A Chicago lawmaker won’t allow a cannabis store in his district because the ownership group includes 10 former police officers.
Alderman Andre Vasquez said he supports marijuana retail in the 40th Ward but blocked the Kaneh Group’s proposal after residents expressed “a fundamental justice concern” with retired cops selling cannabis, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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“I have questions and concerns about people who were paid to arrest people who might still be in jail for selling cannabis,” Vasquez told the Tribune.
“There’s just something fundamentally unfair and unjust about it.”
Vasquez does not plan to request a zoning change Kaneh needs to open its Releaf retail store, which prevents the shop from opening.
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