Editing Richard M. Daley (section)

=== Fourth term (1999–2003) ===
On February 23, 1999, Daley won reelection to a fourth term with 68.9 percent of the vote over challenger U.S. Congressman [[Bobby Rush]].<ref name=daleys22/> In August 1999, prompted by police excessive-force incidents in Chicago, New York and other cities, the U.S. affiliate of Amnesty International issued a report "Race, Rights & Brutality: Portraits of Abuse in the USA," that called on federal officials to better document excessive-force cases and to pursue prosecutions of the officers involved.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rights Group Hits Police Brutality; Chicago Shootings Cited In Appeal For More Oversight |date=September 21, 1999 |first=V. Dion |last=Haynes |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/09/21/rights-group-hits-police-brutality/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=USA: Race, rights and police brutality |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/147/1999 |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |date=August 31, 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217101413/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/147/1999 |archive-date=December 17, 2013  }}</ref> In October 1999, the organization issued a report "Summary of Amnesty International's concerns on police abuse in Chicago" which expressed concerns including improper interrogation tactics, excessive force, shootings of unarmed suspects, and the detention and interrogation of children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Amnesty International's concerns on police abuse in Chicago |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/168/1999/en |date=October 1999}}</ref>

The Duff family formed a janitorial services company, Windy City Maintenance Inc., one month after Daley's inauguration. [[Bruce DuMont]], president of the [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]], said that Daley recommended that Dumont's wife [[Kathy Osterman]], then director of the Mayor's Office of Special Events, award city contracts to Duff family companies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/07/25/family-mops-up-on-city-deals/ | title=Family Mops Up On City Deals; Insiders With Mob Ties Profit From Mayor's Push To Privatize | date=July 25, 1999 | access-date=December 15, 2012 |author1=Martin, Andrew |author2=Cohen, Laurie |author3=Gibson Ray | pages=1 | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> Daley denied steering contracts to the Duffs, and said he would "look into" the allegations, while stopping short of promising to do so, saying "I don't promise. That's the wrong word to use. You know&nbsp;... promising, promising. We do look into it, yes."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/07/28/daley-to-look-into-duff-family-dealings/ | title=Daley To 'Look Into' Duff Family Dealings | date=July 28, 1999 | access-date=December 15, 2012 | pages=1 | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> In September 2003, a federal investigation led to indictments of Patricia Green Duff, her sons John M. Duff and James Duff, and others on charges they won nearly $100 million{{efn|{{inflation|US-GDP|100000000|2003|fmt=eq}}{{inflation/fn|US-GDP}}}} in city contracts through the city's set-aside program by misrepresenting their companies as women- and minority-owned.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/09/26/us-alleges-huge-fraud-in-city-minority-pacts/ | title=U.S. alleges huge fraud in city minority pacts; City vigilance again in doubt; Allegations reach back many years | date=September 26, 2003 | access-date=December 15, 2012 |author1=Cohen, Laurie |author2=Washburn, Gary | pages=1 | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> John M. Duff pleaded guilty to 33 counts of racketeering, fraud and other charges on January 10, 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/01/11/duff-pleads-guilty-for-3-hours/ | title=Duff pleads guilty--for 3 hours; Judge walks executive through fraud, racketeering charges | agency=January 11, 2005 | access-date=December 15, 2012 |author1=O'Connor, Matt |author2=Gibson, Ray | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> A 1978 state law designed by Illinois Democrats gave the Mayor the power to appoint to fill vacancies in the City Council rather than holding special elections, and by 2002 more than a third of the council's 50 aldermen were initially appointed by Daley.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Case Against Daley; Yes, he is popular and has done lots of good for the city. But Mayor Daley has plenty of shortcomings, too. If we were running for mayor, here is how we would challenge him |first=Steve |last=Rhodes |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2002/The-Case-Against-Daley/ |work=[[Chicago Magazine]] |date=December 2002}}</ref> The Council became even more of a [[Rubber stamp (politics)|rubber stamp]] than in Richard J. Daley's terms. In the 18 months from January 12, 2000 to June 6, 2001, only 13 votes in the council were divided, less than one a month. 32 aldermen supported the mayor 90-100% of the time and another 14 80-89% of the time.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The New Daley Machine: 1989–2004 |first1=Dick |last1=Simpson |first2=Ola |last2=Adeoye |first3=Daniel |last3=Bliss |first4=Kevin |last4=Navratil |first5=Rebecca |last5=Raines |publisher=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]] |year=2004 |url=http://www.uic.edu/depts/pols/ChicagoPolitics/newdaleymachine.pdf |access-date=December 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530114544/http://www.uic.edu/depts/pols/ChicagoPolitics/newdaleymachine.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>