Roderick Sawyer

Roderick T. Sawyer (born April 12, 1963) is the alderman of the 6th ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois.

Quotes

• You would like to think someone would just take their punishment like they should take their punishment and not try to spread it to other people. It could be entrapment. It could be ensnaring somebody in something they would not normally do.
  • January 23, 2019 (Pratt, Gregory; Byrne, John (January 23, 2019). "'The council needs full reform': Aldermen react to report Ald. Daniel Solis wore an FBI wire in Ald. Edward Burke case". The Chicago Tribune. )

• [Wearing a wire is] not the way I was brought up...If I was caught doing something wrong, I’d just take my punishment, deal with the consequences . . . and keep my mouth shut.
  • January 23, 2019 (Spielman, Fran (January 23, 2019). "Burke says he’s ‘done nothing wrong’ and no Solis recording can change that". The Chicago Sun-Times. )