Richard J. Daley Vs. Bull Connor

Was the late Richard J. Dailey the Bull Connor of Chicago?  Dailey,  who served as the city's mayor from 1955 to 1976,  cracked down on demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in 1968,  many of whom vehemently opposed his harsh brand of leadership and the war in Vietnam.  He also rooted out members of the Black Panther Party the way Southern sheriffs victimized Civil Rights workers in the South in the 1950s and '60s.  City police even assassinated Panther leader Fred Hampton and fellow member Mark Clark in a shocking predawn raid of Hampton's residence during the mayor's tenure in 1969.  Moreover,  any Democrat seeking the party's nomination for president at the time had to first get the blessing or backing of the treacherous leader if he had any hope of making it to the White House.  But unlike Connor,  he saved his city from economic decline,  which continues to this day.