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Watchdog group sues Illinois city's reparations program over giving money based on race

close Video Gov Wes Moore explains he vetoed reparations study bill in order to focus on more immediate action Gov. Wes Moore explained to radio host Charlamagne that his veto of a reparations-related bill was not a rejection of reparations policy, but to show that the time of mere studies is over, arguing he is a "person of action." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against Evanston, Illinois, to stop the city from paying Black residents reparations.

Watchdog group sues Illinois city's reparations program over giving money based on race

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Key Highlights

  • "There's a right way and a wrong way to do them.
  • So reparations are to repair.
  • And so we have provided in this country reparations in the past when somebody has been wronged by the government, and we try to make that person whole," said Michael Bekesha, a senior attorney at Judicial Watch."The reparations programs that you're seeing around the country that are being talked about aren't that.
  • They are just entirely giving money, usually to Black residents solely on the basis of race.
  • And I mean, that's just problematic," he added.
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  1. Watchdog group sues Illinois city's reparations program over giving money based on race

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