After three ‘tumultuous’ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s resignation raises questions about police reform as a former LAPD chief steps in.
Criminal Justice
The Kim Foxx effect: how prosecutions have changed in Cook County
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The state’s attorney promised to transform the office. Data shows she’s dismissed thousands of felonies that would have been pursued in the past.
Criminal Justice
Timothy Trybus gets probation for viral hate crime, a common outcome for white defendants in Cook County
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Trybus avoided up to five years in prison for berating a woman wearing a Puerto Rican flag T-shirt last year.
Criminal Justice
Will Timothy Trybus go to prison for viral rant? Most white men charged with hate crimes in Cook County do not
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Trybus was found guilty of hate crimes for berating a woman wearing a Puerto Rican flag T-shirt last year, as captured in a viral video.
Criminal Justice
An innovative strategy to reduce gun violence: beautify Chicago neighborhoods
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The city is spending millions on creating jobs to clean up vacant lots and green public spaces in areas with high shooting rates, an approach backed by research on blight and crime.
Criminal Justice
Cook County, Code for America aim to speed up marijuana expungement as legalization nears
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Kim Foxx announced a partnership with the nonprofit to automate the process for clearing minor pot convictions.
Perspectives
Felony murder: Charging black teens for their friend’s death is a crime
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An archaic law that even its originators no longer use is especially harsh in Illinois.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Mainstream media supports flawed Chicago Police gun ‘offender’ data portal
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Despite calls by experts to take down the dashboard, editorial boards overlook the dangers of dirty data and conflating gun possession with violent crime.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Chicago police chief uses dirty data to blame gun violence on bond reform
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Supt. Eddie Johnson’s misleading new portal on gun offenders reinforces his distorted view of how our justice system is supposed to work.
Settling for Misconduct
Chicago police officers fired over Laquan McDonald testimony were accused of another ‘cover up’
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The officers had allegedly filed false reports and failed to intervene in another police brutality incident, according to 2011 lawsuit.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Report: Kim Foxx reforms show reducing incarceration does not compromise public safety
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Criminal justice reform advocates say the Cook County state’s attorney is living up to her promises.