Watch out Chicago Reader. It looks like Chicago Magazine is starting to build some sort of rival to investigative reporter Ben Javorsky. The most recent article on the ties between Chicago gangs and politicians was a good start. Now they're putting two and two together with maps and wondering why they get four while the politicians are telling them it's actually five.
Here's a map of Chicago gang "territories:"
Here's a map of Chicago gang "territories:"
Somebody decided to overlay it with a map of Chicago homicides:
And then some other wise guy decided to compare that to the list of failing Chicago Public Schools:
If this keeps up, we might actually see a new generation of real investigative reporters pointing out uncomfortable truths to the masses, the political masters and even ::gasp:: their editors!
That's when the trouble will really start.
That's when the trouble will really start.