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    Carlos Ballesteros

    Carlos Ballesteros

    Carlos is a reporter at Injustice Watch covering police, politics and immigrant communities. Previously, he worked at the Chicago Sun-Times and Newsweek. Carlos was born in Chicago and lives in the city’s Lower West Side.

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    In Plain View

    U.S. House subcommittee investigates cops tied to racist, xenophobic Facebook posts

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Emily Hoerner | September 28, 2020

    The departments were all named in Injustice Watch’s “In Plain View” investigation into troubling social media posts by law enforcement officers.

    Commentary

    Black Chicago has been looted for decades

    By Carlos Ballesteros | September 1, 2020

    Three weeks ago, the nation was transfixed on images of people running out of downtown stores with their hands full. But the historic plunder of Black Chicago deserves our attention, too.

    News

    Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake spotlights systemic racism, police spending in Wisconsin

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Adam Mahoney (Grist) | August 31, 2020

    Wisconsin cities with the highest numbers of Black residents tend to spend more on policing. Those police forces are also a lot whiter than the cities they serve.

    News

    Chicago Is Spending $1.6 Billion on 13,000 Police. Is It Worth It?

    By Carlos Ballesteros | July 30, 2020

    With shootings and murders on the rise and President Trump sending federal agents to the city, community organizers and criminologists point to a police hiring spree from just four years ago to show that more cops on Chicago’s streets aren’t the answer.

    Immigration

    Southwest Side construction worker quickly deported to Mexico while awaiting DACA decision

    By Carlos Ballesteros | July 3, 2020

    With the Trump administration seeking to kill the Obama-era program for immigrants, Jesus Alberto ‘Beto’ Lopez Gutierrez, 25, was deported after suing ICE.

    News

    Proposal to boot Chicago cops from public schools rejected by school board

    By Carlos Ballesteros | June 24, 2020

    Three school board members backed the proposal, but they could not sway their colleagues.

    Staff news

    Carlos Ballesteros: ‘Communities come together in ways that aren’t marches, too’

    By Carlos Ballesteros | June 24, 2020

    Our newest reporter talks about his approach to reporting, the overlap between the immigration and criminal justice systems, and what people get wrong about Chicago.

    Coronavirus

    Illinois released white inmates at disproportionately high rates amid pandemic, report shows

    By Emily Hoerner and Carlos Ballesteros | June 17, 2020

    State prisons now hold an even larger proportion of Black and Latinx prisoners than before COVID-19 hit, according to a new analysis.

    News

    Chicago has nearly tripled per capita police spending since 1964, data show

    By Carlos Ballesteros | June 9, 2020

    For activists and city leaders calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cut the police budget, it’s clear that the money could be better spent elsewhere.

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