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Pro-Palestinian protesters

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march northbound on at N. Michigan Ave. towards E. Oak St. where President Joe Biden’s plans to attend a fundraising event, Monday, April 8, 2024. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

Pro-Palestinian protesters

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march northbound on at N. Michigan Ave. towards E. Oak St. where President Joe Biden’s plans to attend a fundraising event, Monday, April 8, 2024. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, April 19, 2024: City Council, rising antisemitism, fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed

Tensions rise between top cop and oversight agency. City Council delays vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bond plan. Protesters block the road to O'Hare.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march northbound on at N. Michigan Ave. towards E. Oak St. where President Joe Biden’s plans to attend a fundraising event, Monday, April 8, 2024. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

   

Antisemitic acts roil Chicago. Pro-Palestinian protesters block the highway entrance to O’Hare Airport. City Council delays votes on proposals backed by Mayor Johnson.

Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories and much more in our Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Brandon Pope, CW26 reporter and anchor

Alex Nitkin, government finance and accountability reporter with the Illinois Answers Project for the Better Government Association

Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune criminal justice reporter

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