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Over the decades, Ed Burke has been known by numerous titles: the dean of the Chicago city council, the enemy of Chicago’s first Black mayor, the city’s longest serving alderman. Now, he will be known, too, as a convicted felon, an extortionist and a bribe taker. That’s after a federal jury found Burke guilty on all but one of 14 corruption counts yesterday (thurs). WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel covered the six-week trial and brings us this recap of this historic moment.