They Know What "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" Means

Right-wing media has a formula: take a common phrase, pretend it means something monstrous, and pound away until a scandal exists. They just did it to a Chicago alderwoman.

I used to live in Rogers Park, here in Chicago. I used to walk along the lakefront by Loyola University. I’ve walked out on that pier at Tobey Prinz Beach, the one where Sheridan Gorman was recently killed.

Gorman was 18 years old, a freshman at Loyola from Westchester County, New York. On March 19, she was out with a group of friends near the beach arou…