black lives matter chicago
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Black Lives Matter Chicago Files Lawsuit Demanding Federal Oversight of City’s Police Department
Lawyers for Black Lives Matter Chicago and other community groups filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday accusing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel of trying to cut “a back-room deal” with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and demanding federal oversight of the city’s Police Department. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that six individuals and seven community groups are…
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Black Lives Matter Chicago and Martin Luther King Jr.
“This is a terrible thing. I’ve been in many demonstrations all across the South, but I can say that I have never seen—even in Mississippi and Alabama—mobs as hostile and as hate-filled as I’ve seen here in Chicago.” —Martin Luther King Jr. text On Nov. 5, 2016, Joshua Beal was in Chicago for his cousin’s…