DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Another Chicago ‘Violence Interruptor’s’ Violent Career Interrupted by a Long Prison Sentence. “In terms of what doesn’t work, focusing on the use of violent criminals as advisors or employees for ‘violence interrupter programs’ would be a good starting point. Chicago – as is often the case with ill-advised public policy – is a case in point. Once again, a ‘violence interrupter’ working with CeaseFire Chicago has been a violent disrupter in his own right, as evidenced by being sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for a string of violent and brazen carjackings that left one victim shot and others threatened at gunpoint.”

Meanwhile: Mayor Brandon Johnson faces backlash after saying “law enforcement is a sickness.”