lightfoot was the worst thing that ever happened to chicago. we are free now of lightfoot. but, it s not over yet. as you mentioned lightfoot trampled the rights of schools, churches, businesses and a long time chicagoan it hurt my heart to turn a blind eye to looting and block secdowns, looters and carjackers. as a reporter she revoked my media credential because i was asking her real questions. i filed a federal lawsuit freedom of speech lawsuit. it s in federal court right now. and we re not going to stop until we get the answers to the looting, the lockdown and lightfoot s destruction, economic destruction of the city of chicago. lawrence: it makes sense. we still need the answers, and keith, who do you think is going to be the best candidate now that it s heading to a runoff? will change finally come to chicago? i know there is run person in the race that once talked about defunding the police. well, you got that as brandon
meet to be your mayor. every day i have waking up grateful to the city for believing in my vision to make the city stronger for all. i don t think if one in five storefronts is empty, that makes for a strong chicago. i know they closed in 2015. old navy come i think blick art materials, disney, new york and company, foot locker, they said you know what, not worth the trouble. every time i went to a city hall press conference to ask our mayor what her plan was to stop the crime and support the business, she screamed at me. every single time she threatened to have the police dragged me out of city hall. she didn t do anything to stop the looting or the shoplifting right up to today. so, she revoked my media credential. i filed a lawsuit against mayor lori lightfoot. the question she didn t want me
talked about this. she pulled my media credential. i sued her in federal court. and sadly, the chicago media press corps hasn t said a word about reporter william j. kelly. as the old saying goes first they came for reporter william j. kelly now lightfoot is coming for the entire chicago press corps as we predicted. it really is worrisome because of the danger to real citizens of chicago. i know people who listen to the police scanner before they walk tocorner drugstore. they don t want to walk out their front door before checking to see if there is a drug crazed criminal standing between their front door and the corner drugstore. steve: william, here s the thing. they pulled your press card
accountable. just a couple of weeks ago on the program, we talked to bill kelly, william kelly, a reporter out in chicago. his press pass was revoked by the city of chicago he is famous for asking the mayor hard questions. pulling the press credentials for every news outfit. you will not be able to hear the police scanner anymore. here is what he told us about the mayor on november 23rd. i was asking the obvious questions. and as she lost her temper every single time. the videos went viral. millions of comments, likes and shares. but now mayor lightfoot is in re-election mode and she doesn t want any more embarrassing questions to go viral, so she revoked my media credential. and i m telling you right now, steve. this is a very serious constitutional crisis in the city of chicago and she wants
1500 officers, crime is out of control. there s a record low arrests. and a spike in police suicides. it s my prayer that a federal judge will restore my media credential tomorrow so i can go back to chicago city hall, ask about the spike in police suicide, which is such a tragedy that s facing our city right now. tucker: i mean this is obvious censorship. really quick, have other media organization, chicago tribune, for example, have they filed complaints with you on your behalf? have you stood with you in solidarity? this has a chilling effect on reporters. they see i asked real questions, and got my credential revoked, canceled is a better word. i grew up in chicago watching legendary reporters, chasing politicians up and down the street. right? and this is the tradition i want to uphold.