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    Cliff Nellis is executive director of the Lawndale Christian Legal Center, a nonprofit that provides holistic community-based legal representation for individuals, 24 and under, from the North Lawndale neighborhood.

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    Chicago police are developing a foot-pursuit policy. It must be public and enforced.

    By Cliff Nellis (Lawndale Christian Legal Center) | May 12, 2021

    If the Chicago Police Department had adopted de-escalation as a practice and culture, Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez might still be alive, writes attorney and advocate Cliff Nellis.

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