The corruption in Chicago was ridiculous. It is almost hard to comprehend how bad it was and how prevalent. Still could be. They fixed murder trials, named judges, etc, etc.

Pat Marcy controlled the political machine for years as head of the Chicago Democratic Party. He named judges, attorneys, etc,etc. William Hanhardt was the #3 cop in Chicago and was on the Outfit payroll. Dick Cain was chief investigator for the cook county sheriffs department. And these are the ones we know about. How many people, lower than these, don't we know about.

So many governors have been arrested for corruption, so many mayors, it's ridiculous.

Look up operation Gambat.

Another thing about the outfit and made status. Was that Pat Marcy, head of the Chicago Democratic Party was a made guy. No one knew this. Fred Roti, most powerful aldermen for years, was a made guy. Heads of unions, were made guys and no one know knew or cared that they were made guys with legit jobs.

Seems everybody was on the take. Cops, aldermen, city officials. Like someone said, it seems like it's always been this way.

That is where the power came from. Political and police. They paid off so many cops and judges and politicians.