Look, Chicago has corruption problems, but calling it an "extra-legal government zone" is so hopelessly hyperbolic that it hurts any sort of real argument. The

Look, Chicago has corruption problems, but calling it an "extra-legal government zone" is so hopelessly hyperbolic that it hurts any sort of real argument. The police have had literally thousands of lawsuits paying out hundreds of millions of dollars over just the last 5 years. Police officers, a police chief, mayors and even governors have been arrested and jailed over everything from bribery to brutality. If lawyers aren't suing on what looks like a slam-dunk case of civil rights violations, why have they sued (and won) so many other times?