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Notes on McLean County Jail Part 4

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As of August 23rd, 2020:
Population: 211
Black: 54.5%
People of Color: 61.5%
People of No Color: 38.5%

Pre-trial: 90%
Charged with Felony: 88.7%
Charged with Felony against Property: 23.5%
Charged with Felony against Person: 19.7%
Charged with Misdemeanor: 2.8%
Charged with drug offense: 33.3%

COVID-19:
Inmates: 5 have tested positive in total
Staff: 2 have tested positive in total.
Currently, zero positive cases in jail.

5-day average for Jail Arrivals/Release:
Arrival: 13.8
Released: 12.4

When there was backlash against an ordinance to regulate protests on county property at the August 18, 2020 Stand-up Property Meeting, Sandage sent out a desperate distress call from his Sandwich-mobile hidden deep within the McLean County Legion of Misery – formally referred to as the Law & (In)justice Center.

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1st Amendment Safe… For Now

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The McLean County Property meeting met Thursday, September 3rd, 2020. On the agenda was an ordinance to regulate protests & marches on County property & highways. This ordinance had been originally placed on a Stand-up meeting for the Property Committee on the 18th of August after internal complaints from County Administration, Sheriff Jon Sandage, & State’s Attorney Don Knapp. However, it was tabled until today.

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McLean County Board Threatens 1st Amendment

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After months of nonviolent, constitutionally protected demonstrations in support of Black Liberation, some members of McLean County government are getting fed up with people’s calls for justice. On Tuesday, August 18th, 2020, at a Stand-up Meeting of the McLean County Property Committee, a sneaky little ordinance was scheduled to be voted on regulating & limiting the use of county property or highways for the purpose of exercising every American’s first amendment rights. An ordinance on Parades, Public assembly and Other gatherings. (view full article)

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