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Chicago keeps controversial police promotion list secret
The Chicago Police Department committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017, but the city is fighting their release in court.
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Burge torture taxpayer tab eclipses $210M — and counting
The cost of alleged police torture tied to Jon Burge and his associates could still go up with at least seven civil lawsuits pending.
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Chicago police are developing a foot-pursuit policy. It must be public and enforced.
If the Chicago Police Department had adopted de-escalation as a practice and culture, Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez might still be alive, writes attorney and advocate Cliff Nellis.
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4 actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now
We likely won’t see the 75% cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.
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Chicago mayor proposes $80M cut from police budget, but is that defunding the police?
As budget hearings begin, aldermen and advocates say the cuts are a drop in the bucket.
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From prison, Rico Clark fights a murder conviction and COVID-19
Detectives on the 2006 case have been dogged by allegations of witness coercion and Clark’s trial attorney has since been disbarred.
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Black Chicago has been looted for decades
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.
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State rep to sue Chicago Police for ‘unjust treatment’ after gun charge dropped
“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.
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The Chicago police union is trying to put its members on the state’s torture inquiry commission
Two bills introduced by Republicans in the state legislature are “a smack in the face,” says one torture survivor.
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Chicago Is Spending $1.6 Billion on 13,000 Police. Is It Worth It?
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.