Perspectives
Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
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When police arrest a suspect who is then convicted of the crime, it is a rare exception rather than the rule in the US.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Community oversight or control? Coalitions meet on competing police accountability proposals
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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.
Criminal Justice
Chicago police investigating 78 complaints of officers removing or covering badges during protests
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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
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Images and video show Chicago officers hiding identifying information during protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
To mobilize outrage over George Floyd’s killing, look to lessons of social movements past
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The Chicago Black Panther Party, Rainbow Coalition, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and other historical organizing projects point to the possibilities for harnessing the vast mobilization of outrage we’re seeing today.
Criminal Justice
Chicago police launch investigation into officer for covering up name tag, badge number at George Floyd protests
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Violent clashes between police and protesters have led to a large number of allegations of police misconduct.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Police consent decree report raises ‘alarm signals’ for next superintendent
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The independent monitor’s first report finds that the Chicago Police Department is behind in implementing required reforms on use of force, accountability and community engagement.
Criminal Justice
Chicago’s new interim top cop Charlie Beck comes with a Black Lives Matter warning
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After three ‘tumultuous’ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s resignation raises questions about police reform as a former LAPD chief steps in.
Criminal Justice
Stop-and-frisk down 80% in Chicago but Black and Latinx people still hit the hardest, judge finds
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President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.
Criminal Justice
Lawsuit: Chicago cops pointed guns at children during illegal raids
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Inspector General Joe Ferguson is launching an investigation on how police execute search warrants, specifically in raids where children are present at the residence.