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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: excessive force

Posted inPerspectives

We protest police in the streets, so why do we let police in our schools?

by Dave Stieber June 3, 2020June 5, 2020

The fear of black students and white savior ideology in educators and policymakers is keeping police in under-resourced schools despite their role in the school-to-prison pipeline and the well-known harm to students.

Posted inPerspectives

Chicago needs new use-of-force policy that bans chokeholds

by Curtis Black May 28, 2020June 4, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Chicago needs top cop to confront the code of silence, not downplay it

by Curtis Black January 16, 2020January 17, 2020
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Chicago Police Department’s new gun-pointing policy misses the target

by Curtis Black December 13, 2019December 13, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

To stop police shootings of people with mental health disabilities, I asked them what cops – and everyone – could do to help

by Jennifer Sarrett December 6, 2019December 6, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice

Lawsuit: Chicago cops pointed guns at children during illegal raids

by Josh McGhee and Adam Mahoney July 19, 2019August 2, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives

Chicago’s moral debt to black youth

by David J. Knight March 8, 2019March 8, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice

For people with disabilities, Chicago police consent decree takes first steps toward reform

by Nissa Rhee January 15, 2019January 15, 2019
Posted inCriminal Justice

Chicago police use ‘cover charges’ to justify excessive force

by Jonah Newman October 23, 2018May 29, 2020
Posted in16 Shots, Criminal Justice, Perspectives

Van Dyke conviction offers moment of accountability for Chicago police

by Curtis Black and David Thigpen October 5, 2018October 18, 2018

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