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Kennedy Contends Rahm behind Plan to push Blacks out of city.
Brown: Kennedy contends Rahm behind plan to push Blacks out of the City.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chris-kennedy-accuses-rahm-emanuel-pushing-people-color-out-chicago/
If businessman Chris Kennedy has any chance of winning the Democratic nomination for Governor, he needs to get Black voters excited for his candidacy.
With that clearly in mind, Kennedy turned his sights Wednesday on Mayor Rahm Emanuel, accusing the Mayor of being part of a "strategic gentrification plan" to intentionally push black residents out of the City.
"We're cutting off money for schools, cutting off money for police. Allowing people to be forced to live in food deserts, closings hospitals, closing access to mental health facilities" Kennedy told reporters at a news conference that began as a criticism of the city's effort to stop gun violence.
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