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==History== {{anchor| bankruptcy}}Washington Park filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in July 2009, citing assets of less than $50,000 and debt of more than $1 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Washington Park, Illinois Chapter 9 Voluntary Petition|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/O56M54A/Village_of_Washington_Park__ilsbke-09-31744__0001.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|access-date=June 22, 2016}}</ref> U.S. Bankruptcy Judge [[Pamela Pepper]] threw out the filing in December 2010 after finding there was no state law enabling a municipality to declare bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/judge-throws-ill-villages-bankruptcy-case-20110110-110319-519.html |title=Judge throws out Ill. Village's bankruptcy case - Yahoo News |access-date=January 14, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211857/http://news.yahoo.com/judge-throws-ill-villages-bankruptcy-case-20110110-110319-519.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> Washington Park filed for bankruptcy in 2004 as well, claiming a $1.6 million debt, but that filing was dismissed when the village briefly emerged from insolvency.<ref name="JimSuhrAP">Suhr, Jim. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20181004225810/http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/washington-park-illinois-mayor-john-thornton-shot-dead/19423581?icid=main |htmlws-main-w|dl1|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fcrime%2Farticle%2Fwashington-park-illinois-mayor-john-thornton-shot-dead%2F19423581 Mayor of Troubled Illinois Town Is Slain]." ''[[Associated Press]]''. April 1, 2010. Retrieved on April 2, 2010. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2010, the mayor of Washington Park, John Thornton, was found to have been fatally shot; he was discovered in his car injured on the morning of April 1, and died at a hospital at 6 AM.<ref name="JimSuhrAP"/><ref>Spriggs, Afton. "[http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Mayor-of-Washington-Park-found-shot-to-death-89678082.html?hpt=T2 Mayor of Washington Park found shot to death, 1 person in custody] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404061014/http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Mayor-of-Washington-Park-found-shot-to-death-89678082.html?hpt=T2 |date=2010-04-04 }}." ''[[KMOV]]''. April 1, 2010. Retrieved on April 1, 2010.</ref> On July 25, 2012, the chief of police called for the disbanding of the police force.
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