Reform Advocates Blast Lightfoot's Plan for Police Oversight
Clip: 5/25/2021 | 10m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
The latest on two police oversight plans going head to head in City Council.
Competing plans for police oversight are coming to a head in City Council. Yesterday Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced her plan for civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department to the City Council. But activists say it's a watered-down version of their own plan — known as Empowering Communities for Public Safety, or ECPS — which will also go in front of the City Council this month.
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Reform Advocates Blast Lightfoot's Plan for Police Oversight
Clip: 5/25/2021 | 10m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Competing plans for police oversight are coming to a head in City Council. Yesterday Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced her plan for civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department to the City Council. But activists say it's a watered-down version of their own plan — known as Empowering Communities for Public Safety, or ECPS — which will also go in front of the City Council this month.
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