Our analysis shows a troubling pattern of officers charging alleged victims of police misconduct with aggravated battery or assault to a police officer or resisting arrest.
Criminal Justice
Report: Illinois’ Countering Violent Extremism programs struggle to gain community partners
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Advocates have long criticized CVE as a ‘softer’ approach to unwarranted surveillance that enlists community members to track harmless, constitutionally protected behavior and activities as precursors to violence.
Criminal Justice
Bad police fingerprint work undermines Chicago property crime cases
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Experts and judges question the quality of fingerprint analysis by Chicago police forensics, hampering prosecutions in burglary and theft cases.
Perspectives
Chicago’s moral debt to black youth
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The police consent decree fails to make amends to African-American young people, who are both most harmed by the department and a driving force in a city on the cusp of a historic change in leadership.
Settling for Misconduct
Chicago spent more than $113 million on police misconduct lawsuits in 2018
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The city paid more for police misconduct settlements last year than any year since at least 2011, bringing the total tab to well over half a billion dollars in just eight years.
Criminal Justice
Misinformation impedes voting rights of Illinois’ formerly incarcerated
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Illinois is among the few states where formerly incarcerated regain their voting rights after release, but many are misinformed and unaware.
Perspectives
For real reform, Chicago’s next mayor must commit to fixing police union contracts
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True accountability requires amending the Fraternal Order of Police contract that shields and encourages misconduct.
Criminal Justice
Read: Federal judge approves consent decree for Chicago Police
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A historic agreement that will dictate the direction of police reform in Chicago for years to come was approved by a federal district judge Thursday.
Criminal Justice
‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett attack investigated as a hate crime by Chicago police
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Chicago Police have been criticized for the lack of resources devoted to investigating hate crimes.
Criminal Justice
To build cop academy, Chicago picks AECOM, firm with checkered past
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The Los Angeles-based company has paid more than $285 million in the past four years to settle allegations of wrongdoing.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Can Pritzker, Foxx deliver on criminal justice reforms?
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx face challenges translating bold proposals made on the campaign trail into policy.