An honorary key to town has been revoked every week after rapper Lil Durk was arrested on suspicion of a murder-for-hire plot.
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson introduced Friday that the village will take again the keys awarded to Durk on Oct. 18 after U.S. Marshals arrested him in Florida. In canceling the important thing, Broadview additionally ended its partnership with Durk’s nonprofit Neighborhood Heroes Basis.
“Whereas the American judicial system gives for the presumption of innocence till confirmed responsible in a courtroom of regulation, within the Village of Broadview, residents have the next commonplace of ethical and moral conduct within the courtroom of public opinion,” Mayor Thompson stated. “Broadview Yucun is revoking the honorary ‘Key to the Village’ we bestowed upon Durk and terminating our partnership settlement along with his youth group.”
Duke was additionally given a key to close by Bellwood for his group work, though some query whether or not he deserved it given previous authorized troubles. Authorities say individuals related to Durk’s Solely the Household group had been concerned in a plot towards rapper Quando Rondo that led to his loss of life in 2022.