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A Cook County Forest Preserve District police officer resigned this week after he was caught on video ignoring a woman’s calls for help.
The Justice Department told Congress it is reinvestigating Emmett Till’s 1955 slaying after receiving “new information.”
Meanwhile, State Rep. Christian Mitchell was named the Interim Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Illinois.
Those are just a few of the criminal justice and politics stories the Morning Shift breaks down in this week’s Friday News Roundup.