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Friday, April 19
Over protest from Rainbow-PUSH, Mayor Daley appointed Phil Cline, the current acting superintendent of Police, as the new superintendent. Cline has a great on-job performance record and is well-liked among CPD rank-and-file. He appointed the Commander of the notorious Harrison District Dana Starks, an African-American, as First Deputy.