5 reasons we’re still missing Chicago Justice
By Deb Foster
5. Great “ripped from the headlines” stories
Although other shows address relevant social and political issues, Chicago Justice brought that same skill and attention to a wider range of extremely important and timely topics.
In only thirteen episodes Justice utilized its procedural framework to examine critical issues like gun violence and the gun control debate, domestic terrorism, police brutality, gang warfare, social media, domestic violence and federal overreach into the rights of the state to prosecute crimes. And no other show on television addressed the issues of racism and white privilege through its characters in such an unrelenting yet realistic manner.
Chicago Justice had the courage to look at all of these issues from different points of view, and gave us lead characters who did not always take the views expected or that we may have liked, but it always provided a look into the often complex reason behind them.
Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Stone (Philip Winchester) possessed an unyielding respect for the law, dedication to truth and need to achieve justice for victims that did not always fit into the realities of the world.
And each episode was a complex adventure into how to navigate the legal system to achieve the greater good. It is an adventure that’s now sorely lacking on network television.