VICTORY: Lori Lightfoot Abandons Racist Interview Policy After DCNF Lawsuit
From The Daily Caller:
The Daily Caller News Foundation and reporter Thomas Catenacci scored a legal victory against Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Monday after her office agreed to drop its policy of racial discrimination against journalists.
The lawsuit, which was filed by Judicial Watch in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, alleged that Lightfoot’s denial violated Catenacci’s right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment as well as his and TheDCNF’s First Amendment rights.
“It is incredible, in this day and age, that it took a federal civil rights lawsuit to force Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to retreat from her racial discrimination against reporters,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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