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Chicago police union boss John Catanzara suggested that he retired before the Police Board could fire him for filing false reports — and too many other misconduct allegations to list —because he's a political target of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Police Board data seems to tell a different story, which Catanzara's former colleagues in blue might want to pay attention to if they ever find themselves in his position.

The percentage of cops facing termination hearings who ultimately kept their jobs has significantly decreased under Lightfoot, who predicted the police union would face a "reckoning."

KONKOL COLUMN: 'Lightfoot Effect' Looms Over Cops Facing Police Board Dismissal

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• Speaking of FOP boss John Catanzara. Looks like he's got no shot at becoming Chicago's next mayor, according to a new political poll. Catanzara's obsession with Nazis could have something to do with it. Or his vile social media posts. Or that time he allegedly harassed his ex-girlfriend. The poll wasn't very specific. (Fox32)
• Huzzah! Dog-friendly bars won their City Council fight against overzealous inspectors!
• A man who took R. Kelly's song "Burn It Up" too literally is headed to the big house. The jailed R&B star's associate, Michael Williams, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to setting fire to the car of one of Kelly's accusers. (Complex)
• What sounded like a joke — an alderman's pitch to study whether it's a good idea for Chicago taxpayers to buy the Bears — got support from Mayor Lori Lightfoot. "Why not?" she said. (NBC5)
• You now have to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus to eat at Alinea, Chicago's only three-Michelin-starred restaurant. That goes for the iconic fine-dining restaurants sister locations, Roister, Next and the Aviary. (Eater)

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