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Community members urge more support for violence-intervention programs and recount personal legal grievances at Cook County Board
Cook County Board · March 12, 2026
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Summary
A violence-intervention practitioner asked commissioners to fund community-based interventions more equitably; a speaker described alleged wrongful arrests and court actions with specific case numbers and an upcoming court date.
Several public commenters used the Cook County Board’s public comment period to press for funding and to relay personal legal grievances.
Pastor Sandy Norman, who said he does violence-intervention work, urged commissioners to view community-based intervention (CBI) programs as frontline services that need reliable funding rather than allowing the same…
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