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Edward L. “Buzz” Palmer co-founded Chicago’s Afro-American Patrolmen’s League in 1968 and became a community activist who tried to connect people around the world who saw the Black struggle in America as an impetus for change.
Mr. Palmer, a former cop who headed Chicago’s Sister Cities program during Mayor Harold Washington’s administration, died Sunday of prostate cancer at his South Shore home. He was 84.
Buzz Palmer (left), who headed the Sister Cities initiative for Mayor Harold Washington (center), with a trade delegation from Sweden.
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His wife, former State Sen. Alice Palmer, said she has gotten condolences from people around the world, including Meghnad Desai, a former British Labour Party politician, Senegalese leader Doudou Diène, Glyn Ford, a former member of the European Parliament, and Finnish scholar Kaarle Nordernstreng.