Everyone misspeaks, especially those constantly in the public eye.

So we tried to give Mayor Brandon Johnson the benefit of the doubt when he, very visibly heated during a news conference last Tuesday, made a highly problematic statement about police and law enforcement.

“Jails and incarceration and law enforcement are a sickness that have not led to safe communities,” he thundered, adding that he would work to “eradicate” this sickness.

It was a lengthy exchange, but that was the hot-button quote that will get replayed lots of times, likely during mayoral campaign that will get underway in earnest a little over a year from now. Johnson critics immediately seized on his statement, believing it exposed their long-held belief that Johnson fundamentally is a radical who would defund the po

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