Governor Pritzker is defending the state’s support for violence interruptor programs in Chicago and elsewhere, after the alleged involvement of one participant in a burglary and fatal crash on the Mag-Mile.
The website “CWB Chicago” first reported that Governor Pritzker appeared in a photo with a community violence interruptor during an event in Englewood, less than a week before prosecutors say he took part in the September 11 smash-and-grab at the Louis Vuitton store. Authorities say that incident ended with a crash that killed a man one day before his paternity leave was set to start.
The governor’s people scrubbed the image of Pritzker with the suspect from his social media accounts after learning of the connection…