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Chicago

Chicago pays millions in 2024 to settle police misconduct suits

Glenn Minnis | The Center Square - February 16, 2025

“The level and the number of payouts that Chicago taxpayers underwrite each year for officer misconduct, officer abuse, officers breaking protocol really reflects the fact that we need to make an investment in the city in reforming police training and accountability,” Yohnka told The Center Square. “ #lawsuit

Community

House Dems’ Cannabis Working Group Will Engage Industry, Equity Advocates

Nika Schoonover | Capitol News Illinois - February 26, 2023

According to the ACLU, Black people in Illinois were 7.5 times more likely than white people to be arrested for cannabis-related offenses prior to the state’s decriminalization of the drug in 2016. #cannabis

Community

ACLU says Journalists and Citizens Should Not be Barred from Public Meetings

Ernst Lamothe - February 15, 2022

“Everyone should have the right to attend a public meeting,” said Rebecca Glenberg, ACLU Illinois attorney. #ACLU

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