Rantoul's new noise ordinance raises a racial concern
By Tim Mitchell
Monday August 18, 2008
RANTOUL – The president of the Champaign County NAACP is concerned that a new noise ordinance adopted last week by the Rantoul Village Board may be used to target minorities.
"The local minority leaders and other residents seem to believe such a measure may be targeting a particular race of people," said the Rev. Jerome C. Chambers, president of the Champaign County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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