• Donate
  • Subscribe
    • Projects
      • Judicial Elections
      • Aging in the Shadows
      • The Circuit
      • A Closer Look at Chicago’s FOP
      • Alabama Prison Crisis
      • In Plain View
      • Collateral Consequences
      • Unrequited Innocence
      • The Long Wait
      • Less than Life
      • Unequal Treatment
      • Bad Judgment
      • Trading Away Justice
    • News
      • The Courts
      • Police and Prosecutors
      • Prisons and Jails
      • Judicial Elections
      • Judicial Conduct
      • Immigration
      • Housing
    • Perspectives
      • #SpreadTheWord Poetry
      • ‘Essential Work’ Series
    • Judicial Election Guide
    • Español
    • About
      • Our Mission
      • Board
      • Staff
      • Supporters
      • Policies
      • Jobs
      • Contact
    • Subscribe
    Subscribe

    Defunding Police

    Commentary

    Amara Enyia: Beware ‘dialogue as spectacle’ in fight to transform Chicago police

    By Amara Enyia | September 15, 2020

    “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.”

    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.

    Commentary

    Abolition: ‘They said what they said’

    By Charles Preston | July 9, 2020

    To educate ourselves, and our readers, Injustice Watch hosted a conversation with six Chicago-area abolitionists. Here’s a snapshot of what we heard.

    Commentary
    Dash cam video

    Analysis: The thing about police unions

    By Adeshina Emmanuel | June 19, 2020

    Most unions don’t aggressively shield their members from accountability for murder. Police unions are another story.

    News

    Chicago has nearly tripled per capita police spending since 1964, data show

    By Carlos Ballesteros | June 9, 2020

    For activists and city leaders calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cut the police budget, it’s clear that the money could be better spent elsewhere.

    About This Site

    Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigating causes of systemic injustice, and helping point the path to a more just society.

    Follow Us

    Subscribe via RSS Follow @injusticewatch

    Support Injustice Watch

    We depend on your support. A generous gift in any amount helps us continue to bring you this service.

    Donate Now

    We Recommend

    Las hospitalizaciones por Covid-19 en el Departamento de Correccionales de Illinois, provocan angustia a los seres queridos de los encarcelados

    Este artículo, publicado originalmente en inglés por Injustice Watch, está disponible en español gracias al proyecto "Traduciendo las noticias de Chicago", del Instituto de Noticias Sin Fines de Lucro (INN). Read in English.

    Our commitment to anti-racism

    We, the Injustice Watch staff, feel pain and anger, like so many in our community, over the police killing of George Floyd and the systemic racism his death represents. The list of Black people whose lives have been cut short by police brutality is excruciatingly long.

    2020 Judicial Primary Election Guide
    The scales of justice with a check mark and the words Check Your Judges

    13 states have never exonerated a prisoner based on DNA evidence. Here’s why.

    Hundreds of state prisoners have successfully used DNA evidence to win exonerations in the past three decades — except in 13 states. The states are Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.

    Cook County judicial candidate, colleague misled jury into wrongful conviction

    This is the first of a series of Injustice Watch reports on candidates and campaigning for the Cook County Circuit Court 2018 elections.  Longtime Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Gerber achieved his lifelong dream in December 2016 when the state Supreme Court appointed him to the Cook County Circuit Court, filling a vacancy. But as he now runs to win a full six-year term, Gerber faces a potential obstacle: Another Cook County judge has ruled that Gerber and a second prosecutor made false statements to a jury that led to a wrongful conviction.

    Have a Tip?

    Email us at [email protected] or call us at (312) 521-0977.

    Our Mission

    Injustice Watch is a nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism organization that conducts in-depth research exposing institutional failures that obstruct justice and equality.

    Subscribe

    Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get our public service journalism emailed directly to you.

    © Copyright 2023, Injustice Watch

    Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

    Back to top ↑