Gov. Pritzker said it underscored the importance of having a diverse team who can offer perspective and a more personal understanding of the grief and injustice felt over George Floyd’s killing last year. He told the mayor: “I remember one man in particular who walked into my office — a Black man. (He) closed the door. And he was simultaneously emotional, almost crying, and angry. And he was expressing to me what it is that he felt about what was going on, and that he didn’t know exactly what he needed to do, but he felt like we needed to do something. And, ultimately — you and I and many leaders — I think, have taken the listening that we did during this time period and even the experience that you’ve had for your entire life as a Black woman, and (have) been able to bring it to bear in legislating and creating laws and trying to protect people from the sins of many years … (of) decades of centuries, really.”
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