Pascal Sabino, Author at Injustice Watch

Illustration of a police car with static, pixelated lines, like you'd see on an old TV experiencing static, representing missing traffic stop reports.

Chicago police made nearly 200,000 secret traffic stops last year

Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But our new investigation with Bolts reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.

by Pascal Sabino August 21, 2024December 8, 2025

Police

911 calls on South, West Sides ignored while ‘rapid response’ cops make traffic stops instead

Neighbors in Black and Latinx communities often wait for police to show up — if they show up at all. Teams created to respond quickly to calls for service have been spending their time on traffic stops instead, data shows.

by Pascal Sabino February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

Illustration of a traffic stop seen from the perspective of the driver, through their reflection in the rearview mirror. Behind them is a police car with its lights flashing and an officer walking toward them.

Criminal Courts

The new ‘stop and frisk’? Chicago police make millions of traffic stops while searching for guns

Chicago police pulled over hundreds of thousands more drivers than they previously reported, but found guns in fewer than 1 out of every 150 stops, according to a new data analysis.

by Pascal Sabino March 30, 2023December 8, 2025

A Black man in a white t-shirt stands next to a dark red Jeep Grand Cherokee, somberly looking off to his right.

Police

Chicago police are arresting thousands more Black drivers after traffic stops than they report to state regulators

An analysis by Block Club Chicago and Injustice Watch found thousands of missing traffic stops that ended in gun-possession arrests in data Chicago police are required to report to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

by Pascal Sabino August 3, 2022December 8, 2025

Chicago school councils have just weeks to decide whether to keep cops on campus — but four are delaying the decision

More than 70 schools have to vote on the issue by Aug. 15, per a mandate from Chicago Public Schools.

by Pascal Sabino, Maxwell Evans and Jamie Nesbitt Golden July 14, 2020December 5, 2023

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