Chicago community rallies for SW Side National Guard armory to become police station, not Mayor Brandon Johnson-proposed storage [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — The feud continues between city officials and a coalition of community and local leaders over turning a vacant National Guard armory on the Southwest Side into a Chicago police station.

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“We want to be safe in our neighborhood,” Illinois Rep. Angie Guerrero-Cuellar said. “We want to be… that’s what it is.”

On Saturday, proponents of the plan held a rally to show support for the facility, located in the 5400 block of West 63rd Street, pushing for a police district.

The state’s agreement to give the building to the city for $1 was a part of legislation that stipulates the building is to be used for a police station, but the city’s pushing back on that.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is supporting an ordinance that would require the building be used as a storage and maintenance facility for police vehicles and …