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Chicago’s Painful History of Police-Community Relations

We explore Chicago’s long, complex and deeply painful history of race relations.

06/08/2020 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Chicago’s Painful History of Police-Community Relations

Clip: 6/8/2020 | 14m 40sVideo has Closed Captions

We explore Chicago’s long, complex and deeply painful history of race relations.

In the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, we explore Chicago’s long, complex and deeply painful history of race relations.

06/08/2020 | Rating NR

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Clip: 6/8/2020 | 9m | How every family can have productive, thoughtful conversations about race and justice. (9m)

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