Mayor Brandon Johnson is again turning to federal court to prevent President Donald Trump from withholding millions of dollars in grants to force Chicago to abandon diversity programs he derisively labels as “wokeness.”

In this instance, the grant involves money for community policing.

Trump has vowed to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools and college admissions, and in corporate and governmental hiring. In May, the Justice Department launched a federal civil rights investigation into Chicago’s hiring practices — days after Johnson boasted about the record number of African Americans he has hired for top city jobs.

The new lawsuit filed this week in federal district court in Chicago challenges conditions that the Justice Department imposed on a $6.25 mil

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