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Brian Ramson, one of the district councilors for the Chicago Police Department’s Harrison District on the West Side, moved to Chicago in 2013. Since then, he said, he’s been pulled over by police roughly 50 times — about four of those coming after he was sworn in less than two years ago.
A search of Cook County court records suggests Ramson — a physicist at Fermilab who is Black — has never been issued a ticket, let alone arrested.
Last week, Ramson was the first speaker during the fifth and final listening session to solicit feedback for the department’s forthcoming general order related to traffic stops. CPD will submit the first draft of the new general order this week that will likely change the rules governing when police officers are permitted to pull over a motorist.
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