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Many In Little Village Live In Fear

By Hugo Balta | April 19, 2021

A steady stream of visitors came and went this weekend to an alley in “La Villita”, as the neighborhood of Little Village is affectionately known by its mostly Mexican, Mexican-American residents; to the site of the final moments of Adam Toledo’s life. Makeshift memorial and mural in Little Village

Many of the mourners at the makeshift memorial were parents with their children who paid their respects by leaving candles, flowers, and messages at the very spot where the 13-year old died. They prayed at the mural, a cutout of Adam with his hands up and angel wings memorializing the instant when he was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer. Their fixed stare lost in thought over the tragedy that happened there just weeks ago, and the violence many of them know all too well. “I don’t want my son growing up here”, said Erica Sanchez as she held her 3-year old son.

A WARNING to Young, Black Males and Those Who Love Them

Dead But Not Forgotten: Police Brutality Lives On

Police solve just 2% of all major crimes

Chicago police arrested more people for protesting than for looting in early days of unrest, contradicting original claims

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s surveillance system will outlast the protest movement

By Ángel Díaz and The Chicago Reporter | September 10, 2020

For communities of color, surveillance is just another iteration of a policing system that inherently views them as suspicious, a digital stop-and-frisk.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Latrell Allen police shooting exposes gaps in body camera and foot pursuit policies

By Curtis Black | August 14, 2020

Despite a consent decree and the Justice Department’s flagging of Chicago’s lacking foot pursuit and body camera policies back in 2017, reforms have been slow to come.

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Charles Green says his fight for decades of Chicago police misconduct records is about clearing his name

By Josh McGhee | July 24, 2020

In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, Green tells us about life after prison and what the controversial settlement he was offered would mean for him.

Behind the Data

Chicago Police Department partially restores access to arrests data following outcry

By Josh McGhee and Matt Chapman | July 17, 2020

The arrest API had been shut down after The Chicago Reporter used it to disprove official claims about arrests during George Floyd protests.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Community oversight or control? Coalitions meet on competing police accountability proposals

By Curtis Black | July 1, 2020

Both the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability and the Civilian Police Accountability Council campaigns want to maximize the community’s role in selecting public safety leaders.

Coronavirus

Forgotten: Stateville inmates warn of rising COVID-19 outbreak behind bars

By Anabel Mendoza | June 26, 2020

In letters and interviews, men inside the facility describe conditions they say are continuing to drive infections at the Illinois prison hardest hit by coronavirus.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Denying arrestees access to lawyers a longstanding problem at the Chicago Police Department

By Curtis Black | June 25, 2020

A lawsuit became necessary after Mayor Lori Lightfoot failed to back an ordinance on the immediate right to legal counsel in police custody, a measure called for by her Police Accountability Task Force four years ago, advocates say.

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Chicago has nearly tripled per capita police spending since 1964, data show

By Carlos Ballesteros (Injustice Watch) | June 12, 2020

Chicago is spending more on policing per person than at any time in the last half-century despite a persistent drop in crime over the last two decades, while the vast majority of murders remain unsolved.

Criminal Justice

Chicago police investigating 78 complaints of officers removing or covering badges during protests

By Jonathan Ballew | June 11, 2020

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Superintendent David Brown declined to specify what would happen to officers caught engaging in the condemned practice.

Civilian Office of Police Accountability

Lightfoot says police officers who cover or remove name tag, badge number, should be fired

By Jonathan Ballew | June 5, 2020

Images and video show Chicago officers hiding identifying information during protests over the police killing of George Floyd.

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