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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
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
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
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
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
BET: Chicago Group Sick of Saggy Pants, Wants Ban
The saggy pants saga continues. This time, the Lawndale community in Chicago wants to enforce a ban on saggy pants, BET reports. There is a growing nationwide concern with the... Continue reading
Chicago Tribune: Illinois panel on race and drivers stuck in neutral
The Chicago Tribune reports about the delay in addressing racial disparities among consent searches performed by Illinois State troopers. Five years ago, a state panel was created to study racial... Continue reading
FOX Chicago News: Minority Drivers More Likely to be Searched than White Drivers
FOX Chicago News reported yesterday on the new data released showing higher rates of consent searches among drivers of color despite lower rates of searches yielding contraband as compared to... Continue reading
Chicago Sun-Times: Minorities more likely to get tickets, have vehicles searched
The Chicago Sun-Times reporter Art Golab wrote about a recent study indicating racial disparity among the number and nature of consent searches performed by Illinois State Police troopers. Not only... Continue reading
WBEZ: Study shows race a factor in Illinois traffic stops
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) reported about the recently released study showing racial disparities among the number of consent searches performed by Illinois State Police troopers in 2010. The... Continue reading
