The Justice Department announced it is launching a civil rights investigation into the city of Chicago over the hiring of Black employees.
The investigation, from the department’s Civil Rights Division concerns whether Mayor Brandon Johnson has made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race, after the mayor “highlighted the number of Black officials in your administration,” while speaking at a church on Sunday.
“Business and economic neighborhood development, the deputy mayor is a Black woman,” Johnson said. “Department of planning and development is a Black woman…Infrastructure, deputy mayor is a Black woman. Chief operations officer is a Black man. Budget director is a Black woman. Senior advisor is a Black man.”
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