Lori Lightfoot on Police Accountability, State Redistricting
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The head of the Chicago Police Board joins us for a discussion.
Lori Lightfoot is a busy woman. She heads the Chicago Police Board and also led the Task Force on Police Accountability, a group created to identify reforms in the wake of the shooting of Laquan McDonald. But Lightfoot is also the attorney representing Independent Maps, a group seeking to change the way Illinois draws political boundaries.
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Lori Lightfoot on Police Accountability, State Redistricting
Clip: 8/30/2016 | 12m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Lori Lightfoot is a busy woman. She heads the Chicago Police Board and also led the Task Force on Police Accountability, a group created to identify reforms in the wake of the shooting of Laquan McDonald. But Lightfoot is also the attorney representing Independent Maps, a group seeking to change the way Illinois draws political boundaries.
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