Justice Dept. Asked Tinley Park To Admit It Has History Of Racist Acts: Filing

TINLEY PARK, IL — In a court filing issued by the village of Tinley Park against the United States Department of Justice, the village claims it was previously asked to acknowledge a history of racism and discrimination.

The Daily Southtown reported on Monday that Tinley Park made complaints in the filing against the Justice Department that the Justice Department has improperly contacted former village officials instead of using the law firm representing the village in the ongoing dispute between the two parties over the Buckeye Community Hope Foundation’s planned affordable housing development.

In Tinley Park’s filing, the village notes that the Justice Department asked the village to enter a consent decree before filing a lawsuit. If Tinley Park approved the consent decree, it would admit it “has a long history of engaging in racist and discriminatory acts.”

Tinley Park did not sign the decree, was sued by the Justice Department and is still fighting that lawsuit.

A separate lawsuit between the village and Buckeye over "The Reserve" -- a now scrapped plan to develop land at 183rd and Oak Park Avenue -- has been settled.

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