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Superintendent Colvin , you're touting

the changes that you've implemented since

you took over the department, and comparing crime statistics

with those of your predecessor.

Well, the fact is, we're making progress.

I mean, the murder rate alone is down double digits.

All right, let's, uh,

let's go to line seven.

We're gonna say hi to anonymous.

Ooh, wow, that's scary.

Okay, you're on with police superintendent Teresa Colvin.

Yeah, Mancow.

I been listening to this for the last hour.

Everything she said is wrong.

Things are not getting better,

they're getting worse. Mostly for the coppers

out there that have to work for this woman.

I know, 'cause I'm one of them.

So you're a Chicago police officer?

15 years. So I've heard all this nonsense before.

You want to talk about the murder rate?

Sure, it's down.

Are shootings? Hell, no.

We're just better at keeping them alive after they get shot.

Look, we don't know how many

nonfatal shootings there used to be because the city didn't...

Mancow, she came in talking about how tight

she was with the mayor, how things

were gonna change this time. And eight months later, what?

Some of our best commanders benched, hiring freeze still in

place, now she just cut our overtime, which means coppers...

The only commanders demoted were those who were not

getting the job done. It's called accountability.

And I'm trying to bring it to the department. All right, guys, I-I'm sorry.

I can't have you talking at once.

Can't have you talking at once. Thank you.

Okay. Go ahead, anonymous.

Like I said, some of our best commanders been benched,

hiring freeze still in place,

and now without any overtime, coppers are being told

not to make arrests the last two hours of their shifts.

Who's that make safer?

I'd like to answer his accusations, if I may.

I would love you to answer his accusations,

but we got to take a quick break.

We're gonna be right back after this.

This is the Mancow radio experience.

I want the name of that officer.

You need to take a look at this.

I have to go. What? Wait.

Guys, we got another segment to do.

I'm sorry.

You're gonna let that guy

get the last word? He's wrong.

You tell your audience that.

Great.

Now, we got to be fair, Susan.

She claims she was called away on city business.

Whatever.

She's just another appointed bureaucrat

who refuses to take responsibility.

Turn it off.

On a crisp winter day in 1929,

killers disguised as policemen gunned down six gangsters

and an optician in a Lincoln park garage.

It was Valentine's day.

The message was clear: Al Capone was in charge

and had earned his place as public enemy number one.

The person in my job at the time, William F. Russell,

did what any good Chicago cop would do:

He declared a war of his own.

Less than a year later,

losing that war, he lost his job.

Just what I need today.

Well, I'm glad I could serve it up.

Did you, uh, find out who Joe anonymous is yet?

You heard the show?

Everybody heard the show?

Great.

We know who these guys were?

Reservation's under the name Paul Howland.

He's the guy with his face in the carrot cake.

The hostess says he's a regular.

She doesn't know who the others are, though.

Afternoon.

So, we got three male blacks in ski masks

walk in at lunch rush, open fire on the table,

and leave through the kitchen.

This can't happen here.

Superintendent.

Mayor's office.

Tell them I'll update them when I get more information.

It's not them, it's him. It's Mayor McGuiness.

Solve this.

Mr. mayor...

This was supposed to be a simple photo op.

Music program for at-risk youth.

Usually, we got to beg these reporters

to show up for something like this.

Not today, huh?

I'm sorry about the timing of all this.

Yeah, broad daylight.

Lincoln park.

Tell me at least you have a lead,

some kind of line on these murderers.

I have my best detectives on it.

We will scare up some suspects.

Oh, come on, Colvin. You know that's not good enough.

Well, today might be a good day

to announce you've approved my request for 200 new officers.

Oh, seriously?

You're going to use this

to squeeze me to hire new personnel?

It could be a bone to throw to the press

until we catch these shooters.

A bone?

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!

Musical program for at-risk youth!

Here they are.

These kids right here. Thank you.

Look at that hat. Come on. Look at that hat.

Mayor mcguiness!

The murders today in Lincoln park, do you have any comment?

A heinous and cowardly act,

and the city is obviously doing everything in its power

to find those responsible.

Mr. mayor, you ran your election on a platform

of reducing violence.

I stand on my record.

Murders are down in Chicago.

We've all seen the numbers your office puts out,

but today an anonymous police officer

alleged that shootings are actually up.

Yes, and I'm sure that if superintendent Colvin

wasn't urgently needed somewhere else,

she would have refuted those claims on the air.

Mr. mayor, these murders took place two blocks

from the site of the St. Valentine's day massacre.

Is this the start of a new crime wave in Chicago?

Chicago is safer than it's ever been.

And to make it even safer, today I'm announcing

the hiring of 200 additional police officers

to help keep our streets safe.

Mayor mcguiness, more people have been killed

in the streets of Chicago in the last year

than American troops in Afghanistan

and Iraq combined.

That don't sound right.

Mayor, should they really believe

that 200 officers are going to make a difference?

Uh, ask her. Excuse me?

My job as mayor is to provide her with the resources she needs

to get the job done. Whatever she requires, she's gotten.

Now it's her turn.

And if she can't get the job done,

let me promise you,

I will find someone who can.

Are you saying that there is

an ultimatum to solve this case?

I'm going to turn her over to you.

You can ask her about today's incident.

I'm done talking about it.

here you go. It's not cold.

It doesn't matter.

All right. I'll speak to you later.

So, something kind of interesting.

The reservation was for seven.

Only five guys showed up.

So the other two fellas are really lucky.

Or they're really guilty.

Hey, listen. You hear about the mayor

and the superintendent this morning?

Yeah. I heard. Yeah.

All right, so out of the guys

that did show up for lunch, we got Paul Howland.

He was the founder of the feast.

Owned a liquor store on North Lamon.

Yeah. Hendricks, Martin.

Martin Hendricks, yeah. 43. He had the Cobb salad

with the dressing on the side.

Uh, he had a second-hand appliance shop

over on west huron.

All right. Reynolds and Maynard,

they both owned convenience stores, yeah?

Yeah. Tanis?

Tanis had a pawn shop on Walton.

On Walton. That's right. All within eight blocks

of each other in the hood.

Yeah, but they weren't in the hood.

Well, maybe the hood came to them.

I'll do some background on those owners, then.

Go and see if Hammond's got any vendors

in common with the victims, all right? Yeah.

What did he want, Lenny? Union reps show up,

they want to make all my dreams come true.

Is that right? Yeah.

He talk to you?

No. I must have actually been doing some work.

Probably knows that you and the Superintendent are close.

He wants to have a straw poll of the house.