The organization Increase the Peace focuses on pulling young people away from gangs, offering them educational and future job opportunities, and reducing violence in neighborhoods such as Back of the Yards, Little Village, Pilsen, Gage Park, and Brighton Park, among others. Its founder, Berto Aguayo, managed to escape from a gang, is about to graduate as a lawyer from Northwestern University, and was a fellow at the Chicago Community Trust
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The Fraternal Order of Police's motion for summary judgment was filed after alderpersons voted once again to reject an arbitrator's finding that officers facing dismissal or suspensions over one year have the right to circumvent the Chicago Police Board.
Thursday’s vote after an emotional debate that forced Mayor Brandon Johnson call for decorum four times reaffirms the Council’s symbolic commitment to police reform and accountability, but the victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies may be both short lived and pyrrhic.
Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging City Council members Thursday to reject an arbitrator's decision allowing a closed hearing in favor of one that allows for "public transparency and accountability."