Chance scolds aldermen for spending $95M on 'cop academy,' not schools
Posted November 07, 2017 10:00 pm
Chance the Rapper scolded Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago aldermen Wednesday for their plan to spend $95 million to build a public safety training campus on the West Side when there should be higher priorities - like school and mental health programs.
"What is y'all doing? It doesn't make sense. I'm very confused," Chancelor Bennett told aldermen during a raucous public participation session that took on a celebrity feel with his presence.
"I've been asking for money for over a year now to fund these classrooms and, on the 4th of July weekend, they announced in like a cool financing way that ... they're proposing to build a $95 million cop academy."
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