Now a suburban Chicago mayor has rescinded the Key to City awarded to Durk just a week prior...
From CBS News
Bellwood, Illinois Mayor Andre Harvey said he will not take the key back to his village until the legal process plays itself out. Meanwhile in Broadview, Illinois, Mayor Katrina Thompson wasted no time in withdrawing the key to her community from Durk.
At a ceremony last week, both mayors were on hand as Lil Durk was honored with the keys to both Bellwood and Broadview. The mayors took the time to pose for pictures with Lil Durk.
A partnership with the rapper's charity, Neighborhood Heroes Foundation, was announced in front of students from both communities.
"This is a momentous occasion to have Lil Durk with us in our community," Harvey said at the ceremony.
But the symbolic gesture was immediately met with backlash—even before news of Lil Durk's arrest on murder-for-hire charges.
"So are we glorifying that?" said Yvette Green of Bellwood, "Or are we saying that's OK?"
"He's not even from this—he's from the South Side," said Arnettra Westbrooks of Broadview.
Earlier this week, Mayor Thompson defended her decision to give Lil Durk the key to the village at the board meeting.
"I am a mayor, and am proud to have made that connection that is very valuable to our community," Thompson said at a meeting days ago.
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