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The article reports on the concerns that the city of Chicago, Illinois will no longer be an option to host The Barack Obama Presidential Library. A person close to the Barack Obama Foundation anonymously told local reporters that the foundation officials are concerned about the proposals from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago., which alarmed several people including John J. Cullerton of the Illinois Senate, Joyce Robinson, and Torrey Barrett.

The article discusses the amount of money that the city of Chicago, Illinois has paid to various families in the aftermath of several police shootings involving victims such as Calvin Cross, and it mentions police brutality involving the Chicago, Illinois Police Department, as well as the claim that the majority of complaints against police officers in the city do not result in discipline. A video recording depicting the police shooting death of teenager Laquan McDonald is also assessed.