CHICAGO — A lawsuit against the Illinois village of Fox Lake and the estate of a police officer who killed himself says police initially investigating the death as a homicide targeted a man as a suspect because of his race.
Vernon Randolph says in the lawsuit filed Friday that Lt.
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