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Alderman Solomon Kelly accuses mayor and colleagues of differential treatment; council members apologize and pledge review
Summary
Alderman Solomon Kelly told the committee she has been repeatedly interrupted and treated differently in council meetings and called for a public apology and action. Several council members apologized for not speaking up; the mayor had privately apologized, and councilors said the matter will be discussed further.
Alderman Solomon Kelly used the council’s management-update time on July 16 to allege a pattern of unequal treatment of Black elected officials and Black staff at City Hall and to demand more than a private apology after an interruption at the prior meeting.
"It's dehumanizing," Alderman Solomon Kelly said, describing repeated interruptions, being denied the same opportunities to speak and the way Black staffers are assigned different duties and spaces. "I'm not angry. I'm tired. I'm…
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