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One year in: Chicago police district councils face discord amid slow steps toward community oversight

Things had been tense on the Wentworth Police District Council for a while by the time Ephraim Lee walked out of the group’s December meeting. He apologized to the room for the council’s dysfunction and said: “If you want to see this (unprofessionalism), then you can just go down to City Hall.” Then he left. Lee had only served on the brand-new civilian council for the 2nd Police District for . ....

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One year in: Chicago police district councils off to slow start

One year in: Chicago police district councils off to slow start
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For many migrants, outdoor settlements offer more cultural familiarity than shelters

CHICAGO — Even after being offered a bed in a city-run shelter multiple times since getting to Chicago from Ecuador in September, Jeancarlos Bosquez refused to take it. Instead, the 25-year-old and his friends, two migrants from Venezuela, got a tent big enough for all three of them, fortified it with wood sticks, wrapped it in a tarp to protect it from the rain and cold, and put carpet on the . ....

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For many migrants, outdoor settlements offer more cultural familiarity than shelters

CHICAGO — Even after being offered a bed in a city-run shelter multiple times since getting to Chicago from Ecuador in September, Jeancarlos Bosquez refused to take it. Instead, the 25-year-old and his friends, two migrants from Venezuela, got a tent big enough for all three of them, fortified it with wood sticks, wrapped it in a tarp to protect it from the rain and cold, and put carpet on the . ....

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