Timeline: Chicago FOP presidents’ turbulent relationship with race and police reform
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Injustice Watch reviewed the tenures of past FOP presidents elected by Chicago police, from the civil rights movement to the Black Lives Matter era. We found a history of police union leaders making inflammatory statements, antagonizing racial justice and police reforms, and shielding allegedly brutal cops from accountability.
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After 34 years, a murder conviction quietly reversed in 4 minutes
James Allen, convicted of three murders on scant evidence, remains a long way from freedom.
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New class of Cook County associate judges more racially diverse than past years
Former prosecutors dominate the roster of 22 new associate judges, who were selected last week by the county’s circuit judges.
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3 challenges and opportunities for the new Cook County public defender
By Maria Hawilo (Loyola University Chicago) and Thomas F. Geraghty (Northwestern University) |
A fair and equitable justice system depends on the public defenders whose job it is to represent those people who cannot afford a lawyer. Public defense work is civil rights work.
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