Chicago's top cop backs new gun-crime crackdown

The same day the Chicago Police Department released crime stats showing the city is on course to have one of the bloodiest years in recent memory, the city's top cop said Friday he is pushing legislation that targets repeat violent offenders.

"The vast majority of the violent crime that does occur in the city is driven by a very small percentage of individuals who have wreaked havoc on some of our neighborhoods for far, far too long," Supt. Eddie Johnson told reporters at police headquarters.

Johnson is throwing his support behind legislation that is aimed at making judges get tough with repeat gun-crime offenders.

The legislation wouldn't change the range of prison time for a particular crime, but it would, essentially, force a judge to lean toward the high end of that range if the convicted offender has previously been convicted of a gun offense.

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