WILL COUNTY – Will County and Illinois residents may not be aware of its offensive history, but the Will County Democrats have decided that because the county and state participated in slavery, it is time they compensate for it.
At least those Will County citizens participating in legalized pot sales will.
This week, the Will County majority voted to set up a committee to determine how funds the county acquires via cannabis sales can be channeled towards slave descendents.
The Dems agreed that the state of Illinois promoted "white supremacy" and "made legal, tolerated and enabled the institution of slavery" in its history.
The Caucus voted to move forward with the following proclamation, entitled "Repairing the Transgenerational Damage Done through Slavery, the Black Codes, the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration in Will County, IL:"
The proclamation continued:
