‘Troubling Attitudes Toward Race’: Illinois Police Department Allegedly Promoted Officer Who Wore Blackface and Hired Cop After Background Check Revealed He’d Made Comments About Lynching

‘Troubling Attitudes Toward Race’: Illinois Police Department Allegedly Promoted Officer Who Wore Blackface and Hired Cop After Background Check Revealed He’d Made Comments About Lynching

A former police officer last week filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Village of Orland Park, a Chicago suburb, alleging he was fired in retaliation for complaining about being denied a promotion because of his Hispanic Latino identity. William Sanchez, who is Mexican-American, had served in the Orland Park Police Department for 19 years by May of 2023 when he went to Chief of Police Eric Rossi to discuss his frustration over not being prom…