U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (IL)
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After comments calling Chicago Fire Department racist, U.S. Rep. Jackson loses firefighters union endorsement
Chicago's largest union for firemen has rescinded its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Chicago), after Jackson was recorded saying they were racist.
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‘They watch the building burn:’ U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson accuses Chicago firemen of racism, not fighting fires in black neighborhoods
U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Chicago) told Chicago's "Black Fire Brigade" that the Chicago Fire Department is racist and would let the South Side homes of blacks burn to the ground out of "contempt" for being forced to move out of those neighborhoods in the 1960's and 1970's.