Crime, Schools And Race All Hound Rahm Emanuel

Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2012, in Sun Valley, Idaho. The conference has been hosted annually by the investment firm Allen & Company each July since 1983. The conference is typically attended by many of the world's most powerful media executives. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Chicago Sun-Times:

The honeymoon may or may not be over for Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But, let?s put it this way: The romance is gone.

This week, Emanuel returned from a week-long summer vacation to the political equivalent of a punch in the nose. He was forced to face the music about three intransigent problems with the potential to trip him up: crime, schools and racial diversity.

Fueled by a 39 percent spike in Chicago?s homicide rate that has become a media obsession both locally and nationally, African-American aldermen were demanding the return of specialized police units disbanded to put more officers on beat patrol.

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