A Black Teenager Was Stopped by Police After the Kankakee Courthouse Shooting and Spent the Night in Jail. He Was Never a Suspect
Subject
Kankakee; Courthouse; False Accusation; Profiling
Description
The Black male, the one he described as “running away from the scene” after shots were fired, was not connected to the case after all. He was, however, being held on an unrelated, unspecified charge.
Creator
Mariah Rush and Stacy St. Clair
Source
Publisher
Chicago Tribune
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