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    Commentary

    Police violence, coronavirus and inequality stealing black lives

    By Susan Smith Richardson (Center for Public Integrity) | June 10, 2020

    “The police violence and the impact of the pandemic are two sides of the same coin,” writes Susan Smith Richardson, CEO of the Center for Public Integrity.

    News

    DNA disproves evidence used to convict two in 1986 Chicago murder, lawyers say

    By Emily Hoerner and Jeanne Kuang | December 22, 2017

    Recent DNA testing supports the contention of inmates Curtis Croft and Demetrius Henderson that they have spent years in prison for a rape and murder they did not commit, a newly-filed petition states.

    Police Abuse: No Consequences

    Beat, shoot or abuse someone? No jail for Chicago cops

    By Emily Hoerner, Zoe Rosenbaum and Rick Tulsky | January 14, 2016

    About four times a month, officers shoot suspects, bystanders or other police. Yet, in a typical year, prosecutors bring excessive-force charges against on-duty Chicago police fewer than two times a year, an Injustice Watch analysis of federal and state data shows.

    Police Abuse: No Consequences

    Feds seldom make cops answer for police brutality

    By Rick Tulsky and Emily Hoerner | January 14, 2016

    U.S. attorneys across the country charge law enforcement officers in civil rights cases about 42 times a year, declining to prosecute more than nine in every 10 cases referred to prosecutors by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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