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Black Chicago Politicians are “in the Mayor’s Pocket”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
16 Aug 2017
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Frank Chapman is part of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.  His organization is pushing a measure to take “all the power away from the mayor, away from the independent police review authority, and putting that power in the hands of the people.” However, few of the measure’s supporters in the city legislature are Black. “Most of the Black aldermen are in the mayor’s pocket,” said Chapman, “and we have to change that.”

 

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