Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes, Chicago is Never the Same

   If Chicago is to be saved, it must be reinvented.
   You cannot fix Chicago, without Chicago repenting of what it is. Surely, it has been what it is for decades -- many, many decades.
   We could speak of the city, as a whole -- it's whole government, and its whole people. We could speak of how attitudes must change in both government and the citizenry. But, sometimes if you solve part of the problem, you set a model for solving the rest of the problem -- or, at least you establish momentum for solving the rest of the problem.
   So, solve the police problem.
   There are officers there who do hold racial biases. There are some officers who hold little value for the lives of those on the south and west sides. There are officers who hold improper values on the use of their guns. How many of them believe you shoot a suspect if he does not obey an order to stop, for example, I do not know, but I would be certain that attitude exists. These officers speak to each other, giving their values to each other. If one believes something, he spreads it to the others.
   The virus spreads until it has infected the whole. Only the officers vaccinated -- to use the term -- are not affected. Only those who tell themselves in advance that they will not do certain things -- those who inoculate themselves -- remain pure enough to be on the police force.
   If we could, perhaps we should let go every officer in the city, replace everyone at the top, and get rid of the existing police union. Replace them all. But, we cannot do that. There must be 12,000 officers. How to you replace that large of a workforce without more than a hiccup?
  So, get them to repent, so to speak. Comb through their ranks with surveys and inquiries. Find the ones who are willing to change their attitudes, and keep them.
  Dismiss the rest. Replace them.
 There are different ways of treating cancer. Sometimes, you cut the cancerous parts out. Other times, you kill the cancer, and hope the patient survives. It is no different with Chicago. You put it on chemo, and hope the chemo works.
  Retrain the whole of the police force and the whole of the governing body of the police force, and the whole of the union representing the police force.
  Demand change in the officers you have, or change which officers you have. Instill in them proper values. If you can instill proper values in your police force, you can save the city.