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The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a lawsuit in October of 2011 to challenge what had long been known across the City of Chicago – namely, that Chicago officials have failed to ensure that police are deployed equitably across the City’s many diverse neighborhoods, resulting in disproportionate number of delayed police responses to emergency calls in those neighborhoods with higher minority populations. Neighborhoods with significant ethnic minority populations in Chicago are more likely to have slow response rates to emergency calls and higher rates of serious violent crimes, but proportionately fewer police officers assigned their police district.
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We represent a West Side neighborhood community group, the Central Austin Neighborhood Association (CANA), the lawsuit. The action is brought under the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003 which makes it unlawful for government to provide services in a manner that has a disparate negative effect on any racial group. The lawsuit seeks an end to current police deployment policies and the development of a new plan that ensures communities of color are provided equitable services by the police.
