BetterGov Fact-Check: Is the ACLU Really to Blame for Chicago’s Murder Spike?

By LGIS News Service

May 15, 2018

BetterGov looks into Attorney General Jeff Sessions recent remark that the surge in deadly violence in Chicago was caused by ACLU pressure to end the city’s stop-and-frisk policing policy. Session is mostly false. Read the report here.

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