Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/police-accountability/)
Several questions remain after Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Police Supt. Eddie Johnson released a draft plan to reform the Chicago Police Department.
As Rahm Emanuel courts flashy projects amid a slew of scandals, it seems the mayor is more accountable to big-money donors than to neighborhood constituents.
Ald. Ariel Reboyras seeks to weaken civilians’ potential role in police accountability by drawing from purely advisory bodies in Los Angeles and Seattle.
In the months before the off-campus shooting of student Charles Thomas, University of Chicago police sharply stepped-up proactive stops, overwhelmingly targeting people of color, our analysis shows.
The Cook County state’s attorney has taken steps towards some of her campaign pledges but lags in other key areas.
The Justice Department made 99 recommendations to reform the Chicago Police Department. In the absence of a consent decree, we’re tracking CPD’s progress.
In reversing his stance on a consent decree for Chicago police, the mayor continues to resist ceding control to those directly affected by abusive policing.
The pending agreement with the Justice Department is an opportunity to institutionalize community oversight of the police reform process.
The DOJ’s report on CPD undermines the attorney general’s argument that local police forces are best suited to enforce the Constitution for themselves.
The mayor has a habit of making sweeping announcements but doing little to follow through or provide the necessary resources to create change.