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Chicago Leaders Discuss Police-Community Relations

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via Progress Illinois

“Expanding the Chicago Police Department’s partnerships with young people was among several key recommendations made at a Tuesday afternoon panel discussion on how to improve police-community relations in the wake of the Laquan McDonald case and other high-profile police shootings in the city.

Community advocates and Chicago police spoke at the event, co-hosted by the Chicago Urban League and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

“We have to allow young people to be part of the process” of strengthening relationships between police and the local communities they serve, said retired Chicago police officer Richard Wooten.”

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