I think part of the Outfit's foundation was the corruption in Chicago. Someone on a documentary said once that the difference between NY and Chicago is that in NY the mafia existed in spite of the government whereas in Chicago the two were in collusion with each other, from the ground up. The city's not controlled by those mob friendly officials anymore. I know people still like to say Chicago is corrupted but that's just political banter. It's nothing like it was 50 years ago.
First due the racist the politicians wouldn't accept bribes by blacks or latinos but now the politicians aren't all white and for sure accept bribes by street gangs and for sure the same is for the police.
