This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity. Read part one in this series here.
Several months into her term as the mayor of south suburban Ford Heights in 2017, Annie Coulter learned about alarming irregularities in the village’s real estate records.
Village officials discovered that her predecessor, Charles Griffin, had arranged to give away 17 village-owned houses: At least four of them were transferred to friends and family members, while another six went to his political supporters, school board members and fellow village officials, including Freddie Wilson, the village’s current mayor, court records show…