Police in Park Forest make it clear: "Black Lives Matter to us at PFPD. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)
CommentaryBy Gary Kopycinski
There's an air of Park Forest Pride when one drives past the Park Forest Police Department's LED sign on Lakewood near Forest Blvd. lit with a message that leaves no doubt: "BLACK LIVES MATTER to us at PFPD."
It's simple and yet in today's world complex, a necessary statement from the police force in a town that was perhaps the first in the United States to embrace and welcome African Americans who moved . . .