Chicago’s Political Corruption Today, Chicago is recognized as the second largest city in the country (after New York) or as “The Windy City”. These titles were actually established in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Chicago was continuously changing and had undergone various experiments during the time. The city acted as a laboratory for social and political investigations which enabled the city to collect statistics that supported the speculation of political corruption. Chicago was revealed to have a corrupt government, judicial system, and police department (Bienen).
Chicago holds many elections that give power back to corrupt politicians and officers of law. But with these events occurring, there are also a substantial amount of documented operations that show what government leaders and other officials have done. The reports are published in local newspapers to ensure that citizens are up-to-date with the current events within their
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Al Capone resides in the city for a long duration of time and even finds a job as a body guard. It takes several years before police convict Capone who eventually gets an 11 year sentence in federal prison (Baughman et al.). Capone plays a major part in the high crime rates of the city and shows how inefficient the police department is while the mayor is in charge; the mayor’s primary focus is on other affairs so crime rates have a small chance of decreasing. Also, there are several mayors committing crimes but none are arrested because of their power over the police and judicial system. By appointing a chief for the police department, it’s more efficient and prevents the mayor for misusing his