Chicago's Alderman Who Has Bodyguards Paid By Taxpayers

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

With two full-time bodyguards and at least one relief officer, Burke is the only City Council member with bodyguards.

The guy handing out money in Chicago wants protection.If you called a Chicago Police brutality victim,just a "nigger",does that justify bodyguards paid by the taxpayers? Couldn't Alderman Burke pay for his own bodyguards?