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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jacquelyne Germain

Renault Robinson, 80, dies — co-founded advocacy group for Black police officers, won lawsuit against CPD, briefly led CHA

Renault Robinson founded the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League with fellow CPD officer Edward “Buzz” Palmer. (Sun Times file)

Renault Robinson never wavered in his belief that a just world was possible for Black people.

During his career as a Chicago police officer, Mr. Robinson co-founded the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League, an organization of Black police officers who advocated for police reform and racial equality within the force. He later had a brief, troubled tenure leading the Chicago Housing Authority.

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