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The federal government took swift action after guilty verdicts were announced in the police killing of George Floyd, with the Department of Justice announcing an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. Here in Chicago, both the City Council and public high schools met in-person for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Reset breaks down the week’s top stories in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons.
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As air travel opens up slowly, United Airlines aims to address the industry-wide lack of diversity in the cockpit. By 2030, the Chicago-based airline plans to hire 5,000 new pilots with half of them being women and people of color.
Reset learns more about the new diversity goal and other ways the industry can better support women and people of color.
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After former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd, how do we make meaningful change in our policing system to prevent future police killings?
Reset checks in with a criminal law expert and a scholar who studies race and policing in America.
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Latino community leaders and lawyers are asking the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Meanwhile, Ruben Roman, 21, who was with Toledo the night of the shooting and was charged with firing his gun before police arrived, has been released on bond. His bail was paid for by the non-profit Chicago Community Bond Fund.
Reset checks in with a criminal defense lawyer and a courts reporter for the latest in the case.
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Advocates from the anti-violence initiative Increase the Peace held a peace walk for Adam Toledo Sunday night in Little Village. Executive director Berto Aguayo joins Reset to discuss how Chicago’s Latino community is healing following the release of body cam footage that captured a Chicago Police officer shooting and killing the 13-year-old last month.
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ideo drops of the fatal police shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo. High schools set to re-open in Chicago. COVID-19 continues. And much more.
Reset breaks down the biggest local stories of the week in the Weekly News Recap.
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Many little kids go through a phase where they say they want to grow up to be a police officer. So how do you talk to them about the police-involved deaths and shootings that are all over the news?
As officials release body-cam footage of a Chicago cop shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Little Village, Reset brings on an expert to discuss how to talk to kids and teens about this incident, the video and the systemic problem with police shootings across the country.
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WBEZ reporter Patrick Smith updates us on the CPD video of the shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo. And UIC law school associate dean Samuel Jones gives us his take on police accountability in Chicago and beyond.
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