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            |  To the editor: Republican 
			State Senator Sally Turner notes that "there are good ideas in the 
			[recently signed Illinois] criminal justice reform legislation." It 
			is gratifying to see Republican legislators agree that needed 
			reforms of our criminal justice system have been overdue.
 Police should be wearing active body cameras while on duty. 
			Resorting to violence should not be their first resort. Choke holds 
			like the one that killed George Floyd should be banned. The new law 
			effectively addresses all these issues.
 
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            The law will save lives and it makes all of us more 
			safe. Those of us who value human life strongly support the new 
			reforms and we thank Gov. Pritzker for signing them into law.
 Gary Davis
 [Posted 
            
			March 1, 
			2021]
             
            
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