July 22, 2015
Dedra Delaney (center) steps in to calm tensions between an unidentified impassioned resident (left) and Jerry Brown (right), an official with the Eight Ward Accountability Coalition, during a community meeting about a proposed opening of a medical marijuana dispensary slated to open in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood.
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Tensions Rise During Neighborhood Meeting on Medical Marijuana Dispensary
“We don’t want it!” “We don’t it!” We don’t want it!” That is what nearly 100 members of the Eight Ward Accountability Coalition (EWAC), a neighborhood organization, angrily chanted during a recent community meeting in protest of a proposed opening of a medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood.