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    Police and Prosecutors

    Stories about policing, wrongful convictions, and prosecutorial misconduct.

    Police and Prosecutors

    From prison, Rico Clark fights a murder conviction and COVID-19

    By Stender Von Oehsen and Milan Rivas | September 2, 2020

    Detectives on the 2006 case have been dogged by allegations of witness coercion and Clark’s trial attorney has since been disbarred.

    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 | 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.

    Police and Prosecutors

    State rep to sue Chicago Police for ‘unjust treatment’ after gun charge dropped

    By Maxwell Evans (Block Club Chicago) | August 24, 2020

    “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

    By Adeshina Emmanuel and Olivia Louthen | August 6, 2020

    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?

    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.

    Chicago Public Schools

    In turnaround, Chicago promises to track, publicize upcoming school police votes

    By Yana Kunichoff (Chalkbeat Chicago) | July 23, 2020

    The announcement comes after a joint investigation by Chalkbeat Chicago and Block Club Chicago spotlighted transparency issues with the public bodies.

    News

    ‘How was she a threat?’ Chicago police attack on Black youth leader Miracle Boyd outrages activists, officials

    By Adeshina Emmanuel | July 18, 2020

    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.

    News

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

    By Pascal Sabino (Block Club Chicago), Maxwell Evans (Block Club Chicago) and Jamie Nesbitt Golden (Block Club Chicago) | July 14, 2020

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

    Walter and Greg Ogrod
    Unrequited Innocence

    Exoneree Walter Ogrod, in his own words

    By John Seasly | July 9, 2020

    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.

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