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“The Democratic Party is more invested in trying to maintain control than it is in trying to win an election in November,” said one Democratic National Convention member.
A suspect is in custody and the victim is in fair condition.
A coalition of community organizations says the policy still fails to draw a line between crowds protected under the First Amendment and those engaged in illegal activity such as looting.
It's unclear whether Catholic figures appealing for leniency in letters to the judge affected the two-year sentence given to Burke. But priests, nuns and lay church leaders went to bat heavy for him — after years of the ex-alderman funneling campaign cash to Catholic causes.