With the Bill of Rights as its starting point, the ACLU is a principled organization that guides us in rationalizing our relationships with each other and with the state. December 5, 2011
Fox Chicago News: Fraternal Order of Police Wants to Fight ACLU on Police Designation Lawsuit
Fox News Chicago spoke with ACLU of Illinois Legal Director Harvey Grossman about the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) intervening on the case of CANA v. City of Chicago. The... Continue reading
November 4, 2011
New York Times: Knowing Where the Police Are Posted
The New York Times published an article via the Chicago News Cooperative about the police deployment case and the response from Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy and 49th Ward Aldermen... Continue reading
October 27, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times: Cops not distributed equitably across city, ACLU says in lawsuit
The Chicago Sun-Times wrote about the ACLU of Illinois’ lawsuit asking the city to examine disparities in police deployment rates in an effort to have 9-1-1 calls responded to equitably,... Continue reading
October 27, 2011
Chicago News Cooperative: Emanuel May Put More Cops in High-Crime Areas
The Chicago News Cooperative published an article about the ACLU of Illinois’ lawsuit asking the city to refine their police deployment strategy to address disparities in response rates to 9-1-1... Continue reading
October 27, 2011
Chicago Tribune: ACLU sues Chicago police over deployment
The Chicago Tribune covered the ACLU of Illinois’ press conference about recently released data indicating that police are deployed inequitably across various Chicago neighborhoods with disparities on the West and... Continue reading
October 17, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times: City must share data on police deployment
Legal Director Harvey Grossman wrote an op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times about the inequities in police deployment when looking at white neighborhoods as compared to African-American and Latino neighborhoods in... Continue reading
