leader has indicated to me, whether they are a CEO or an owner, they want what’s best for the city of Chicago. And they’ve said repeatedly, ‘What do you need? How can we help?’ And, and that really captures the essence of what I’ve been saying since I declared my candidacy a year ago.
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