Something’s rotten / Battleground Skokie / ‘Shameless mutual back-scratching’

A taste of today's Chicago Public Square, Chicago's new front page:

Something’s rotten. The Sun-Times and WBEZ are taking a microscope to the problem of Chicago cops with ties to extremist groups.

■?Of at least 27 officers linked to the anti-government Oath Keepers, at least nine are still on the force.

■?When officers joined the Ku Klux Klan 55 years ago, the city moved to fire them quickly.

What Republicans say / What it really means. Columnist and former Tribune and Sun-Times editor Mark Jacob offers a brief glossary.

■?Republicans’ internal tension over how and whom to name the next U.S. House speaker led to an Illinois representative reportedly cursing and lunging at Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Battleground Skokie. Tensions over war in the Mideast boiled over last night as separate rallies supporting Israel and the Palestinian movement led to the arrest of one person accused of firing a gun into the air, and several others—including a cop—suffered pepper-spraying.

■?Ex-WLS and WIND radio host John Howell says he’s not surprised at reports that the alleged killer of a Palestinian American boy had been listening to conservative talk radio.

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