Emanuella Evans

Police and Prosecutors

Analysis: Here’s how Chicago’s most powerful police union preserves tradition of problematic leadership

By Emanuella Evans and Adeshina Emmanuel | September 13, 2021

We interviewed past and present police union presidents, activists, and legal scholars for perspectives about the role FOP leaders have played since the organization established itself in Chicago nearly 60 years ago.

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Timeline: Chicago FOP presidents’ turbulent relationship with race and police reform

By Emanuella Evans | September 13, 2021

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.