Richard M. Daley
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| Born | Richard Michael Daley April 24, 1942 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||
| Alma mater | De La Salle Institute, DePaul University, Providence College | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||||||||
| Parents | Richard J. Daley | |||||||||
| Children | • Nora Daley Conroy • Patrick R. Daley • Elizabeth Daley Kevin Daley | |||||||||
| Spouse | Margaret Daley | |||||||||
| Member of | JP Morgan Chase/International Council | |||||||||
| Party | Democratic Party (United States) | |||||||||
Mayor of Chicago, son of machine politician Richard J. Daley
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Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who was the 54th[1] Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years, his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history, surpassing the 21-year stay of his father, machine politician Richard J. Daley.
Daley received criticism when family, personal friends, and political allies disproportionately benefited from city contracting. He took office in a city with regular annual budget surpluses and left the city with massive structural deficits. His budgets ran up the largest deficits in Chicago history. A national leader in privatization, he temporarily reduced budgetary shortfalls by leasing and selling public assets to private corporations, but this practice removed future sources of revenue, contributing to the city's near insolvency at the end of his tenure. Police brutality was a recurring issue during his mayorship.
Daley was obstructed by Michael Brown in responding to Hurricane Katrina.[citation needed]
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Cook County State's Attorney (1981–1989)
In 1980, Daley challenged incumbent Republican Bernard Carey for Cook County State's Attorney. Democratic Mayor Jane Byrne endorsed Alderman Edward M. Burke in the Democratic primary, and after Daley prevailed in the primary, endorsed Carey in the general election. Daley prevailed and served from 1981 to 1989.[2][3] His election over Carey saw him win by merely sixteen thousand votes, one of the narrowest wins for the Cook County State's Attorney election.[2]
Police torture reported to Daley, 1982
In February 1982, Andrew Wilson was arrested for the murder of two Chicago police officers. Wilson was taken to Area 2 detective headquarters on the South Side for interrogation under Chicago Police Detective Jon Burge. Dr. John Raba, Medical Director of Cermak Health Services, the prison hospital in the Cook County Hospital system, examined Wilson, determined Wilson had been tortured, and complained in writing to then Chicago Police Superintendent Richard J. Brzeczek:
- I examined Mr. Andrew Wilson on February 15 & 16, 1982. He had multiple bruises, swellings and abrasions on his face and head. His right eye was battered and had a superficial laceration. Andrew Wilson had several linear blisters on his right thigh, right cheek and anterior chest which were consistent with radiator burns. He stated he'd been cuffed to a radiator and pushed into it. He also stated that electrical shocks had been administered to his gums, lips and genitals. All these injuries occurred prior to his arrival at the Jail. There must be a thorough investigation of this alleged brutality.[4]
Brzeczek forwarded the letter to State's Attorney Daley.[5][6][7] Daley never replied,[8] and charges were never brought against any officers.[9][10] Daley's prosecutors convicted Wilson and his brother Jackie of murder, and Andrew Wilson was sentenced to death. On April 2, 1987, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the convictions, ruling that Wilson was forced to confess involuntarily after being beaten by police.[11][12]
Mayor of Chicago
His father, Richard Joseph Daley, was mayor of Chicago between 1955 and 1976. He received more than 70% of the votes in the municipal elections of 1999, 2003 and 2007, without much opposition.
He announced in September 2010 that he would not be a candidate for a new mandate as mayor in 20111.
References
- ↑ https://www.chipublib.org/chicago-mayors/
- ↑ a b https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=-L_shTgapuIC
- ↑ http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-1988/The-Law-and-Richard-M-Daley/
- ↑ https://www.scribd.com/doc/7651902/Letter-to-Daley1
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-07-20/news/0607200224_1_jon-burge-mayor-richard-daley-richard-brzeczek
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035911/http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/doctor-takes-burge-trial-stand/
- ↑ https://www.scribd.com/doc/7651902/Letter-to-Daley1
- ↑ http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/house-of-screams/Content?oid=875107
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035909/http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/daley-on-burge-response-we-did-everything-possible/
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-29/news/0704271277_1_richard-brzeczek-torture-special-prosecutors
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-04-03/news/8701250640_1_supreme-court-confession-andrew-wilson
- ↑ http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-persistence-of-andrew-wilson/Content?oid=999832
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