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Angela Cheng

The Rundown Podcast - Show Tile

Stay in the loop with the Windy City’s biggest news.

Angela Cheng

Coerced confession settlement, Douglass Park tensions, police reform questions

The City of Chicago may enter a multimillion dollar settlement over a coerced confession. The Chicago Park District gave the green light to three major music festivals in Douglass Park, despite complaints from residents. A former city official is sounding the alarm about Chicago’s slow pace of police reform.

Stay in the loop with the Windy City’s biggest news.

Angela Cheng

   

The City of Chicago may enter a multimillion dollar settlement over a coerced confession. The Chicago Park District gave the green light to three major music festivals in Douglass Park, despite complaints from residents. A former city official is sounding the alarm about Chicago’s slow pace of police reform.

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