Attorneys for the Village of Flossmoor, Mayor Michelle Nelson and Village Manager Bridget Wachtel filed a response in federal district court Friday, April 5, to former Police Chief Jerel Jones’ March 11 lawsuit alleging racial discrimination as the motivating factor in his termination. Jones’ complaint used 10 excerpts from Wachtel’s[Read More…]
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Flossmoor trustees welcome new police chief Jerel Jones
Flossmoor has its first Black police chief. It’s not the first time Jerel Jones has broken new ground. He was the first Black police chief in Macomb, his previous position. But his race was not the focus of comments from trustees at the board meeting Monday, March 27. They lauded Jones’s[Read More…]
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