EXCLUSIVE: Rock Island Mayoral candidate and community organizer Thurgood Brooks lost in a surprisingly close election to incumbent Mike Thoms

Thurgood Brooks

earlier this year.

Since then, Brooks has been working to put together a commission to increase communication between law enforcement and citizens, working on various community initiatives, and contemplating his political future after an impressive debut.

In an exclusive and candid conversation, Brooks spoke with me for the first time since being narrowly defeated for the top political spot in the city in my latest episode of my podcast, QCUncut.

We talk about his inspirational campaign, his drive for a new community commission to improve relations between the police department and citizens, the potential privatization of water in Rock Island, his political future, and more, in a wide-ranging and candid conversation.

To listen to our conversation — as always, unedited, uncensored, and uncut — click here for episode 106 of QCUncut.

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Sean Leary is an author, director, artist, musician, producer and entrepreneur who has been writing professionally since debuting at age 11 in the pages of the Comics Buyers Guide. An honors graduate of the University of Southern California masters program, he has written over 50 books including the best-sellers The Arimathean, Every Number is Lucky to Someone and We Are All Characters.