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The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois shares the sadness of Joshua Beal’s family and friends who have seen a young man with dreams and promise taken from their lives.
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Today’s City Council vote is a modest down payment on the urgent need for police reform and restoring the broken trust between the community and the police in Chicago.
Late yesterday, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit stayed a lower court order blocking Election Day voter registration at polling places in Illinois for the November general election. The decision comes in the case of Harlan v.
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