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Editorial: Chicago’s cops-and-vaccines farce is a great media drama. But it’s not worth the price of admission

Enough with this made-for-TV war over cops, City Hall and its vaccine mandates. Enough already.

It is beyond time for some adults to step onto the field of battle, preach the values of empathy, tolerance and service, and remind both sides that this city has enough problems without drowning in those of its own invention.

Or, to put this more simply: de-escalate this nonsense now.

Let’s review the plot points here, with daily installments now blaring from all the city’s hungry news sites.

We’ve got furious pronouncements, well-paid lawyers, judicial gag orders, badly needed

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