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Public commenters urge accountability and report neighborhood crime at Police Board meeting
Summary
During public comment, longtime activists and family members raised alleged past misconduct, wrongful-conviction claims and neighborhood crime concerns, including repeated car break-ins and difficulties reporting incidents through 311 and non-emergency lines.
At the close of the Chicago Police Board’s Dec. 18 meeting, multiple members of the public used the allotted comment time to press the board on accountability and local safety problems.
Retired officer T.C. McCoy, who said he served 28½ years with the Chicago Police Department, told the board he would not return and urged action on what he described as long-standing wrongful-conviction claims involving fabricated testimony and lengthy sentences. "People have lost their lives because of what happened 30 years ago... 2 minutes is not…
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