Chicago Teachers Union, police reform group rally downtown for tax hike, elected cop oversight board
Source: Chicago Tribune
By Juan Perez Jr. , Grace Wong and Tyler Davis
The Chicago Teachers Union and a group calling for an elected police oversight board teamed up to pack City Hall on Wednesday in a show of force aimed at pressuring Mayor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen for their respective causes.
"We want an elected school board and an elected police board," CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said into a megaphone outside City Council chambers. "There needs to be accountability at all levels to stop racism and defend the future of our children."
Pastor Kevin Jones of the Kingdom Life Center hone, saying that the CTU and Civilian Police Accountability Council were in it together.
"We are fighting for community control of our school boards, of our police board and we have to stand on this," he said. "There is no getting tired, there is no backing up, there is no sitting down, we have to continue to fight and if we don't fight, who's going to fight for our kids?"
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