Paul Vallas' education record came under fire from Brandon Johnson Thursday in a news conference that was disrupted by some of Vallas' supporters.
Johnson went after Vallas in the presser at Rainbow PUSH headquarters with the help of supporters from Philadelphia and New Orleans, where Vallas ran the public school systems after leaving Chicago Public Schools in 2001.
When Vallas supporters tried to ask questions on his behalf and then take over the microphone, Johnson's supporters chanted them down. Police were called, but there were no arrests. "I'm running against somebody who believes that you can cut police, the police budget by $150 million, you don't have to fill vacancies, and 200 detectives promoted is somehow going to solve the problem of violent crime," Vallas said.
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