“A truth and reconciliation process may create sympathy,” writes former Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia. “But justice isn’t about sympathy and sentiment – it’s about tangible action.”
Police and Prosecutors
Missouri Attorney General’s Office pushes to keep innocent people in prison
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Its decades-long commitment to upholding convictions—even those marred by police or prosecutorial misconduct—has left Missourians languishing in prison for years.
Police and Prosecutors
State rep to sue Chicago Police for ‘unjust treatment’ after gun charge dropped
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“My treatment was a lot different than if it had been my predecessor — a white woman — driving through the neighborhood,” State Rep. Curtis Tarver said.
News
The Chicago police union is trying to put its members on the state’s torture inquiry commission
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Two bills introduced by Republicans in the state legislature are “a smack in the face,” says one torture survivor.
News
Chicago Is Spending $1.6 Billion on 13,000 Police. Is It Worth It?
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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.
Anti-racism
Listen: Chicago youth leaders Miracle Boyd and China Smith reflect on activism, trauma, and growth
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Two youth organizers with GoodKids MadCity share what activism has taught them, how it has affected them, and how they want to transform Chicago.
News
‘How was she a threat?’ Chicago police attack on Black youth leader Miracle Boyd outrages activists, officials
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Miracle Boyd, 18, is an organizer with GoodKids MadCity and a rising Chicago youth leader. An unidentified police officer struck her in the mouth Friday at a Black, Indigenous American rally, breaking several of her teeth.
Essential Work
Essential Work: Young Black activists ‘in the middle of history’ confront Covid-19 and racism
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GoodKids MadCity youth organizers China Smith and Miracle Boyd reflect on their experiences amid the pandemic and the growing movement against racial injustice. This is the first entry in a series about resilience and resistance by young Black Chicago activists.
News
Chicago school councils have just weeks to decide whether to keep cops on campus — but four are delaying the decision
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More than 70 schools have to vote on the issue by Aug. 15, per a mandate from Chicago Public Schools.
Commentary
Abolition: ‘They said what they said’
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To educate ourselves, and our readers, Injustice Watch hosted a conversation with six Chicago-area abolitionists. Here’s a snapshot of what we heard.
Unrequited Innocence
Exoneree Walter Ogrod, in his own words
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Walter Ogrod was freed from death row on June 5. In one of his first interviews as a free man, he spoke with Injustice Watch about his false confession, death row, and his plans for his new life.